Highway travel isn't exactly romanticized, and rest stops, for the most part, are just convenient places to, well, rest. You can stop by to grab a coffee, use the restroom that you hope isn't nasty, ...

Rest areas have been a part of the American travel experience for well over a century, with some of the first being stage coach stations, where both passengers and horses could stop to take a break.

Heather and Joel Buyer walk up to the newly renovated Fayette County rest area. Many of Ohio's rest stops will have universal changing tables that can benefit families like the Buyers in Washington ...