Some of the 25 landmarks depicted on Thomas’s mural are the Jasper County Courthouse in Carthage, Miami’s Coleman Theatre, ...

As the famed North American road gears up to celebrate its centenary, head to Arizona; home to the longest remaining stretch ...

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 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A 1950s-era motel on historic Route 66 in Albuquerque is set to get a new lease on life. El Don Motel is now owned by Albuquerque native Randy Bowen, who plans to ...

even before Route 66 came into being. For more: whitefencefarm-il.com The Polk-a-Dot Drive In, 222 N. Front St., in Braidwood ...

but it wasn’t until the 1950s and the birth of the family road trip, that the highway truly found fame. In 1985, however, Route 66 literally fell off the map when it was decommissioned and ...