Joliet is one of six communities nationwide — and the only one in Illinois — selected as an official Route 66 Centennial Kickoff city.

These abandoned and nearly-abandoned ghost towns along Route 66 connect the dots between Illinois and California, and each ...

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 ...

If you’re looking for a fun and nostalgic road trip this summer, Illinois’ stretch of Route 66 has some fresh and exciting stops to explore. From giant roadside art to pop‑up galleries along the old ...

World-renown Route 66 starts in downtown Chicago. But you’ll want to motor west to Springfield, roughly 200 miles from the Windy City, to find the best of the Mother Road. “The big cities don’t have ...

I imagine Route 66 as a road that doesn’t rush you, even when the world does. In my mind, it’s long stretches of open ...

A century of history lies in the asphalt of Route 66. People are gathering their belongings and filling up their tanks to see ...

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 ...

AMARILLO, Texas — Two other men had come before him that Thursday night in June. Both failed. But 37-year-old Clint Gee of Lawton, Oklahoma, was confident heading into The Big Texan Steak Ranch’s ...

The mission of the Road Ahead Partnership is to revitalize and sustain Route 66 as a national icon and international destination The year 2026 marks the centennial anniversary of Route 66, America's ...