Our Route 66 road trip ended at the beginning, at East Jackson Boulevard and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, where a brown sign hanging 12 feet high on a light post tells people they’ve reached the ...

Route 66 turns 100: Discover Oklahoma’s history, landmarks, and Mother Road magic. Celebrate the centennial of Route 66 in Oklahoma, the state with more surviving miles of the Mother Road than any ...

Route 66 is just one of the highways that features in “On The Road,” the Jack Kerouac book that introduced so many people to white-line wanderlust. More than anything written about the iconic highway, ...

Historic Route 66 celebrates its 100 th anniversary in 2026. While the so-called “Mother Road” defined classic Americana–tourist kitsch, neon signs, roadside motels–most of its mid-century fame has ...

Route 66, which runs for roughly 2,400 miles from Chicago through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending in Santa Monica, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this ...