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Route 66 tourists visit the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, on June 13, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66 road trip: Devil’s rope, an infamous gap and a Panhandle-sized challenge in Amarillo, Texas

June 20, 2025 at 11:33 a.m.

Route 66 extends nearly 180 miles across the Texas Panhandle. About 20 miles east of the border, the town of Adrian advertises itself as the route’s midpoint, equidistant to Chicago...

The eastbound end of Route 66 at East Jackson Boulevard and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, June 21, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Photos: Our Route 66 road trip

July 1, 2025 at 9:58 a.m.

As the 100th anniversary of Route 66 approaches in 2026, join us as we spotlight the stops and people who live along America's highway.

Street activity off of Route 66 in the International District of Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 10, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66 road trip: $13M visitors center and a neighborhood in peril in Albuquerque, New Mexico

April 24, 2026 at 2:49 p.m.

This isn't how most people picture Route 66. No diners or Art Deco gas stations on this stretch through Albuquerque. Just a $13 million unused visitors center and a neighborhood...

Angel Delgadillo, 98, known as the “guardian angel of Route 66,” in an old barber chair at his shop, Angel and Vilma Delgadillo’s Original Route 66 Gift Shop, in Seligman, Arizona, June 6, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66 road trip: Meet the Mother Road’s ‘Guardian Angel’ in Seligman, Arizona

June 20, 2025 at 11:32 a.m.

At 98, Angel Delgadillo’s entire life has played out along what John Steinbeck called “the mother road.” And the historic road likely wouldn't exist today without him.

Friends from a local car club along with tourists passing through town mingle outside the Hackberry General Store on Route 66 in Arizona on June 6, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66 road trip: A rainy day at the General Store in Hackberry, Arizona

June 20, 2025 at 11:31 a.m.

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...

Wild burros on Route 66 near Oatman, Arizona, on June 4, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66 road trip: The Sidewinder, wild burros and a living statue in Kingman, Arizona

June 13, 2025 at 3:22 p.m.

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...

Roy's Motel and Café is a motel, cafe, and gas station, currently being restored in the ghost town of Amboy, California, on Route 66, June 3, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66 road trip: Visiting a desert ghost town in Amboy, California

June 13, 2025 at 3:22 p.m.

Situated along Route 66, Amboy, Calif. once boasted 200 residents, three gas stations, three motels, two cafes, a post office, a school and a church. Now it's a ghost town.

Visitors pose for pictures at the Santa Monica Pier, where Route 66 ends, on June 1, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66 road trip: The end of the road at a pier in Santa Monica, California

June 13, 2025 at 3:18 p.m.

A Route 66 sign, perched on a pole at the famed Santa Monica pier, advertises the spot as the “end of the trail.” But for these road trippers, it's just...

Luis Maciel waits for the start of the May Day march in Union Park, May 1, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Photos: Thousands march through downtown Chicago for May Day

May 1, 2025 at 4:43 p.m.

Thousands of people march to Grant Park in Chicago to rally for May Day on May 1, 2025 with organized labor and activist groups calling for protection of immigrants and...

Sofia Lemus, 13, carries a sign on 18th Street during the annual Good Friday Via Crucis procession in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Photos: Pilsen’s Good Friday Via Crucis procession

April 18, 2025 at 8:13 p.m.

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