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This book introduces roads that played an important role in American history, including famous trails, highways, railroads, waterways, and some abstract roads (such as the Trail of Tears for Native Americans to migrate westward and the Underground Railroad for slaves to escape). From the Great Indian Battle Trail, which the early Native tribes relied on, to the Boston Mail Road and the Great Wagon Road, which played a decisive role during the Revolutionary War, from the Oregon Trail, which led Americans to pursue Manifest Destiny during the Westward Expansion, to the Erie Canal, which set the United States on the stage of becoming a world power during the Industrial Revolution, from the Santa Fe Railroad, which gave birth to the "fast food chain," to the Lincoln Highway, which allowed the entire United States to "get on the automobile." These roads are not only important transportation arteries in history, but also shape the economic, cultural and social structure of the United States today to varying degrees. History not only has time clues, it also has equally wonderful spatial clues. By understanding the rise and decline of these roads, we can understand the history and social changes of the United States from a spatial perspective, and understand the relationship between major historical events and ordinary trivial events.