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Why are there so many adult retailers off of highways?

by Dylan Miettinen
Aug 30, 2024
During any summer road trip, especially in the Midwest, you’re likely to pass by at least one sex shop. What are they doing out there?
The Lion's Den in Hebron, Indiana, in 2016. The adult retail chain has invested in its physical storefronts in recent year.
Michael Borowski
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Adventures in Housing

Life on the road (with five kids in tow)

by Maria Hollenhorst
Feb 27, 2023
The family of seven left California with a modified travel trailer. Eventually, they found their way home.
Brian and Shannon Ostrovsky spent 27 months traveling around the country with their five children.
Courtesy the Ostrovskys
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Americans are hitting the roads again for July 4th

by Caroline Champlin
Jul 2, 2021
But will high gas prices make a difference in what they drive and where they go?
Fourth of July weekend gas prices for 2021 are expected to be the highest since 2014.
Scott Olson/Getty Images
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Expect more staycations this summer

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 3, 2020
AAA predicts trips on planes, cruises, buses and trains will be down 75% to 85%.
Beachgoers take in the views while wearing masks in Ventura, California. Planning a summer vacation this year poses extra logistical challenges.
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Gas prices are low ahead of Memorial Day. But will people travel?

by Justin Ho
May 22, 2020
Travel could fall to record lows this holiday weekend, despite some of the cheapest gas in nearly two decades.
Gas prices heading into the Memorial Day weekend are at their lowest levels in nearly two decades.
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Shelf Life

How road trips changed America

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 3, 2018
... and how America changed road trips
Author Richard Ratay gets first chance behind the wheel during a family road trip to Santa’s Village in East Dundee Illinois in 1972. He is joined by his sister, Leslie, and two brothers, Mark (rear seat) and Bruce.
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Robots Ate My Job

Robots Ate My Road Trip: Day 6

by David Brancaccio
Mar 31, 2012
End in sight.
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Robots Ate My Job

Robots across America

by David Brancaccio
Mar 30, 2012
Marketplace's David Brancaccio and his robot dog Wilson drive coast to coast without as much as a "hello" to fellow humans.
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Robots Ate My Job

Robots ate my road trip, day two

by David Brancaccio
Mar 26, 2012
An ear of corn almost derails David Brancaccio's misanthropic cross-country road trip from New York to San Francisco.
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Robots Ate My Job

Robots ate my road trip, day 1

by David Brancaccio
Mar 25, 2012
From man's best friend to the hotel reception desk; check-in on the successful first leg of David Brancaccio's cross-country road trip from New York to San Francisco, which he's attempting to complete without any human interaction.
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