Route 66 is more than just an old road. It’s a legendary road that has been immortalized in popular culture in everything from classic literature to kids films. It’s got enough legend to have inspired the Disney franchise Cars, and a sort of haunting nostalgia that still draws thousands of motorists to drive its dusty […]
There are a lot of old restaurants along Route 66. McDonald’s began along the old route. So, did Steak & Shake. In fact, the entire idea of fast food was born on the Mother Road, where diners needed to get their meals quick and put a few more miles under their wheels before nightfall. Of
The longest interstate in the United States is Interstate 90 (I-90), which crosses the upper quadrant of the country, starting in Boston in the East and continuing to Seattle in the West. The eastern terminus lies less than ½ a mile from Boston Harbor, while the western terminus lies roughly the same distance from Elliott
Road trips have long been associated with freedom. The anything-can-happeness of the open road has inspired everything from Jack Kerouac’s On the Road to National Lampoon’s Vacation. Yet, as freeing as the road should be, road trips often fail to meet their purpose. Road trippers overschedule and underexplore. They aim for destinations, instead of fully
Route 66 is such a fabled road of the past, it often seems like it exists out of the modern world. But the truth is the old route is still very much present in both populated and less-populated areas of the country. When you drive the old Mother Road today, you’ll pass through urban jungles
