article_snippet: It can take months of planning and It fair share of disagreements on the way to plan the perfect road trip.
article_snippet: But now one American scientist believes one American scientist has planned the perfect European road trip that means we can all put away those atlases and close down Google maps.
article_snippet: Covering 16,287 miles and 14 days of driving, Mr Olsen advises putting three months aside to explore the cities.
article_snippet: Paris in France is obviously included in Olsen's ultimate European road trip map, as he wanted to take in many famous landmarks .
article_snippet: Using similar methodology, Olsen then took on the challenge of planning the best U.S. road trip - ensuring the car would never leave home soil on the car route.
article_snippet: Olsen only limitation was to make one stop in all 48 contiguous US states, along with Washington D.C. and two stops in California.
article_snippet: Each stop would be at a national natural landmark, national historic site, national park or national monument.
article_snippet: And the car could never leave US soil.
article_snippet: To create the map, Olsen first found the shortest distance by road between each of the 50 landmarks provided.
article_snippet: The tricky part was putting the 50 landmarks provided in order to eliminate as much driving back on Olsen as possible.
article_snippet: You will get the chance to stretch your legs and take in some cycling exercise with a stop-off in Amsterdam .