View post: I Took a Luxury Golf Trip on La Dolce Vita Orient Express—Here’s What It’s Really Like Route 66, America's most famous highway, links iconic sites from Illinois to California across eight ...

The most iconic highway in the country reaches its centennial this year – and travelers are ready to celebrate with an epic road trip. Also called The Mother Road, Route 66 stretches almost 2,500 ...

The New Mexico Route 66 Association has debuted a commemorative centennial coin to celebrate the Mother Road's 100th anniversary. The design includes a roadrunner, cactus, the shape of New Mexico, and ...

GRANITE CITY, Ill. – Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker toured It’s Electric Neon Sign Park in Granite City on Monday to kickoff a calendar year of celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Route 66. The ...

Dedicated descendants have restored Route 66’s only Black-owned gas station to its former glory and are planning to expand it further. The Threatt Filling Station in Oklahoma, the only Black-owned ...

Editor’s Note: Jack Becker is the editor of Caprock Chronicles and is a Librarian Emeritus from Texas Tech University. He can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. Today’s article is the second of an ...

Revving up for its 100th anniversary, Route 66 is experiencing a culinary renaissance, offering everything from humongous hot dogs to reimagined Native American cuisine. The eating options along ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A new sculpture celebrating Route 66’s 100th anniversary has been unveiled in the heart of Nob Hill. Street artist Nazario Sandoval and his father, Andy Sandoval, designed the 1951 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Springfield’s claim to be the birthplace of the Mother Road means it has been selected as the host city for the kickoff of America’s Route 66 centennial celebration, taking place ...

When the 10 Freeway was completed in the 1950s it was then a marvel of high-speed travel for visitors heading across the Inland Empire to Los Angeles. But it had a significant negative effect of ...

HISTORY IN ALAMOGORDO FROM 11 TO 2, AND IS OPEN FOR ALL AGES. ROUTE 66 IS KNOWN FOR ITS SCENIC VIEWS FROM NEW MEXICO’S RED CLIFFS AND ADOBE VILLAGES TO THE SANTA MONICA PIER IN CALIFORNIA. NOW THOSE ...