1. Los Angeles
   Washington, D.C.
2. Pittsburgh
   Boston

Los Angeles would be nothing without its famous roads. Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard are named for clear reasons, but Mulholland Drive is named for the engineer, William Mulholland, who built the system that sustains the city's water supply.

1. Salem, MA
   Las Vegas
2. Washington, D.C.
   New York City

Broadway, a world-famous north-south thoroughfare in Manhattan, predates Europeans, as part of it was the Native American Wickquasgeck Trail. These days, Broadway is the epicenter of American theater.

1. Honolulu
   New Orleans
2. Denver
   Springfield, MO

New Orleans's famous Magazine Street isn't named for publishing; it draws its name from ammunition stored there in the 18th century. Now it is the heart of the city's warehouse district.

1. Dallas
   San Antonio
2. Orlando
   Milwaukee

The world is dotted with streets with odd names that somehow stick around. This includes San Antonio's Can't Stop Street, which has been on city maps since at least 1889. It is unclear why it has this odd name.

1. Philadelphia
   Seattle
2. Juneau
   Phoenix

Camelback Road, in Phoenix, Arizona, is named for Camelback Mountain, a beautiful topological feature of the city with a luxury hotel on its side. McDowell Road is named for Fort McDowell, which is named for Irvin McDowell, a Civil War general who, ironically, never set foot in the state.

1. Seattle
   Saint Paul
2. Houston
   Orlando

Seattle's Aurora Avenue is part of State Route 99, making it one of the most heavily trafficked roads in the city. Pike Street, on the other hand, is the heart of Seattle nightlife and the namesake of the Pike Place Market.

1. Honolulu
   Atlanta
2. Denver
   Burlington, VT

Kahala Avenue has long been a jewel in the crown of Honolulu. Lined with expensive mansions, the avenue was recently given a boost when a major landowner there sold properties he had allowed to fall into disrepair.

1. Lawrence, KS
   Albuquerque
2. Indianapolis
   Atlanta

Georgia has many places named for the peach, but this patch of peach passion has a lot going for it. It is the site where "Gone With the Wind" was written, and it is home to some gorgeous Atlanta architecture.

1. Kansas City
   Columbus, OH
2. Knoxville, TN
   San Diego

Park Boulevard bisects Balboa Park in San Diego and passes very close to the San Deigo Zoo. El Cajon Boulevard was once a rough part of town, but it is seeing better days.

1. Pittsburgh
   San Diego
2. Salem, MA
   Phoenix

Salem, Massachusetts, famous for the Salem Witch Trials, is a town with plenty of history still physically evident. Essex and North Streets meet in the area with the few remaining structures that actually date back to the trials.

1. Columbus, OH
   Memphis
2. Baltimore
   Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville, Florida, is as tied to the Antebellum South as any part of the Deep South, and Palmetto Avenue includes the address of the Kingsley Plantation, a historic site. St. Johns Avenue runs along part of the city's waterfront.

1. Cleveland
   Baltimore
2. Kansas City
   Memphis

Peaking in the 1920s, Beale Street is the most famous street in Memphis. Beale Street is the heart of the entertainment district in the city, with music clubs old and new. It was the cradle for jazz in the city, hosting the likes of Muddy Waters, B. B. King, and even Robert Johnson.

1. Washington, D.C.
   Pittsburgh
2. Phoenix
   Philadelphia

Washington, D.C., is one of the few "planned" cities in America, though it was planned in an age of horses, not eighteen-wheel trucks. As a result, the nation's capital has an old world charm — combined with infuriating traffic.

1. San Diego
   Salem, MA
2. Jacksonville, FL
   Chicago

Chicago is a sprawling metropolis with a plethora of famous streets, many built after the Great Chicago Fire. While Milwaukee Avenue lies on the outskirts, State Street and Rush Street are in the heart of the city.

1. Knoxville, TN
   Atlanta
2. Albuquerque
   San Francisco

San Francisco's famous Lombard Street is known as the most crooked street in the world, but this isn't actually true. In fact, Vermont Street is more crooked — and it is in the same city.

1. Las Vegas
   New Orleans
2. Cleveland
   San Francisco

Cleveland's Euclid Avenue was once home to John D. Rockefeller and a major carriage building business. Ontario Street goes back a long way and is today part of the city's AsiaTown district.

1. Detroit
   Columbus, OH
2. Juneau
   San Antonio

Juneau is a major American city, but it is also part of what is still very much a frontier. In the early days, South Franklin is where the strip of bars was, catering to miners in the era when gold mining was big in the city. Seward Street is home to early 20th-century edifices that testify to the city's growth.

1. Detroit
   Memphis
2. San Antonio
   Jacksonville, FL

Detroit's Campau Street is named for Joseph Campau, the successful (in his own right) scion of a wealthy Detroit family and one of the city's richest citizens. Woodward Avenue is named for New York transplant Augustus Brevoort Woodward, one of the early legal scholars in the nation's history and an important judge.

