If you don’t divine from the signs that you’re on Route 66, the souvenirs will tell you. In Needles near the Arizona border, the road sign at my first exit was one I’d see often on my journey: ...

One of Arizona's most popular ghost towns, Oatman thrives on tourism, welcoming crowds year-round. The former gold mining boomtown strives to provide plenty for visitors to see and do and reasons to ...

As pistol-packing cowboys take to Main Street (really about the only street) in Oatman, Ariz., for a mock gunfight, they ask spectators to step off the wooden sidewalks to help block traffic. In years ...

The Early Show National Correspondent Hattie Kauffman drove along a piece of the historic Route 66 thru Arizona to showcase the "Best Of America." In Arizona, Route 66 is often a two-lane pitted ...

The next best thing to using a time machine? Visiting destinations that evoke a sense of nostalgia. The roadside attractions of historic Route 66 can reawaken the emotional bond people have with the ...

The area from Cool Springs to Oatman inspired John Steinbeck's Arizona portion of The Grapes of Wrath A gold rush in the Oatman area helped determine the Route 66 configuration in 1926 When Interstate ...

Here's my plan: I'll drive to a town that shouldn't exist. I'll travel a ghost road, a twisted ribbon of pavement that was killed off decades ago. Along the way I'll stop at a couple of places that ...

“Don’t forget Winona,” says the song, but honestly, when I drove into Winona, there wasn’t a whole lot there to forget. I mean, I saw the sign that said “Winona” and the old iron bridge, but the rest ...

Just how profoundly is U.S. Route 66 branded on the American psyche? Consider these examples of the highway in popular culture: “Route 66,” the song written by character actor Bobby Troup — he drove a ...

Sitting astride Historic Route 66, Oatman, Ariz., returns to its glory days when classic cars roll into town. Vehicles like these commonly passed through the former mining boomtown when U.S. Highway ...