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.

The 2026 HOT ROD Power Tour rolls along historic Route 66 from Illinois to Oklahoma, June 8–12, 2026, celebrating the highway ...

KINGMAN, Arizona — There is a roughly 8-mile section of Route 66 at the western edge of this state that is considered to be one of the most scenic and white-knuckled drives this country has to offer.

I’ve been told many times that the best way to see America is to drive across it. You can look at as many maps as you want, but there are things about its mammoth scale that can’t be conveyed in two ...

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 ...

A writer drove from Chicago to L.A. to see what it truly means to belong to a place. Amboy, Calif., in the Mojave Desert, off the old Route 66.Credit...Andrew Moore Supported by By Aatish Taseer ...

The Route 66 monument found a new home at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum after recent OKC City Council ...

World-renown Route 66 starts in downtown Chicago. But you’ll want to motor west to Springfield, roughly 200 miles from the Windy City, to find the best of the Mother Road. “The big cities don’t have ...

The nation's longest drivable stretch of Route 66 cuts through Oklahoma, where travelers explore more than 400 miles of historic towns and attractions that celebrate the Mother Road. Route 66 connects ...

Samantha returns to Route 66 in Luther, Oklahoma, visiting the Threatt Filling Station, a historical safe haven for Black motorists. In Oklahoma City, she meets "neon Queen" Kathy Reynolds and ...