There’s a piece of the road in the museum—square slabs of aged asphalt excised from west of Oklahoma City. I’ve never seen such a thing in a museum. I have seen shrunken human heads and Tyrannosaurus ...

It's something that should be on every American's bucket list: driving Route 66. And there's no better time than now to get out and explore the country's motoring heritage and history. However, the ...

Anna Matuschek, who works in Stuttgart for the German magazine Motor Klassik, rides on Route 66 outside Oatman, Arizona. Catherine Karnow Since I discovered U.S. Route 66 as a teenage hitchhiker, I’ve ...

SELIGMAN, Arizona — They came suddenly and in numbers, cars and trucks weighed down with their owners’ worldly possessions. Angel Delgadillo was a boy when those hundreds of thousands of Dust Bowl ...

Route 66 travels 2,448 miles across eight states linking Chicago to Los Angeles. Roughly 1,372 of those miles cut through Native American Tribes’ land. According to the American Indian Alaska Native ...

Learn about the importance of "The Negro Motorist Green Book" at the Route History Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Visit the famous Blue Whale of Catoosa for a photo op as you make your way through ...

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.

No other road has captured the imagination and the essence of the American Dream quite like Route 66. The idea behind the “Mother Road” was to connect urban and rural America from Chicago all the way ...

As Route 66 gears up to celebrate 100 years of kicks, Oklahoma’s stretch is streets ahead in terms of revitalization. A well-oiled campaign has restored mid-century landmarks, while welcoming a few ...

Up to nine vintage cars, primarily from the Big 3 automakers, will make the journey from Santa Monica to Chicago, then Detroit. The drive aims to honor Detroit's automotive heritage and its role in ...