For only $18,500-which could come out to less than $100 a month on a 30-year mortgage-you can buy a former railroad ghost town in Lucin, UT. The 40-acre property sits on the western edge of the Great Salt Lake Desert, on the edge of Gartney Mountain and about a three-hour drive from Salt Lake City.
Workers from SignArt in Albuquerque on Thursday afternoon prepare to remove a 1950s-era neon sign from the Cactus RV Park in Tucumcari. It was the second vintage neon sign to be taken from Tucumcari's Route 66 in less than a year.
There will be three public members and eight appointments to the commission made by Senate and House majority and minority leaders. Also serving on the commission will be the president of the Route 66 Association of Illinois and the executive director of the Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway, or their designees.
The closed Gasconade River Bridge near Hazelgreen, Missouri, on Friday was named to the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation 's historic Places in Peril list for 2018. The bridge also was placed on the list in 2015, when the state in late 2014 closed the bridge due to structural deterioration.
For weeks after his son's death, the notes, flowers and candles on the sidewalk outside David Snyder's home continued to pile up. But as the weeks turned into months and the gifts began to fade away, Snyder, 48, figured his son needed something a bit more permanent.
Whether it's neon signs glowing in the distance, massive roadside oddities towering on the horizon or the smell of home-cooking as good as grandma's, the attractions along Route 66 in Oklahoma are sure to draw you in. More than 400 drivable miles of Mother Road stretch across Oklahoma - the most of any state in the nation.
The old Irv's Burgers stand in West Hollywood, California, reopened this week as the cafe part of the Conservatory restaurant. The Conservatory complex at 8289 Santa Monica Blvd. also contains a full sit-down restaurant and a Society Room bar.
The Golden Spur restaurant, famous for its old-style neon sign, along Route 66 in Glendora, California, closed suddenly this month. Thank you for the memories! After 100 years of serving Glendora the Golden Spur will be closing its doors for good on Saturday.
Route 66's nearly 2500 miles of road from Chicago to LA is an American icon. The road served as the primary route for people who moved out west especially during the Dust Bowl in the Thirties.
The Blue Whale is a Route 66 icon which was created almost 50 years ago by a man as an anniversary gift to his wife. People from around the world have visited it over the years, but a local group thinks the whale could use a bit of sprucing up.
Some bad news and good news were reported this week about the historic Rock Creek Bridge on an old alignment of Route 66 west of Sapulpa, Oklahoma. First, the bad news: The city must repair an erosion problem on the bridge's east side within 90 days, or else the bridge will be closed permanently, according to Fox 23 in nearby Tulsa.
The final touches are being made on Tulsa's first food hall before it opens to the public next week. Mother Road Market is on Route 66 at 11th and Lewis. The space is approximately 27,000 square feet, with more than 20 different restaurants and shops.
"Almost Ghosts," a documentary filmed by Ana Ramon Rubio in March along Route 66, will premiere at the Seminci Film Festival in Spain on Wednesday. Among those featured in the film are Harley Russell of the Sandhills Curiosity Shoppe in Erick, Oklahoma.
Upland's Madonna of the Trail statue continues to watch over Route 66 traffic as it has for nearly 90 years. It's location was made through the efforts of Clare E. Kirk, secretary of the Upland Chamber of Commerce.
The game is simple it's your dream weekend away from football and you decide everything. Everton Ladies striker Simone Magill recently sat down to play Perfect Weekend, choosing everything from destination, what she would do, where she would stay and more... Destination I have always wanted to go to California and travel down Route 66 in the US.
Upland's Madonna of the Trail statue continues to watch over Route 66 traffic as it has for nearly 90 years. It's location was made through the efforts of Clare E. Kirk, secretary of the Upland Chamber of Commerce.
Illinoisans with an interest in history in general - and the Mother Road in particular - are encouraged to nominate themselves for open seats on the recently created Route 66 Centennial Commission.
Asset managed by Hospitality Management Corporation, Four Points Oklahoma City Airport, previously under the name Route 66 Inn, offers 96 guest rooms, over 750 sq. ft. of meeting space, a 24-hour fitness center and a business cente Marriott International, Inc. today announced the opening of Four Points Oklahoma City Airport.
Earl's Motor Court, a longtime fixture along Route 66 in Winslow, Arizona, changed owners this summer, but little else will change at the motel itself. Angela Archibeque said during a phone interview Sunday she and her boyfriend Blas Sanchez, both Winslow natives, bought the motel for $190,000 in July after its longtime matriarch, Floranel Earl, died in February.
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry suspended permits earlier this month for new and expanding broiler chicken farms in the state. But the Tulsa World reports additional chicken operations are still planned, including six houses in Ottawa County that poultry operators had applied for before the moratorium.
The full-length documentary is titled "Outskirts: Route 66," about a group of avid cyclists who try to tackle the full 2,400 miles of the Mother Road. The description of the film from Rapha , a cycling apparel company based out of the United Kingdom that produced the movie: Once known as the High Street of America, Route 66 was the first great US highway.
Old U.S. Highway 20 passes through 12 states, including Iowa. As this postcard shows, it crosses the state from Dubuque to Sioux City, passing through or near about 35 communities from east to west.
Roamin' Rich Dinkela on Thursday painted a 12-by-15-foot Route 66 shield on the road in front of the Paris Springs, Missouri, landmark. It looks like a old-style Route 66 shield, except it states "Gary's" where "Missouri" typically would be - a tribute to the station's late owner, Gary Turner.
