Drive to Champaign

Draw the roads from the 300 largest cities in the US to the headquarters of Wolfram Research in Champaign, IL.

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champaign = Entity["City", {"Champaign", "Illinois", "UnitedStates"}]

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us = Entity["Country", "UnitedStates"]

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This is the list of the largest cities in the US.

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Length[cities = CityData[{Large, "UnitedStates"}]]

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Compute travel paths to Champaign.

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roads = Quiet@TravelDirections[{#, champaign}, "TravelPath"] & /@ cities;

Eliminate a few failed cases, like traveling from Honolulu to Champaign.

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Length[roads = Cases[roads, _GeoPath]]

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Draw the map.

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GeoGraphics[{ GeoStyling[White], Polygon[us], Red, Opacity[.1], roads, Black, Opacity[0.6], Point[cities], Blue, Opacity[1], PointSize[Large], Point[champaign] }, GeoBackground -> LightBlue, ImageSize -> 600, GeoRange -> us] // Rasterize

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