For travelers coming from the east, Needles was the first town in California on Route 66. In addition to being ... stops at places like El Garces, Carty's Camp, the Sage Motel, the Needles Wagon ...

The Inland Empire Tourism Regional Summit 2025 was held in Barstow, California, focusing on the upcoming Route 66 Centennial.

Richard Cummins / Corbis Writing about the Joad family's journey from the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma to the promised land of California in The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck famously called Route 66 ...

Among the nation’s highways, U.S. Route 66 has become synonymous with Americana ... a retired geography professor from the University of Southern California. “A lot of people just don ...

Even after nearly a century, Route 66 still turns a cross ... might recognize the Art Deco U-Drop Inn Café in Shamrock as the inspiration for Ramone’s paint and body shop in Radiator Springs.

Although U.S. Route 66 is not the longest highway in America ... Originally stretching from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California for 2,440 miles, it passed through eight states: Illinois ...

a California resident who ran all of Route 6. Hunter said he became involved with the association after he and his wife traveled U.S. Route 66. "A lot of the towns we visited along [Route 66] are ...

Barstow is one of the cities name-checked in the song “Route 66”: “…Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino.” A museum in Barstow devoted to the famous highway opened on July 4, 2000 at the ...

Even after nearly a century, Route 66 still turns a cross-country drive into something unforgettable. America’s most famous highway still knows how to deliver a ... Read moreThe post Route ...

“There’s definitely an appetite for Route 66.” Among the small museums included in Todd Lerew’s book “Also on View,” about which I wrote March 5, is the one in the Inland Empire devoted to Abraham ...

Even after nearly a century, Route ... 66’s most beloved roadside attractions. While you can’t swim in the pond anymore, you can still climb through its belly and smile back at that goofy grin ...