Hard to believe now, but when my family moved to Kingman in 1956, there was a dirt road to Phoenix (actually Highway 93).

Muffler Men, Paul Bunyans and other fiberglass behemoths tower over diners, gas stations and roadside attractions, adding a quirky charm to Route 66. As you head west from Chicago, the first ...

When I saw signs for Dwight, Ill., proud of its place as a stopover on Route 66, I veered right. At the Texaco filling station, with its red gas pumps redolent of Edward Hopper’s roadside ...

Even after nearly a century, Route 66 still turns a cross-country ... Originally home to Tower Station's gas pumps on one side and the U-Drop Inn Café on the other, the building has been ...