Discover the best of Illinois’ Great Rivers & Routes region—where charming river towns, scenic views, and historic Route 66 landmarks create the perfect road trip adventure.

Route 66 through Victorville and Barstow was once a lifeline through the desert—until time and highways left it behind. In this video, we visit old towns, shuttered businesses, and a few places still ...

This is the Barefoot Trail, the first official barefoot park in the United States. The trail opened last summer, inviting ...

The First 100 Years,” a new book that takes readers on a journey through the historic highway's life, demise and renaissance.

From mom-and-pop diners to historic soda fountains, Route 66 still feeds travelers the way it did nearly a century ago. This ...

Two Guns, Arizona had it all—gas stations, a zoo, and a deadly legend. Now abandoned, we explore its crumbling ruins and ...

“Like Route 66 to the north, the Arizona segment of U.S. 80 shaped the ... Foundation began the process in 2012 to survey and map the alignment of U.S. 80 across Arizona. After preparing ...

In Kingman, Arizona, an 8-mile section of Route 66 at the western edge of this state may be one of the most scenic — and white-knuckled —drives this country has to offer.

Two Illinois natives helped preserve an old general store in Hackberry, Arizona. We spent a rainy day there — and tried not to wake the mayor as he slept on a the couch.

"I want to see America the way it used to be," said transportation reporter Jerry Carnes of his road trip along Route 66, from Chicago to Santa Monica, California.

Dave Nicholas, Barry Porter, Rich Shipe and Harold Wenger turned 66 years old last winter, within a month of each other.

Route 66 may have been officially decommissioned in the 1980s, but in Flagstaff, it's still very much alive – not just in ...