Route 66 once connected thriving towns across the country, including this California ghost town, which boasts historic ...

After looking at all the data, the team named the Pacific Coast Highway —also known as the PCH—the No. 1 route.

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, has re-introduced the Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act, with the intention of "expanding economic and historic development opportunities for all ...

Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926, and passes through many areas of St. Louis on its 2,400-mile path from Chicago ...

Sitgreaves Pass in Arizona’s Black Mountains is the steepest section of Route 66, with grades up to 12% and dangerous hairpin curves that made it infamous among early travelers.

Illinois' Congressman Darin LaHood and Sen. Tammy Duckworth have reintroduced a bill to have Route 66 designated as a national historic trail.

New Mexico received a national award for preserving an original stretch of U.S. Route 66 now under state management.

A telegram sent from Springfield, Missouri, in April of 1926 is what first proposed the now historic name of Route 66.

Route 66 has been crowned the most scenic road trip in America in a new study that measured how often travelers share their journeys on social media. The highway, decommissioned nearly 40 years ago, ...

Petrified Forest National Park is the only national park in the U.S. with a section of old Route 66. The park is also home to a "rainbow" forest, which has colorful tree fossils that are more than 200 ...