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A lot of people associate traveling with hopping into a plane and spending a few hours trying to nap while the engines roar all around them. However, people have been traveling, even in this country, for far longer than there have been airplanes. The old-fashioned method of travel was over the ground, across highways that have largely fallen out of favor with most people. But you can still take these highways just about anywhere.
For example, take US 40. While this massive length of highway no longer totally crosses the United States, it still covers many states. You could actually get on a bicycle and ride for thousands of miles, up and down its length. If you enjoy taking long trips, there really aren’t many better options. However, from US 40′s stopover in Indianapolis you can also travel north and south through half a dozen states by way of US 36. Highways have naturally changed, just as the political landscape has gone one way and then another over time, but these highways are still great ways to see the country.
Not only do you not need to be able to fly an airplane to enjoy a bunch of amazing sites. You don’t even have to have a car, if you want to work out some wanderlust. You can even walk your way down these highways, and see the sites no motorist ever seems to have time for. When you take the old-fashioned way, you get a free history lesson every time you pass over another hill or see another building set just off the road that seems abandoned and weed covered.
