Route 66 History: How the Mother Road Was Born, Died and Came Back
From a telegram in Springfield in 1926 to its 100th birthday in 2026, here is how Route 66 was built, lost to the interstates and saved by its towns.
Route 66 History
How a numbered highway from Chicago to Los Angeles became the Mother Road: the people, places and dates behind 100 years of Route 66.
Route 66 Ghost Towns You Can Still Visit, East to West
Fifteen towns the road left behind, from Times Beach to Essex: why they emptied, what you can still see, and which ones you can actually reach this year.