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The Open Road

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The Open Road

Earth's most beautiful road trip?

By Anthony Ham

The route was constructed by Paraguayan prisoners of war in the 1930s to connect La Paz with the Yungas and the Amazon (Credit: Streetflash/Getty Images)
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The world's most dangerous road
By Shafik Meghji
The rocky ranges in southern France are home to Europe's largest mimosa forest (Credit: Pierre Longnus/Getty)
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A stunning drive in the French Riviera
By Chrissie McClatchie
"We have excellent weather, very little cloud cover and a lack of light pollution…, which makes it perfect to shoot the sky," said Miguel Claro (Credit: Sam Christmas)
The Open Road
The ultimate stargazing road trip
By John Silcox
(Credit: Muhammad Owais Khan)
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Alexander the Great's ancient highway
By Simon Urwin
Today, Elkton, Maryland's small brick train station, just off Route 40, is used for storage (Credit: Larry Bleiberg)
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Where diplomats were denied coffee
By Larry Bleiberg
Andes Mountains approaching San Bartolome, Ecuador (Credit: Judy Dautovich-Ralf Hunsinger/Getty Images)
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The Andes bucket list road trip
By Egle Gerulaityte
The Alaska Highway: A subarctic road to prevent invasion (Credit: PhotoviewPlus/Getty Images)
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America's extreme subarctic road
By Diane Selkirk
The Dempster is considered to be one of Canada's toughest drives (Credit: Eyebex/Getty Images)
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Driving Canada's toughest road
By Anna Kaminski
Road curves through trees
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Napoleon's gravity-defying 325km road
By John Silcox
The Hardknott Pass: Britain's wildest road (Credit: Howard Kingsnorth/Getty Images)
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The UK's most challenging road?
By Simon Heptinstall
The Dalton Highway was built in 1974 as a haul road for trucks (Credit: Elena Pavlichenko/Getty Images)
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The world's loneliest bus route
By Brendan Sainsbury