Route 66's 99th birthday was on Tuesday, but just wait until next year. For what it is was and will be, the celebration of ...

Hailed as the nation's best road trip, this winding route stops at countless towns and attractions, and it's having a big ...

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 ...

"Sixty-six is the mother road, the road of flight,” wrote John Steinbeck in his 1939 novel Grapes of Wrath. When Route 66 was first established in 1926 as one of the first official US highways, it was ...

Journey through America’s transformative era of road travel in ‘Wagon Road to Mother Road,’ opening Nov. 16 at the Museum of ...

A drive down Route 66 is a popular bucket list item for people who want to explore America, but consider making a pit stop ...

Route 66 is America’s quintessential road trip.Born in 1926 as one of our country’s first numbered highways, the road has been romanticized with a hit song and, in the early 1960s, a popular TV series ...

Near the eastern start of Route 66 stands one of its most architecturally striking landmarks. On Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, so close to Millennium Park that you can see its reflection in the ...

The famous American highway Route 66, which ran all the way from Chicago to Santa Monica, was established in 1926 as car culture was taking over the nation. As more people started using the route for ...

Just after lunchtime in a town that is a monument to yesteryear, an old man is cruising down Route 66 using an eight-speed bicycle. He is tidily dressed in khaki slacks, a navy polo shirt and a ...