” In the early 1990s, Waldmire purchased the store and turned it into a Route 66 tourist shop. A map he drew along the length of one wall depicts the full route from Chicago to Los Angeles.

The biggest challenge to modern-day Route 66 travelers is staying on the original route, said David Knudson, founder and executive director of the non-profit National Historic Route 66 Federation.

CARTHAGE, Mo., June 17 (Reuters) - Route 66 hasn't been a real highway for almost three decades. Sign up here. The last section of the fabled U.S. route from Chicago to Santa Monica, California ...