Route 66 at 100: Here’s a 2,448-mile guide to America’s Mother Road

Route 66 is turning 100 this year, and to celebrate the iconic highway’s centennial, The Times put together a mega-guide that covers the entire 2,448-mile route. From Chicago to ...
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A mysterious company abandoned 603 oil wells, costing Illinois millions. Here’s how they did it.

Fireball’s wells are among the thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells strewn across southern Illinois, remnants of a past ...

American road trip: Three generations, two cars, 2,000 miles on Route 66

On Route 66’s 100th anniversary, a cross‑country road trip with my kids and parents became less about distance — and more ...

Route 66 in California: A look back at its complicated past

Route 66, which runs for roughly 2,400 miles from Chicago through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending in Santa Monica, is celebrating its 100th anniversary ...

Route 66 Is Full of Design Landmarks—These Are the 14 You Can’t Miss

With stops at a Frank Lloyd Wright home and historic Art Deco buildings, plan an architecture-centered road trip to celebrate ...

Route 66: This Texas town is the halfway mark of the ‘Mother Road’

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Route 66, we’re taking a look at the sights and attractions along the legendary road. If ...

How Route 66 inspired Disney's 'Cars' and Cars Land — and the ride that never came to be

Former Imagineers talk about the roadside attractions in Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas and California that sparked ideas for ...