There's no road trip route quite like Route 66. Stretching from Chicago to California, the endearingly nicknamed "Mother Road" delivers neon nostalgia and kitschy Americana for over 2,400 epic miles ...

If you're longing for a stunning and storied U.S. road trip, there are few routes that hold a candle to Route 66. Stretching from California to Chicago, the iconic "Mother Road" route delivers neon ...

It’s full steam ahead on Route 66 nostalgia this year, with the Mother Road celebrating its 100th anniversary. While the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The annual Illinois Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor Festival will take place May 3 and 4 in central Illinois. This festival is a self ...

The Illinois State Capitol building in Springfield, Ill., is located a few blocks north of U.S. Route 66. It’s just one of many attractions and historic landmarks near the historic highway. Photograph ...

A bill in Congress aims to help businesses along Route 66. Illinois Rep. Darin LaHood introduced a bill, Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act (H.R.4338) that would designate Route 66 as a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — "It winds from Chicago to LA / More than two thousand miles all the way / Get your kicks on Route 66!" Nearly 70 years ago, Nat King Cole sang his love letter to the historic ...

Our Route 66 road trip ended at the beginning, at East Jackson Boulevard and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, where a brown sign hanging 12 feet high on a light post tells people they’ve reached the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The Illinois State Museum is launching an online database of 100 oral histories about Route 66. The Route 66 Oral History Project database includes video-recorded interviews ...