The Old Chain of Rocks Bridge on June 19, 2025. It opened to traffic in 1929 and was rerouted in 1936 to carry Route 66 over ...

Otherworldly -- that's one way to describe the Mojave Desert and its barren beauty. This unforgiving region is partly located ...

With its 100th birthday on the horizon, Route 66 will soon be in the spotlight again. Now, a new book chronicling the history ...

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 ...

This excursion has it all — some history, some stunning architecture, some culture, and fast food curiosities. If you're a ...

Two Illinois natives helped preserve an old general store in Hackberry, Arizona. We spent a rainy day there — and tried not to wake the mayor as he slept on a the couch.

While the Mother Road runs through eight states, Springfield has some special connections to the Chicago-to-Los Angeles route.

Often referred to as the nation’s “Mother Road,” Route 66 was officially designated in 1926, and the iconic road signs that marked the route were posted in the following years.

Almost a century after Route 66 was created, America’s most celebrated road trip is going electric, offering a tantalising glimpse of the future as well as a step back in time.