Kansas has by far the shortest segment of Route 66 of all eight states. Along the 13.2-mile stretch, we found one town that hasn’t stopped the presses.

A group of visitors have their photograph taken by Kansas Historic Route 66 Ambassador Dean “Crazy Legs” Walker in front of the Kansas Route 66 Visitors Center in Baxter Springs, Kansas.

The Route 66 Association is a nonprofit whose mission is to collect and preserve important items pertaining to Route 66 history. If you are a history buff fascinated by mid-20th century Americana ...

A newly reopened Route 66 service station will soon feature a treasured friend that shares a history with The Mother Road. Gearhead Curios, a gift shop in Galena, Kansas, will unveil a 22-foot ...

There’s nothing like the beckoning open road, especially when there’s nostalgia involved. And there’s no more iconic US highway than Route 66. After all, it officially opened in 1926 as a ...

Angel Delgadillo, 98, known as the “guardian angel of Route 66,” in an old barber chair at his shop, Angel and Vilma Delgadillo’s Original Route 66 Gift Shop, in Seligman, Arizona, June 6, 2025.

GALENA, Kan. — A pair of artists are brightening up Galena as it gets ready for its close-up during the Route 66 centennial. Sandra Dawn and David Mason, of Neosho, are painting a mural on a ...

A back-page photo spread on three-dimensional Route 66 -themed chalk art in a park along the historic road in nearby Joplin, Missouri. By 4 p.m. that day, Machelle Smith moved to her next task.

Dean “Crazy Legs” Walker, the Kansas Historic Route 66 ambassador, strikes a unique pose inside the Route 66 Visitors Information Center in Baxter Springs, Kansas.