Roadside attraction fans: Roadsideamerica.com's Sightings newsletter "tops off" your skull with hi-test vacation destinations -- reports and stories of quirky...
It seems that every few years a Tucsonan asks: "What's the origin of the Old Spanish Trail?" They are, of course, referring to that ersatz road east of town...
Greetings- The updated AA-Florida web site contains some nice photos taken this past summer of the Milton and Blackwater River sections of the Old Spanish...
News from the Quay County Sun, Tucumcari, New Mexico Blue Swallow on the market Dale Bakke, owner of the historic Blue Swallow Motel on East Route 66 ...
Many of you Southwest Route 66 travelers have probably pondered about the fate of this Winslow landmark... March 6, 2005 Plans for Hubbell unveiled By Jeff...
An announcement from the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program… JWM, Drivetheost.com ROUTE 66 PRESERVATION WORKSHOP Monrovia, California September 13 and...
Tulsa's Rose Bowl Closes Its Doors Saturday is the last day to bowl at the famed Rose Bowl, a Tulsa fixture located along the 1933-59 routing of Route 66. The...
The Rose Bowl's architect ponders its fate after closing... JWM March 13, 2005 KOTV, Tulsa The Look And Design Of The Rose Bowl The pins have fallen for the...
Lately there seems to be a trend to change road names with a devilish ring. New Mexico took the lead changing the catchy US 666 do the deadly dull US 491. Now...
Proprietor of MO Route 66 Landmark Dies Lebanon, MO- Down the street from the famed Munger Moss Motel sits Wrink's Food Market, a simple buff brick building...
If they can do it along the Broadway of America in Tennessee, why not the Old Spanish Trail in Florida? Below is an announcement for the second Old Spanish...
Missouri Route 66 Closes its Doors Copyright Pulitzer Publishing Company Mar 21, 2005 Ginger Smith Gallagher does not like to cook. This weekend she is doing...
Where will Wes and Ginger travel? Their Spirit only knows before them. Hopefully going east or west along down the street... their own street, their own road,...
Check out eyewitness stories about the funniest and quirkiest attractions the U.S. has to offer -- museums, tourist traps, monuments, mystery spots, Muffler...
The sixth annual Great U.S. 50 Yard Sale will be held Friday-Sunday, May 21-23, 2005. The yard sale started in 2000, stretching across most of Indiana. The...
A brick section of the Dixie Highway between Hastings and Bunnell, Florida, was recently listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1915 as a...
Route 66 Mural Dedicated By Tova Fruchtman: Quay County Sun Jim Oliver came to see his John Deere cutter on the side of the Lowe's building. Bill Rouse came to...
While there is still debate whether Tucson's local Old Spanish Trail was part of the transcontinental highway of the same name, plans afoot to widen this...
Texas Highway 16, a former tourist route of the Old Spanish Trail connecting San Antonio to Kerrville, was recently named the third best road to ride in Texas....
Welcome to the latest edition of Roadsideamerica.com Sightings! Don't know about you, but we've been keeping a list all winter of unusual sights to visit on...
Issues of in-use maintenance vs. preservation arise with the recent National Register listing of the Old Dixie Highway, Florida... JWM Old road to get new look...
Writer retraces the "Mother Road." Gee, hasn't this been done nearly a thousand times? And what does Norman Rockwell have to do with Route 66? Regardless of my...
Interesting piece on the creation of place names along dangerous border entry trails. The article focuses on the arid, rocky region of Tecate, Mexico, adjacent...
The latest majestic scenic byway from the great state of Oregon. JWM Scenic byway zigzags toward Mount Hood By Stanton Patty Special to The Seattle Times ...
Another road trip blitz (9,587 miles, 16 days) across the vast United States, touching a bit of the Old Spanish Trail and Yellowstone Trail highways. Article...
Long before the rash of small-town auctions on E-bay, Amboy, California, (pop. 0) was on the market. Located on old US 66, west of Needles, the nearly boarded...
Couldn't help but notice the reference to the OST cafe (Bandera, TX) in the May 1, 2005 New York Times Style Magazine. The reference in this silly Sunday...
Santa Fe auto and travel writer Denise McCluggage gives an alternative to slavishly driving Route 66. US 50, she claims has "more bonafides" than the old...
AP writer Ted Anthony offers some roadtrip planning advice. Route 66 and the Lincoln Highway are given as obvious destinations. But the writer dug a little...
Is the "Santa Fe New Mexican" a newspaper or a magazine? Is Denise a regular contributor. I'm familiar with her but only from the automotive side. But, come to...
