Once-troubled property blossoms with splash of color, Hollywood kitsch KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) – Color is blooming at El Trovatore Motel as its owners continue to add new murals to the Route 66 fixture.

In its 88 years of existence, the Wagon Wheel Motel along historic Route 66 in Missouri has never closed. Ownership has changed over the course of time, but for nearly as long as the old U.S. highway ...

The revival of Route 66 has led to a fascination with the exterior of the many motels that line the historic highway, but one Tulsa artist hopes a new exhibit will remind people that not everything ...

What I discovered travelling Missouri’s lesser-trodden stretch of Route 66 - With the ‘Mother Road’ celebrating its 100th ...

Few images evoke the spirit of Americana more vividly than Route 66, the famous highway that once stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica and for decades represented the freedom of the open road. Today ...

The nonprofit National Historic Route 66 Federation in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., estimates at least 3,000 motels along the route are in various states of repair or disrepair. Route 66, immortalized in ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) -- Preservationists in southwest Missouri have been hailing plans to reopen part of an iconic Route 66 motel. Deborah Harvey and Priscilla Bledsaw, new owners of the Boots Motel in ...

A couple of fires ago, historic preservationists still hoped that what was left of the old Brookshire Motel could be restored and turned into an east Tulsa tourist attraction for Route 66 enthusiasts.

Aside from senior discounts and never-ending weekends, one of the main perks of retirement is having more freedom to travel. When it comes to choosing a destination, there's quite literally a world of ...

Denise McKinney says she has probably somewhere close to half a million matchbooks tucked away inside her Riverside home. She’s been collecting for years and will typically pick up whatever strikes ...