Illinois leaders officially began celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Route 66, marking a century since the iconic ...
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker toured It’s Electric Neon Sign Park in Granite City on Monday to kickoff a calendar year of ...
A neon-lit Route 66 stop in Illinois filled with statues, milkshakes, fries, and old-school charm: easy to love, hard to forget, and worth slowing down for.
Governor JB Pritzker joined state leaders to celebrate the official kickoff of the Route 66 Centennial, marking 100 years since the highway was created.
The Road Ahead Partnership today announced that Harley-Davidson has been named the Official Motorcycle of the Route 66 ...
With the iconic Route 66 turning 100 in 2026, there's no better time to visit the birthplace of the 'Main street of America' in Illinois. The roadtrippers' dream route touches on a dozen historic ...
BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL, Ill., Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- VisitBN (the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau) announced a yearlong celebration of the centennial of Historic Route 66 in ...
World-renown Route 66 starts in downtown Chicago. But you’ll want to motor west to Springfield, roughly 200 miles from the Windy City, to find the best of the Mother Road. “The big cities don’t have ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The Illinois State Museum is launching an online database of 100 oral histories about Route 66. The Route 66 Oral History Project database includes video-recorded interviews ...