Especially at night

The first cross-country automobile race was held on this day in 1923.

“Thanks to the Interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.” -– Charles Kuralt.

His wonders to behold

Birthday of John James Audubon, born in 1785.

"People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something." -- Soren Kierkegaard.