How Oklahoma is leading the revival of America’s most iconic highway. Plus, a look at how states from Illinois to California are reviving the Mother Road for its 100th anniversary. ByLaura Begley ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Mother Road is back in the spotlight this year as the country marks America 250 and ...

The Mother Road. America’s Highway. The Main Street of America. The Will Rogers Highway. Route 66 goes by many names, but no matter how travelers refer to it, there’s one constant everyone seems to ...

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 ...

It's something that should be on every American's bucket list: driving Route 66. And there's no better time than now to get out and explore the country's motoring heritage and history. However, the ...

Route 66 is the quintessential American road trip — a 2,500-mile odyssey across eight states from Chicago to Santa Monica. And with 2026 being the route's 100th birthday, this year is the perfect time ...

There are faster ways to get from Chicago to Los Angeles, but none have the allure or cultural cachet of Route 66. To John Steinbeck, it was the Mother Road that led poor farmers from Dust Bowl ...

Route 66 travels 2,448 miles across eight states linking Chicago to Los Angeles. Roughly 1,372 of those miles cut through Native American Tribes’ land. According to the American Indian Alaska Native ...

As Route 66 celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, we asked Tribune readers what the famed highway meant to them. Here is some of what they had to say, accompanied by images taken last year by ...