A cross-country drive along Route 66, stretching from California to Illinois, will kick off the 2026 Detroit Auto Show. The ...

A cross-country drive along Route 66, stretching from California to Illinois, will kick off the 2026 Detroit Auto Show. The ...

Route 66 was the first highway to be completely paved in 1938. It became a safe route for moving military equipment, too. By the 1950s and 1960s, Route 66 became a major tourist destination.

Spend the rest of your time in diners such as Del’s Restaurant, which shares a birth year with the route and is known for its distinctive neon, bull-topped sign. Be sure to snap a photograph of the ...

Route 66, which had become 2nd and 3rd streets ... with a federal grant—flashed a red-neon welcome for the seven-room, 1950s Frontier Motel and café. I first met its owner, Mildred Barker ...

“It went dark in the 1950s and it’s time to restore it.” If the tower is chosen for the Route 66 revitalization program, the grant would pay for roughly 70 to 80% of the moving and restoration costs, ...

At a point where Route 66 and the interstate run parallel, there’s a cluster of what the guidebooks call the ‘weird and wonderful’. Calico, a silver-mining town abandoned in the early 20th century and ...