U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, has re-introduced the Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act, with the intention ...

The US Route 66 Centennial website highlights Official Route 66 Centennial events, projects, preservation success stories and future needs. Look no further if you're seeking the one-stop source for ...

USA TODAY readers have already made their opinions known on many Ozarks attractions: They named Silver Dollar City as America's top theme park for the third year in a row, last year they named Wonders ...

Rising through Arizona’s Black Mountains, Sitgreaves Pass pushed early Route 66 drivers to their limits, with sheer drops, ...

Budville, New Mexico was once a roadside stop along historic Route 66—until tragedy struck. In 1967, the town’s founder and ...

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.

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 ...

Jump start the national Route 66 100th anniversary celebrations set to open in 2026, with a visit to Craig Kilgore photography exhibit, "American Monomyth: Route 66 Today" at the Jewish Federation of ...

SPRINGFIELD — A downtown art gallery has unveiled an exhibition of curated work from local artist Bob Waldmire, who is widely known for his work related to Route 66. Waldmire died in 2009 from ...

If you want to discover the real America, you need to explore the roads less traveled. Here US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill ...