"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 ...

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 ...

Last September, I crossed a dream trip off my bucket list. While I'd driven many sections of Route 66 over the years, I had never tackled the entire 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica in one ...

Last September, I crossed a dream trip off my bucket list. While I’d driven many sections of Route 66 over the years, I had never tackled the entire 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica in one ...

Also known as the Mother Road, Route 66 runs from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, passing through eight states and countless towns. When it first opened to traffic in 1926, the scenic ...

Buckle up as Jim Ross and Shellee Graham take readers for a ride down “The Main Street of America” in “Route 66: The First 100 Years.” In 2026, the Mother Road will be celebrating its centennial ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Our Route 66 road trip began at the end, at the famed fishing pier jutting out into the Pacific Ocean. On a breezy Sunday afternoon, the first day of June, a steady stream of ...