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A cold soda at the filling station. Coffee at the next diner. Something regional to bring home. Follow a pantry road trip through the small pleasures of stopping along the way.

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America’s Open Road · Choose your journey

Every road has a story.

Follow an iconic route into its history, the states along the way and today’s familiar flavors. Choose a road on the map or use the route boxes below.

Arizona · 3 products California · 8 products Colorado · 2 products Connecticut · 1 product Delaware · 1 product Idaho · 6 products Illinois · 12 products Indiana · 3 products Iowa · 1 product Louisiana · 5 products Maine · 7 products Maryland · 2 products Massachusetts · 4 products Minnesota · 3 products New Jersey · 3 products New York · 17 products North Carolina · 2 products Ohio · 6 products Oregon · 2 products Pennsylvania · 103 products Rhode Island · 1 product South Carolina · 11 products Tennessee · 4 products Texas · 1 product Vermont · 1 product Virginia · 5 products Washington · 1 product Route 66 Lincoln Highway U.S. Route 1 U.S. 40 / National Road corridor The Interstate story Chicago Los Angeles San Francisco New York Fort Kent Key West

Simplified historic corridors on modern state outlines; alignments changed over time. The map covers the contiguous United States. Interstate lines show I-80 and I-95 as examples of the larger network.

Gold states have products in our current collection. Select a state to shop its products; select a road to explore its history.

Product states and counts
Arizona · 3 productsCalifornia · 8 productsColorado · 2 productsConnecticut · 1 productDelaware · 1 productIdaho · 6 productsIllinois · 12 productsIndiana · 3 productsIowa · 1 productLouisiana · 5 productsMaine · 7 productsMaryland · 2 productsMassachusetts · 4 productsMinnesota · 3 productsNew Jersey · 3 productsNew York · 17 productsNorth Carolina · 2 productsOhio · 6 productsOregon · 2 productsPennsylvania · 103 productsRhode Island · 1 productSouth Carolina · 11 productsTennessee · 4 productsTexas · 1 productVermont · 1 productVirginia · 5 productsWashington · 1 product

1926–1985 · A postwar road-trip icon

Route 66

Chicago → Santa Monica

Designated in 1926, Route 66 connected Chicago with the American Southwest and Southern California. Postwar automobile tourism brought travelers to its communities, motels and roadside businesses. The highway was officially decommissioned in 1985, but its stories and surviving stretches continue.

Read the historical source ↗Explore the Route 66 travel history ↗

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Illinois →MissouriKansasOklahomaTexas →New MexicoArizona →California →

State links explore current product collections. A state connection does not establish that a maker sits beside this highway.

1913 · An earlier coast-to-coast road

Lincoln Highway

New York City → San Francisco

The Lincoln Highway was dedicated in 1913 as a named coast-to-coast route. Its alignments changed, and the numbered U.S. highway system later divided its course among several highway numbers. Its older roadways and communities remained part of the landscape travelers encountered after World War II.

Read the historical source ↗Open the Lincoln Highway Association’s detailed map ↗

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Explore the states along the journey

New York →New Jersey →Pennsylvania →West VirginiaOhio →Indiana →Illinois →Iowa →NebraskaWyomingUtahNevadaCalifornia →

State links explore current product collections. A state connection does not establish that a maker sits beside this highway.

1926 numbering · Key West extension approved in 1939

U.S. Route 1

Fort Kent, Maine → Key West, Florida

U.S. 1 links communities along the eastern United States. Its designation emerged from the 1920s numbered-highway system; the extension to Key West was approved in 1939. The route offered a long north–south journey through cities, Main Streets and changing roadside landscapes.

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Explore the states along the journey

Maine →New HampshireMassachusetts →Rhode Island →Connecticut →New York →New Jersey →Pennsylvania →Maryland →District of ColumbiaVirginia →North Carolina →South Carolina →GeorgiaFlorida

State links explore current product collections. A state connection does not establish that a maker sits beside this highway.

National Road construction began in 1811

U.S. 40 / National Road corridor

Historic segment: Cumberland → Vandalia

The federally built National Road began at Cumberland, Maryland, in 1811 and reached Vandalia, Illinois, in the 1830s. Much of its corridor later became part of U.S. 40. This selection shows the historic National Road segment—not the full U.S. 40 highway—connecting an earlier travel story with the postwar road.

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Maryland →Pennsylvania →West VirginiaOhio →Indiana →Illinois →

State links explore current product collections. A state connection does not establish that a maker sits beside this highway.

1956 · A changing highway network

The Interstate story

Illustrative corridors: I-80 & I-95

The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 supplied the funding framework for a greatly expanded Interstate network. New highways changed journeys and the fortunes of communities along older roads. I-80 and I-95 appear here as illustrative corridors; this is not the full network or a snapshot of which sections were open in 1956.

Read the historical source ↗Explore the Interstate system’s history ↗

Follow the places

States on the two example corridors

California →NevadaUtahWyomingNebraskaIowa →Illinois →Indiana →Ohio →Pennsylvania →New Jersey →New York →Connecticut →Rhode Island →Massachusetts →New HampshireMaine →Delaware →Maryland →Virginia →North Carolina →South Carolina →GeorgiaFlorida

State links explore current product collections. A state connection does not establish that a maker sits beside this highway.

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The Filling Station

Candy bars and bottled sodas chosen for a quick roadside break.

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Ten places. Countless stories.

Your Journey Through America

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