WHAT YOU’VE BEEN MISSING BETWEEN NEW YORK AND BOSTON

Under cooperative traffic conditions, the trip between New York and Boston can take well under four hours. Traditionally, the more beaten of the paths between the cities is I-95, but mapping apps have uncovered courses that savvier travelers have taken for decades—routes that include some combination of Connecticut-15, I-91, I-84 and the Mass Pike have come to be more commonly taken. All of those roads have something to offer, so consider switching routes for the return leg.

I-95 might be the less scenic and more cumbersome of the routes, but it passes through ground that is rich with culturally relevant and surprisingly popping