The eight-state highway's origins started in Springfield, Missouri, a century ago on April 30, 1926. The route helped keep some Missouri and Kansas towns afloat during the Great Depression and after ...

There's nothing like the beckoning open road, especially when there's nostalgia involved. And there's no more iconic US highway than Route 66. After all, it officially opened in 1926 as a 2,400-mile ...

When Route 66 was created in 1926, no one could have imagined that it would become the coolest stretch of highway on the U.S. map. The original idea was simple: Americans needed an easy way to head ...