"Sixty-six is the mother road, the road of flight,” wrote John Steinbeck in his 1939 novel Grapes of Wrath. When Route 66 was first established in 1926 as one of the first official US highways, it was ...

Also known as the Mother Road, Route 66 runs from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, passing through eight states and countless towns. When it first opened to traffic in 1926, the scenic ...

Travelers can get their kicks on Route 66 next year as destinations and tour operators celebrate the Mother Road's centennial ...

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 ...

Buckle up as Jim Ross and Shellee Graham take readers for a ride down “The Main Street of America” in “Route 66: The First 100 Years.” In 2026, the Mother Road will be celebrating its centennial ...

I’ve been told many times that the best way to see America is to drive across it. You can look at as many maps as you want, but there are things about its mammoth scale that can’t be conveyed in two ...

Virtual flamenco dancers overlaying the cityscape, murals both tall and small and narrated place-based poetry are all a part of the city’s “art-fueled” road trip through Albuquerque’s stretch of Route ...