Flagstaff, Arizona, and its beautification and public art commission is considering a variety of elements to beautify its stretch of historic Route 66. Mark Di Lucido, community design and redevelopment administrator for the city, told the newspaper the city is considering a more naturalist look to nearby Williams, Arizona. What isn't ambiguous is the style these signs would take and Di Lucido said they want them to be unique to Flagstaff.
Earlier this year, during the winter months, Abe's Carmelcorn Shoppe, located at 117 N. Kickapoo Street in Historic Downtown Lincoln, Illinois, underwent a major renovation to the interior of the building.
On November 2, 2018, the Atlanta Public Library and Museum will host a special Illinois Bicentennial Podcast at Union Hall, 114 Arch Street in Atlanta .
Honoring Veterans Day, New Hampshire Theatre Project will present Curt Bessette and Jenn Kurtz in a loving tribute to veterans with both original and traditional songs from the World War II era as well as Korea, Vietnam, and contemporary conflicts. Nostalgic songs include popular favorites like Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, White Cliffs of Dover, and Route 66, along with personal stories and historic chronicles.
Great Rivers and Routes Tourism Bureau is proud to announce the 4th Annual Miles of Possibility Route 66 Conference in Carlinville, Illinois, Thursday-Sunday, October 25-28, 2018. Additional sponsors of the event are Carlinville Tourism, Macoupin County, Blackburn College, the City of Gillespie, Blue Carpet Corridor Coalition, and Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway.
The Decades of Wheels car museum and other related businesses in downtown Baxter Springs, Kansas, opened over the weekend with several high-profile concerts, car and motorcycle shows. The event was declared a success by organizers, despite chilly temperatures and rain marring the festivities, according to the Cherokee County News-Advocate .
The Route 66 Road Ahead Partnership a few days ago issued its third-quarter report. Among the interesting nuggets is the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Preserve Route 66 road trip generated more than 1,000 news stories and drew a potential audience of 1.15 billion.
Anthony Reichardt recently uploaded videos he shot during the early to mid-1990s at the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, Arizona, and Wigwam Motel in Rialto, California. Reichardt has uploaded dozens of videos from that era on his 1959 Cadillac on Route 66 channel .
Artists are putting the finishing touches on an 82-foot-long blue whale made from discarded plastic that will be on display near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge to raise awareness about ocean pollution. The Monterey Bay Aquarium said Friday a blue whale can weigh 300,000 pounds - about the amount of plastic scientists say enters the ocean every nine minutes.
Business owners along Route 66 near the Meadow Gold sign in Tulsa say homeless people camping there are creating a safety issue. In the last couple of weeks, Vo said the homeless have been taking off their clothes and throwing them at passing cars.
Ruskiewicz graduated cum laude from Florida State University with a degree in finance and started his career at Priority One in 2008 as a dealer account executive. He is currently a senior dealer account executive and is responsible for bringing new dealers aboard and managing their account, which include training on F&I procedures, tracking F&I success and updating them on industry news.
A: Mike and Cassie Vaughn started with HopScotch & Vine, and Blu Bar both are located in downtown Plainfield within a block from each other. HopScotch & Vine is a casual dining venue and Blu Bar is an upscale martini bar.
A local internet provider hatched an idea to beautify a stretch of Route 66 in Grants, New Mexico - repaint a surplus of satellite dishes to resemble Native American bowls. Connect 66 Internet didn't need the dishes and could have taken them to the dump, the company told KRQE-TV .
Back before the days of the interstate system, there was one primary way to get across the country, and that was by way of Route 66. The Mother Road, as it came to be known, consisted of mainly two lane blacktop stretching from the windy city of Chicago, Illinois all the way to the golden coast of Santa Monica, California. Unlike the highways of today that blaze a relatively straight and level path across the countryside, Route 66 moved with the landscape winding around gullies and rivers and rising and falling with the gentle hills of the Midwest.
Cars aren't the only vehicles that have to gas up. Boats float up to this unique gas barge near the downtown waterfront in Vancouver, Canada.
Cars aren't the only vehicles that have to gas up. Boats float up to this unique gas barge near the downtown waterfront in Vancouver, Canada.
Great Rivers and Routes Tourism Bureau is proud to announce the 4th Annual Miles of Possibility Route 66 Conference in Carlinville, Illinois, Thursday-Sunday, October 25-28, 2018.
The fifth annual Rendezvous Back to Route 66 in downtown San Bernardino, CA., Saturday, October 7, 2017. Fans of car shows and cruising are invited to downtown San Bernardino this weekend for the sixth annual Rendezvous Back to Route 66. Presented by the San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce and the city of San Bernardino, the daylong classic car show and cruise is running downtown for the fourth consecutive year.
Norman Bugg, who operated the Monterey Motel along Route 66 in Albuquerque for 25 years, died Sunday of heart failure. He was 89. The Albuquerque Journal , which reported Bugg's death Monday, said he refurbished and remodeled an aging motel into Triple Diamond-rated lodging.
If you want to drink high-quality sake with sushi, the best way is to get it straight from the original source in Japan. However, if you're in the United States, the best sake there is made right in the Route 66 town of Holbrook, Arizona, at a place called Arizona Sake .
A world away from the greasy spoon it once was, Route 66 signs plaster the walls and a duke box plays classic tunes at Hannah's Diner. For 29-year-old Hannah Smith, the theme for her first venture was an obvious one thanks to a family obsession with classic American Hot Rod cars.
Those who attend a "fun-raiser" Oct. 11 for the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 in Joliet may learn of the exact place where it will be housed. Ron Romero, chairman of the museum's board of directors and facility's creator, told The Daily Southtown he hopes to reveal the site at the event.