Get your kicks on America's original road trip—this 2,448-mile journey from Chicago to Santa Monica is a trip down memory lane of our nation's history. Our editors and experts handpick every product ...

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 ...

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 can agree ...

Learn about the importance of "The Negro Motorist Green Book" at the Route History Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Visit the famous Blue Whale of Catoosa for a photo op as you make your way through ...

With low gas prices, more one-way rental deals, and Route 66 turning 100, 2025 might be the golden age of the road trip. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us ...

Route 66 was the lifeblood of Seligman, ferrying business and tourism through the little town until it was bypassed by I-40 in 1978. If you’ve seen Pixar’s Cars, you know this story: Seligman is the ...

The plan was to have no plan. To head east on Route 66, a solo traveler with no agenda. Stopping when I felt like it. Staying as long as I wanted. Moving on when I was ready. There was only one ...

The route: Part of the fun of this Route 66 road trip is choosing your route to Barstow. There are three starting points and three historic route alignments through L.A. We chose one that goes across ...

This man is huge. Standing confidently on the side of the road, legs slightly spread and sporting space-age, metallic silver boots, he’s over 30ft tall, his shoulders almost level with the tip of the ...

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