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.

Retro attractions, classic motels, and Americana memories make Route 66 a one-of-a-kind road trip experience that continues to captivate retirees.

CARTHAGE, Mo. -- A national group has named a Route 66 icon in Carthage to its second ever "10 Most Endangered Roadside Places" list. The Boots Motel, a classic Route 66 motel now operated as low-rent ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Imperial Motel has been partially open since the beginning of this year, but developers recently completed the finishing touches, recreating a place for people to get away even ...

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 ...

"Motels are such a part of our recent history that it's often hard for people to view them as historically significant," says Kaisa Barthuli, with the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program in Santa ...

Cruising along Route 66 — the iconic ribbon of asphalt that runs from Chicago to Los Angeles — primes most Americans for a ...

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.

Twenty-five years ago, with travelers preferring to stay in new discount hotels along nearby Interstate 44, the owner of the historic Brookshire Motel gave up on Route 66. The glory days, she said, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LEBANON, Mo. — The long time owner of the ...

MIAMI, Okla. -- The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los ...