Route 66 turns 100 this year. Here are the best towns to visit—from Illinois to Arizona—for neon signs, vintage motels, and iconic roadside attractions.

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MIAMI, Okla. — The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away, and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los ...

With its name writ large in red cursive letters and lit by a neon glow, The Palamar Motel once beckoned countless travelers driving Downstate on The Mother Road. Now the “T” and half the “P” have ...

You've been looking for a way to spend your spare time. Why not restore a historic Route 66 motel like the Wagon Wheel in Cuba, Mo.? It will only take two years, your entire savings, and your every ...

The Historic Route 66 Motel sign in California - Onyer/Shutterstock Guests love the motel's unapologetic, old-school vibe, with colorful neon signage, as well as vintage road signs, tons of vinyl, and ...

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Caprock Chronicles explores the history of the iconic Route 66 as it passes through the Texas Panhandle on its journey from ...

Cruising U.S. Route 66 in California If you’ve been driving the 2,448 miles from Chicago west to Santa Monica on the best ...

Once-troubled property blossoms with splash of color, Hollywood kitsch KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) – Color is blooming at El Trovatore Motel as its owners continue to add new murals to the Route 66 fixture.

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

VINITA, Okla. - One of the relics of the famed Route 66 highway will be razed and its sign sold on an online auction site, owners of the Lewis Motel said Thursday. The Vinita motel has never been a ...