There are plenty of cool facts about Route 66, but when you’re getting ready to set out on the Mother Road, it’s more about time and mileage than history and attractions. Our Route 66 Road Trip FAQ is meant to help you better plan your Route 66 road trip, from determining how much time you …
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 …
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 …
Finding the old Route 66 buried under the roads that took its place can be difficult. Only two of the eight states Route 66 once passed through (and still passes through in a different way) provide detailed maps of the once-route. In other states, Route 66 has been all but vacated, either written over entirely …
