The City of Springfield Office of Public Works has announced that due to the International Route 66 Mother Road Festival this ...

Samantha travels the Illinois stretch of Route 66, chock full of history and Americana! The Illinois stretch of Route 66 is chock full of American history and Americana! Samantha meets up with her ...

As the Official Publishing Partner of the Route 66 Centennial, we're sharing the ultimate 2026 event calendar for ways to ...

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 ...

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 ...

On the Mother Road lies a tiny Illinois community where homesteading history, natural landmarks, and heirloom maple syrup shape its identity.

A float in the New Year's Day Rose Parade promoting Illinois tourism prominently features some of Springfield's Route 66 landmarks. This is the second year in a row the Illinois Department of Commerce ...

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

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. EDWARDSVILLE, Mo. – A bit of Route 66 ...

Cruising along Route 66 — the iconic ribbon of asphalt that runs from Chicago to Los Angeles — primes most Americans for a ...

The Ozarks’ best-known historic highway could become part of the National Park Service under a bill supported by several ...