Fall is officially here and there are plenty of ways to celebrate in the Springfield area this weekend. What do you have planned for this weekend?

U.S. News Insider Tip: There are plenty of opportunities to pull over and snap a photo of a Route 66 road sign – but perhaps the coolest photo op is at the Amtrak Train Station downtown, where you ...

If your destination is Flagstaff, the Grand Canyon, or even Las Vegas, add a pit stop to see another National Park Service site in Northern Arizona. Petrified Forest National Park is just a few hours ...

Samantha travels the Illinois stretch of Route 66, chock full of history and Americana! The Illinois stretch of Route 66 is chock full of American history and Americana! Samantha meets up with her ...

Sometimes it’s not about the destination. It’s about the journey. And for more than 75 years, performers from Nat King Cole to John Mayer have saluted one particular cross-country trek: Route 66.

For Kristi Brown of Shelbyville and Andrea Shaffer of Decatur, taking in the opening of the Route 66 Experience at the Illinois State Fairgrounds provided them with an opportunity to revisit their ...

From its earliest days, Route 66 has reflected the American culture of the moment. When the road connected Chicago to Los Angeles in 1926, it represented the possibility of the automobile. In the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — If you’re looking to get your kicks on Route 66, don’t go to this visitor center. “Right now, it’s just sitting there abandoned, I don’t see nobody there,” Jerry Ochoa said. Coming ...