<div id="ooyalaplayer" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;"></div><div style="display:none;" id="kalturavideoplaceholder">kalturavideoplaceholder</div><div><div><script src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script><div class="g-ytsubscribe" data-channel="BusinessInsider" data-layout="full" data-count="default"></div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p>Thinking about taking a cross country road trip?</p><p>Researcher <a href="http://www.randalolson.com/2015/03/08/computing-the-optimal-road-trip-across-the-u-s/">Randy Olson</a>&#xa0;figured out&#xa0;the ideal route around the 48 contiguous states. Olson used a genetic algorithm to calculate the short distances between 50 national landmarks.</p><p><em>Produced by Alex Kuzoian</em></p><p><strong>Follow BI Video: </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BusinessInsider.Video">On Facebook</a></p>

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This is the best route to take for an epic road trip across the US

kalturavideoplaceholderThinking about taking a cross country road trip?Researcher Randy Olson&#xa0;figured out&#xa0;the ideal route around the 48 contiguous states. Olson used a genetic algorithm to calculate the short distances between 50 national landmarks.Produced by Alex KuzoianFollow BI Video: On Facebook

kalturavideoplaceholderThinking about taking a cross country road trip? Researcher Randy Olson&#xa0;figured out&#xa0;the ideal route around the 48 contiguous states.

This is the best route to take for an epic road trip across the US

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