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 ...

As the 100th anniversary of Route 66 approaches in 2026, join Pulitzer Prize winners Jonathan Bullington and E. Jason Wambsgans as they spotlight the stops and people who live along America’s highway.

Image Credit: Wirestock Creators / Shutterstock. Few drives capture the imagination quite like Route 66. It is a journey through history, culture, and the open-road spirit that helped define America’s ...

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 ...

It was created to connect us, a fused chain of existing roadways many unpaved that stretched 2,448 miles across eight states and three time zones, starting steps from Lake Michigan in downtown Chicago ...

FILE - This Jan. 13, 2017, file photo, shows the Route 66 Casino outside of Albuquerque, N.M., along the historic Route 66. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File) Cruising along Route 66 — the iconic ...