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.

Then it cuts across towns that seem to either show no acknowledgment of its existence, or they plaster the Route 66 shield on nearly everything: A Route 66 business center. A Route 66 notary public.

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There's a special kind of magic to traveling Route 66, one that is highlighted so often in songs, movies, and famous road ...

Deep in California’s Mojave, two towns rose with the railroad and fell with the freeway. Bagdad and Siberia are long gone—but if you know where to look, their bones still speak. From abandoned ...

The old Route 66 had 2,448 miles and stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica. It was built in 1926 to offer travelers a road ...

Water is the key to the future of Roy’s Motel & Cafe, the lone survivor in a Route 66 town that, at its peak, boasted 200 ...