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

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is backing grants, storytelling projects and federal legislation to protect the ...

Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo is one of the iconic landmarks along Route 66 in Texas. Route 66, the “Mother Road” that connected Chicago to Los Angeles, and runs through the Texas Panhandle, could soon ...

Google has launched an interactive digital hub preserving Route 66 history using AI, showcasing 33 roadside attractions including Santa Monica's endpoint.

A run-down diner in Winslow, Ariz., recalls Route 66’s better days. (Chronicle photographs by Lawrence Biemiller) You could say it was Louie the Lumberjack who introduced me to R. Sean Evans, the ...

Larry Mantle discusses the history and landmarks of Southern California's Route 66 with the Chairman of the L.A. Conservancy, Alan Leib, and the President of the Route 66 Preservation Foundation, Jim ...

Route 66, the historic American roadway that linked Chicago to the West Coast, soon may be dropped from a National Park Service preservation program, which would end years of efforts aimed at reviving ...

A float in the New Year's Day Rose Parade promoting Illinois tourism prominently features some of Springfield's Route 66 landmarks. This is the second year in a row the Illinois Department of Commerce ...

Travelers on Route 66 spend $132 million a year on hotels, restaurants, museums, gift shops, gasoline and oil and car rentals, with even small communities drawing thousands of visitors annually, a ...

The uncertainty of federal budget politics helped land Route 66 on the 2017 list of Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois. There is a widespread assumption given the debate in Washington, D.C., ...