U.S. Route 66 turns 100 years old this year, and communities along the historic highway are preparing for a year of centennial events. The road was established in 1926 and eventually stretched about 2 ...

As the United States’ first federal highway system, Route 66 connected people and places across the country. It was a symbol ...

The Illinois State Capitol building in Springfield, Ill., is located a few blocks north of U.S. Route 66. It’s just one of many attractions and historic landmarks near the historic highway. Photograph ...

As Route 66 nears its 100th anniversary, preservation groups are pushing for federal protection and investing in historic sites across Oklahoma and the nation. Route 66 is nearing its 100th ...

Long before the interstate highways created fast routes across the country, road trips meant moving through small towns, ...

Where there's a Will, there's a way — to adventures along Route 66. Individuals and families are encouraged to take cultural icon and Oklahoma native Will Rogers with them, in a sense, as they travel ...

Route 66 travels 2,448 miles across eight states linking Chicago to Los Angeles. Roughly 1,372 of those miles cut through Native American Tribes’ land. According to the American Indian Alaska Native ...

Illinois Route 4 is mostly a two-lane road that connects rural communities from central to southern Illinois. Its heritage, ...

Tulsa received a $90,000 award through the Oklahoma Route 66 Revitalization Grant Program to build a musical road along a section of Route 66. City officials said the installation will be the first of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The Illinois State Museum will have a new virtual experience coming this month. This months session will focus on the Centennial Speaker Series "Route 66 at 100 - An ...

Anna Matuschek, who works in Stuttgart for the German magazine Motor Klassik, rides on Route 66 outside Oatman, Arizona. Catherine Karnow Since I discovered U.S. Route 66 as a teenage hitchhiker, I’ve ...