Water is the key to the future of Roy’s Motel & Cafe, the lone survivor in a Route 66 town that, at its peak, boasted 200 ...

A block of South Kansas Street and East Park Street is closed as Edwardsville prepares for the Route 66 Festival. Tents and cutouts have been placed around City Park as of June 6. The festival opens ...

The Edwardsville Route 66 Festival is set to bring a full day and night of fun events and activities to City Park in downtown ...

“Our hope is that this map will actually be a really powerful ... owned filling station during the Jim Crow era on Route 66, Webb said. In Chicago and beyond, some of the original establishments ...

Route 66 Map Series” by Jim Ross and Jerry McClanahan ... it’s easy to understand why many travelers hit the gas pedal in Chicago like a NASCAR driver with a green flag.

The historic Route 66 was one of the first and longest U.S. highways, running for 2,448 miles, and beckoned people to drive west from Chicago ... use an old-fashioned map or a guidebook, such ...

Now, of course, Route 66 begins in Chicago, and it winds on down to L.A ... After that, it was completely decommissioned and taken off all maps nationwide. -This is why your guidebook is so ...

But while Lou Mitchell’s well-located retro eatery long has seen its share of Route 66 business, Chicago generally has made little of its status as the start of Route 66 (or the end, depending ...