Route 66 often conjures images of quaint small towns, but its foundation has always been rooted in Chicago.

Waldmire was also recognized as a gentle soul with a hippie spirit, living a nomadic lifestyle in his iconic 1972 VW Microbus ...

Several people attended an ice cream social on July 12 at the West End Service Station in Edwardsville. Founded in 2023 as a ...

Route 66: Illinois ties to the devil’s rope, an infamous gap and a Texas-sized challenge in the Panhandle ...

Immortalised in dozens of blockbuster classics since its opening in 1926, Route 66 symbolises freedom, top-down adventure and ...

The Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau has received a $150,000 state tourism grant to further restore ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday marked the opening of a new path at Carpenter Park Trail, allowing visitors to walk on ...

Illinois has invested millions over the last few years on Route 66 redevelopment and promotion, said Eric Wagner with the state tourism office. “Route 66 is huge for us,” he said.

"New York City has the Statue of Liberty. Philadelphia has the Liberty Bell. But here in Central Illinois we have that great ...

Route 66 officially begins in downtown Chicago ... a 19-foot-tall fiberglass statue inspired by Lumi Bekteshi, an Illinois State Fair Grand Champion pie baker. In Springfield, the quonset hut charm of ...

In the heart of Dwight, Illinois, where the legendary Route 66 stretches its asphalt arms across the prairie, there’s a place ...