Get your kicks on a Route 66 road trip—a classic 2,448-mile drive from Chicago to Santa Monica, packed with American history Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature. We may earn a ...

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Our Route 66 road trip ended at the beginning, at East Jackson Boulevard and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, where a brown sign hanging 12 feet high on a light post tells people they’ve reached the ...

For nearly six decades, a two-lane road, running 2,448 miles, connected Chicago to Los Angeles. It was the path to Western promise for “Okies” escaping the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, the road under the ...