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 ...

Welcome to Oatman, Arizona – a fun and quirky stop along Route 66 in northwestern Arizona. Not only is Oatman one of the most unique stops on a southwestern road trip, but it’s also a ...

As the famed North American road gears up to celebrate its centenary, head to Arizona; home to the longest remaining stretch of the original Route 66.

Arizona has been a destination for thousands ... so the miners were taken to other areas and the Oatman mines closed. Once Route 66 was changed in 1953 to make traveling south of the mountain ...

of Arizona’s section of Route 66 – the longest intact stretch of this once-unbroken coast-to-coast highway between Chicago and Santa Monica. Oatman is quintessential 66, a bizarre and ...

For us, a perfect day on Route 66 includes stopping (briefly) at the Grand Canyon and petting donkeys in Oatman, Arizona. We pause for the night in Needles, California. Next stop, the Pacific Ocean!