Few travel experiences feel as deeply American as a road trip, and no road carries the weight of legend quite like Route 66.

Eight states, three time zones, 2,448 miles across a continent from Chicago to Santa Monica: Route 66 is the world’s best ...

Route 66 stretches over 2,000 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles. Though Kingman, Ariz., and Barstow, Calif., both make it into the song “Route 66,” the original alignment between the two towns is ...

AMBOY, Calif. — Water is the key to the future of Roy’s Motel & Cafe, the lone survivor in a Route 66 town that, at its peak, boasted 200 residents, three gas stations, three motels, two cafes, a post ...

I was 9 years old when I first drove with my parents in a 1939 Plymouth sedan from St. Louis, Mo., to San Bernardino, along Route 66 during a move to the West Coast. I vividly remember the sights and ...

Amboy, California sits quietly along historic Route 66, surrounded by open desert and volcanic landscape. Once a familiar ...

I needed to get behind the wheel. Work, work and more work had made me antsy to get on the road. A trip into some unknown desert was the remedy. I kept it close and ventured out to the high desert ...

The following is an excerpt from aDaily Press story published Dec. 31, 1999. More than any other American roadway, Route 66 has been celebrated in songs and books, on television and at the movies. As ...

This was a day when not many cars were on Route 66. At one time, Freeze didn't see a car for more than 20 minutes. Photo by David Freeze. Editor’s note: Rowan County resident David Freeze is off on ...

Editor’s note: This road trip was taken before the coronavirus pandemic. However, road trips are are becoming surprisingly popular during the lockdown era, as gas prices drop and families spend more ...