To get you inspired, consider these surprising facts about the Main Street of America. Route 66 Spans Nearly 2,500 Miles Starting in Chicago, Illinois and ending in Santa Monica, California, Route 66 ...

Get your kicks on a Route 66 road trip—this 2,448-mile journey from Chicago to Santa Monica is a trip down memory lane of our nation's history.

The yellow ’32 Ford rolled clunkety-clunk down the Santa Monica Pier on Wednesday, among 66 vintage cars to commemorate Route 66 and a new “End of the Trail” sign. Only one hiccup: Historic ...

While the original Route 66 roadway is no longer in service, traveling along the historic route makes for the quintessential American road trip.

Photo gallery: Route 66, Day 2 There’s a reason that the Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous is held in San Bernardino. The two are a perfect fit. The city is the epicenter of a tectonic shift i… ...

“Historic Route 66 is the quintessential American experience,” explains Ken Busby, executive director and CEO of Route 66 Alliance, a nonprofit organization in Tulsa, Oklahoma dedicated to the ...

Those looking to embrace the slow travel trend this spring and summer will want to consider making a few stops along historic Route 66, a road with immense historical and cultural significance.

Clonke says, "Pretty important, 'Route 66' TV show, there were 185 episodes of that. But the role this highway played in U.S. history is far greater than its pop culture image.

Route 66 was once considered an essential artery, its travelers a measure of America’s pulse. But by the mid-1980s, the road was deemed obsolete.