Learn about the importance of "The Negro Motorist Green Book" at the Route History Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Visit the famous Blue Whale of Catoosa for a photo op as you make your way through ...

Ready to have a good ol' fashioned road trip? Consider your travels planned with this excerpt from Drew Knowles's Route 66 Adventure Handbook, featuring quirky roadside attractions and facts you won't ...

Driving the entirety of Route 66 is no easy task. It takes months to plan and weeks to execute. Why exactly does a person need to set aside so much time for Route 66? The answer lies not in the road ...

The Arcadia round barn is one of the top attractions along Route 66 in Oklahoma. Oklahoma’s stretch of Route 66, often called the “Heart of the Mother Road,” is packed with nostalgic charm, quirky ...

The Arcadia round barn is one of the top attractions along Route 66 in Oklahoma. Oklahoma’s stretch of Route 66, often called the “Heart of the Mother Road,” is packed with nostalgic charm, quirky ...

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The Mother Road is gearing up for the holidays. Several sites and attractions along Route 66 are lit up for Christmas and make the perfect activity if you’re looking for something to do with your ...

The videos cover such subjects as vintage postcards, neon lighting, vanished icons, current roadside attractions and more along Route 66. You will also see memorabilia including photographs, postcards ...

The nation's longest drivable stretch of Route 66 cuts through Oklahoma, where travelers explore more than 400 miles of historic towns and attractions that celebrate the Mother Road. Route 66 connects ...

Route 66, the iconic U.S. highway, turns 100 years old in 2026. And what better way to celebrate this than by finally going on that once-in-a-lifetime road trip down this historic road? As many Route ...

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 ...

Historic Route 66 is about to turn 95 years old. On Nov. 11, 1926, U.S. 66 opened for business stretching from Chicago to Los Angeles. The road was designed with two primary purposes — to increase the ...