Road-Trip Roadside Finds
The drive isn't the boring part — it's the treasure hunt.
🗺 Route planner — find the weird stuff on your way
This demo uses a straight-line corridor between cities (browser-only, no map API — a full version like makemydrivefun.com follows real roads). Stops within ~350 km of the line are "on the way".
Why people love it
The best road trips aren't about the destination — they're about the giant fiberglass dinosaurus towering over the highway at mile 212. This idea mines that magic: feed it your route and it surfaces the fun and strange things sitting right beside your drive: Cadillac Ranch's buried cars, Wall Drug's free ice water, a 60-ton ball of twine that a whole town dutifully grew for decades.
People love it because it converts dead highway time into adventure. Without a tool, roadside attractions only exist if you already know they're there; the internet is full of guides, but nobody wants to cross-reference a museum map against their route at 70 mph. One planner that says "voodoo donuts, detour 10 minutes, worth it" turns every ordinary leg into a scavenger hunt — and road trips with kids live or die on this exact feature.
The demo above searches a hand-picked list of famous American stops and shows which are genuinely near your line. Pick two cities, flip the theme toggles, and see what's quietly waiting on the way.