1. Memphis
   Saint Paul
2. Cleveland
   Philadelphia

Philadelphia is rich in history, and some neighborhoods have been architecturally preserved. Delancey Street is historic and home to some of the most expensive homes in the city, some worth more than $6 million. Quince Street, also dating to the Revolution, is likely named for the quince tree. Quince was one of the most widespread agricultural products at the time, as it was the medium for fruit preserves.

1. Milwaukee
   Orlando
2. Baltimore
   Knoxville, TN

Few things are as "Baltimore" as the waterfront and the Orioles. Baltimore's famous waterfront includes East Pratt Street, and Camden Yards, home of the Orioles, is, fittingly, on Camden Street.

1. Denver
   Burlington, IA
2. Indianapolis
   Atlanta

Burlington isn't a place you'd expect to see a snake, but Snake Alley isn't full of snakes — it is one! This winding cobblestone street was shaped to make the hill upon which it sits an easier descent, and its cobblestones were laid to give horses' hooves better purchase.

1. Albuquerque
   Louisville
2. Las Vegas
   Butte

Louisville, Kentucky, has a lot to brag about, from its famous Slugger to the birthplace of Ali, but 4th Street would have to go on that list as well. This downtown drag includes historic theaters and hotels, and it is a short walk from the Ohio River.

1. Phoenix
   Seattle
2. Jacksonville, FL
   Miami

Miami's bilingual heritage is on display in its street names. Collins Avenue runs the length of Miami Beach, lined with hotels new and old. While its official designation is SW 8th Street, Calle Ocho ("8th Street" in Spanish) is the main drag in the center of one of the main Cuban communities in the city.

1. Butte
   Louisville
2. Salt Lake City
   Lawrence, KS

Lawrence's Massachusetts Street sounds out of place until it's made clear that the settlers who named it came from New England. If one wants to see some real history in Lawrence, "Mass Street" is a good bet, with many listed historical buildings on it.

1. Indianapolis
   Las Vegas
2. Lawrence, KS
   Springfield, MO

East St. Louis Avenue, which turns into Park Central East and eventually West College Street, runs through downtown Springfield, Missouri. Its eastern terminus is on an industrial lot.

1. Kansas City, MO
   San Francisco
2. Springfield, MO
   Baltimore

Kansas City's 39th Street is the namesake of the 39th Street District, which is the cool, "bohemian" part of town. Grand Boulevard is one of the major arteries in the city's financial district.

1. Detroit
   Houston
2. San Diego
   Saint Paul

Almost indistinct from Minneapolis, save for a bridge connecting the two, Saint Paul is a separate city with its own history. Wabasha Street is noted for the Minnesota Children's Museum and Fitzgerald Theater, and Summit Avenue is the longest avenue of Victorian-era homes in the U.S.

1. San Antonio
   Philadelphia
2. Boston
   Seattle

Boston has many streets named in the time of the American Revolution. Washington Street is an obvious example of the revolutionary past, but School Street, despite having no schools on it today, was named for Boston Latin, the first public school in the nation, built in 1645.

1. Knoxville, TN
   Louisville
2. Las Vegas
   Honolulu

There are many Gay Streets in America, but Knoxville's probably has the most history. It was the site of the constitutional convention that created the state of Tennessee. It was the first paved road in the city, and it is now the heart of the city's vibrant theater district.

1. Saint Paul
   Houston
2. Dallas
   Minneapolis

"The Mini Apple" has a single most famous street, at least among people of a certain age: Nicollet Mall, where Mary Tyler Moore famously threw her hat in the air on television. Chicago Avenue, on the other hand, is famous because it leads to U.S. Bank Stadium, home of the Vikings.

1. Albuquerque
   Milwaukee
2. Louisville
   Denver

Denver's Larimer Square is a street that has seen the city through thick and thin, from the heady days of the silver rush to the depths of the Depression, to the city's current era of prosperity. Larimer Square is busy, historic and cool.

1. Columbus, OH
   New Orleans
2. Milwaukee
   Springfield, MO

Broad Street bisects Columbus, Ohio, on the east-west axis, connecting eastward to Pittsburgh and westward to Indianapolis. High Street bisects the city north-south, lined with businesses.

1. New Orleans
   Houston
2. Dallas
   Kansas City

The Allen Parkway, a major artery for Houston, is named for the founders of the city, John Kirby Allen and Augustus Allen. Fannin Street, on the other hand, is named for James Walker Fannin, one of the leaders of the Texas Revolution, who was executed by Santa Anna.

1. Dallas
   Cleveland
2. Memphis
   Orlando

Meadowood Road, Dallas, is home to some of the most expensive real estate in the city, with properties exceeding $6 million. Elm Street has a darker history, as it is the street JFK's motorcade was driving along when he was assassinated.

1. Providence, RI
   Augusta, ME
2. Indianapolis
   Salt Lake City

If one wanted to see a lot of Indianapolis, Washington Street would be a great place to begin. Crossing the White River, Washington Street passes the Indianapolis Zoo and goes under the Indianapolis Artsgarden.