When we last left off, the Joads were on their last most treacherous segment of their Route 66 journey to the promised land.

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 ...

Route 66 turns 100 years old in 2026 presenting the country an opportunity to authentically rewrite the narrative of the ...

If you think you know the iconic American roadway, this digital project asks you to think again. Route 66. The name alone ...

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 ...

Last September, I crossed a dream trip off my bucket list. While I’d driven many sections of Route 66 over the years, I had never tackled the entire 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica in one ...

Don Crost is driving Route 66 across the country in a 1953 Chevy to raise money for ShelterBox, a disaster-relief organization based in Santa Barbara. Credit: Joshua Molina / Noozhawk photo A few days ...

Cadillac Ranch stands just west of Amarillo with half-buried cars set nose-down in a wide field, forming one of Route 66’s ...

GALENA, Kan. — Artists are adding their magic touch to a new drive-thru attraction on historic Route 66 in Galena. This metal Route 66 shield was just installed last year on old Route 66, between the ...

“How in the world did Black people drive Route 66 when half the counties were sundown towns?” she asked during a panel discussion at last weekend’s Route 66 Road Fest. Taylor was working on a travel ...

Dave Nicholas, Barry Porter, Rich Shipe and Harold Wenger turned 66 years old last winter, within a month of each other. They prepared the birthday celebration slowly. Casual planning started two ...

Doug Knight grew up going to the Springfield Drive-In Theater and the Old Route 66 Drive-In Theater. Drive-ins mushroomed across the country after World War II before VCRs and DVDs, he said, in part ...