I dreamt that I was on a study tour of America in connection with major construction projects and their impact on the environment. I was interested in showing that there used to be much more concern about environmental impact many years ago than is the case today. In particular, I was looking into the first few years of highway building in the States. My research brought me to Richardson, Virginia, where the first highway started in the Fifties. On my way there, I went to many libraries to study remaining documents about the first highway project. In the reading room of one of the libraries I recognized one of my Harvard professors, who first taught me about environmental impact of major transportation projects. Daniel or Dan Brand was his name. He looked only a bit older than I remembered him, but I knew he could not recognize me because of my gray hair. When I grabbed him by his shoulders and told him my name, he first blinked at me in confusion, but then his face lit up. “Ranko Bon!” he cried. We hugged. He was delighted when I told him what I was doing in that particular library. We immediately organized a workshop on the matter, and everyone focused on Richardson, Virginia. I remember seeing a map showing the town and its surroundings before the highway was built. It was printed in black-and-white. I could read the town’s name on the map, too. Everything we found showed clearly that many studies were made to ensure that the effect of the new venture would be minimal. This included natural systems, such as vegetation and wildlife, but many studies were concerned with the highway’s visual impact, as well as problems with noise along its route. I remember telling everyone around me that it was obvious from everything I had found that the concern with such issues was genuine, whereas major projects nowadays go through such studies only because of legal requirements. “In Istria,” I laughed, “they just drive highways through the landscape as though there is no tomorrow!” Everyone joined me. When I woke up, I immediately turned to the town in my dream. Does it really exist? Could it really be that the highway system started in its vicinity?