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I have a distinct childhood memory of heading north on Interstate 5 through Oregon.

Opening high-profile satellites in San Francisco’s Ferry Building Marketplace and Napa’s Oxbow Public Market may have put Gott’s Roadside on the official tourist radar, but for in-the-know regulars, the St. Helena original drive-in grill offers a few unadvertised “secret” items.

Technically they’re the same place, but under as much as 15 feet of snow the park is a very different place—and every bit as beautiful.

With nothing but coffee and road-trip food—sunflower seeds, tortilla chips, tangerines, and chocolate—to fuel us until we reached the Red Canyon Lodge's restaurant, my husband and I nearly sank our teeth into the menu.

Whenever I visit the museum at the Little Bighorn Battlefield—the site of George Custer’s famous “last stand” in Eastern Montana—I come away with two major reactions.

Stay alert as you pass through the tiny Hopland on Highway 101 and you’ll spot two unusual barn-like buildings topped by cupolas.

As travelers, we can sometimes feel like the world is busy thinking up cruel new ways to take away our stuff—Hand over the moisturizer, ma’am!—which is why I’ve learned to relish the freebies that get thrown my way on a trip.

It’s beautiful and eerie. Kind of like a distant foghorn, or someone playing a cello, or maybe the approach of an alien spaceship. Making the Kelso Dunes sing has to be one of the most exhilarating things one can do on a pile of sand.

In the stampede to get to the E-ticket rides, most folks run right past “Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln,” a wonderful relic from the early days of the park.