Route 66 captures American imagination like few other highways, stretching 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica through ...

Route 66 turns 100 years old in 2026 presenting the country an opportunity to authentically rewrite the narrative of the Mother Road, so-named by John Steinbeck in his 1939 novel, “The Grapes of Wrath ...

Mother Road’ celebrating centennial next year; Route 66 stretches about 100 miles through Southwestern Illinois.

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 ...

Google Arts & Culture, in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, celebrated the launch of "A Cultural ...

With Route 66 turning 100 on Nov. 11, 2026, there are a plethora of museums and roadside attractions to see along the historic Mother Road. Additionally, lots of food options abound — from old-school ...

Illinois State Museum unveils 100 personal Route 66 oral histories, featuring travelers and locals, honoring the Mother ...

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 ...

"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 ...

The Pacific Coast Paradise route, which goes from Seattle, Washington, to Santa Barbara, California, was named the best road ...

The Route 66 Oral History Project database includes video-recorded interviews and world-searchable written transcriptions.

Stories from Route 66 seeks to unite local residents, business owners, and historians with the next generation of ...