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2026 schedule: free entry days at National Parks

01/03/26

If your 2026 travel plans include one or more visits to National Parks, be sure to consult the National Park Service website before hitting the road. That way, you may be able to take advantage of the reshuffled schedule of free admission days as well as some of the special park programming planned for the →

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Are you driving instead of flying this summer?

05/26/25

Domestic airfares are down. But so are gas prices. While we wait for the delivery of the flying car we were promised decades ago, we press ahead with summer travel plans by searching for great airfare deals and by tuning up the car. We’re far from alone, as we reported for this NBC News online →

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Inspiration for a road trip

03/17/25

(Teapot Dome gas station, Zillah, Washington)] Road trip season is around the corner. And for inspiration we often turn to the John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive at the Library of Congress. Between 1969 and 2008, Margolies traveled around the country taking photos of roadside attractions and classic – and often offbeat – commercial structures around →

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Greetings from: Massachusetts

08/07/23

The Stuck at the Airport crew is on a road trip in Massachusetts. And we’re taking in some of the classics, including looking for lobster and eating at classic diners. Museums are on the list, of course. And we made a stop in Salem, MA to visit the Peabody Essex Museum, which has a wonderful →

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Welcome Back, Tourists. Here are the Rules.

04/03/23

[This is a story we wrote for NBC News] Americans embarking on spring break trips and summer vacations this year face a bevy of new fees, rules, and restrictions in some popular destinations that are rethinking how many visitors to welcome and what types of behavior to accept. As the post-pandemic travel rebound continues, the →

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Road Trip Memories

07/04/22

Road trips can evoke nostalgia for childhood, family, and adventures. And for many people, there are objects and in-the-car experiences indelibly tied to those journeys. For some, it is a game, a song, a special snack, the seating arrangements, or a life lesson. Here are some road trip memories we gathered for a story that →

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Road Trip: Ellensburg, Washington

05/13/22

Far off adventures don’t really need to be that far away from home. Our road trip team spent the afternoon in Ellensburg, WA, just about two hours from Stuck at The Airport headquarters in Seattle. And while we didn’t get to do everything on our list, we revisited two favorite places with fresh, post-pandemic (we →

Good – and bad – news for summer road trips

04/14/22

(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News) American travelers are expected to hit the open road by the tens of millions this summer. But this is some news they could probably do without: gas prices, when adjusted for inflation, are expected to average $3.84 a gallon for regular →

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Museum Monday: World’s Largest Cast Iron Skillet

01/23/22

Stuck at the Airport’s correspondent for Museums and Roadside Attractions is planning a summer trip to South Pittsburg, Tennessee for the planned opening of the Lodge Cast Iron Museum. We’re already intrigued to learn that South Pittsburg, TN has been home to Lodge Cast Iron since 1896. And we’re looking forward to seeing rare cast-iron →

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The (Not So) Impossible Road Trip

12/26/21

Icy snow is covering our town. So we spent the holiday weekend just dreaming of places we want to go and making a list of new and old favorite sights we want to see in the new year. “The Impossible Road Trip – An Unforgettable Journey to Past and Present Roadside Attractions in all 50 →

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