In 1926, Route 66 was supposed to be the Main Street of America, stretching from Chicago to L.A. Motoring was exciting, roadhouses were sexy, and motels were about to be invented. Soon, you could find ...

Route 66 may begin in Chicago and end some 2,278 miles later in Los Angeles, but guess which state fittingly lays claim to being in the center of it all? “It permeates the world to a ridiculous degree ...

Route 66 turns 100 years old in 2026 presenting the country an opportunity to authentically rewrite the narrative of the Mother Road, so-named by John Steinbeck in his 1939 novel, “The Grapes of Wrath ...

TULSA, Okla. — The Oklahoma Route 66 Association announced the release of their newly designed Route 66 trip guide on Thursday. Travelers planning a road trip along historic Route 66 through Oklahoma ...

Corrections & Clarifications: The locations of two landmarks were incorrectly reported in a previous version of this article. Jack Rabbit Trading Post is about 18 miles west of Holbrook, and Holbrook ...

Route 66 captures American imagination like few other highways, stretching 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica through ...

The Uproxx 2023 Fall Travel Hot List is live! Visit here for the full experience! It’s no secret that the Uproxx crew loves a great American road trip. The freedom that comes with setting out on the ...

It’s ironic that one of the best online guides to Route 66 would come from British folks. U.K. travel site eShores put together an interactive roadmap to “Mother Road,” filled with interesting details ...

From Chicago to the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, the iconic U.S. Route 66 dates back to 1926, when it became one of the first numbered highways in the United States. What was once the primary ...

Driving Route 66 sounds so simple: Pick up the road in Chicago and follow it 2,448 miles to Los Angeles. If only. The patchwork of roads zigs and zags, switches names and numbers, and sometimes just ...

The next best thing to using a time machine? Visiting destinations that evoke a sense of nostalgia. The roadside attractions of historic Route 66 can reawaken the emotional bond people have with the ...