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Is America's Iconic Route 66 Actually A Typo?

America's iconic Route 66 stands as one of the most memorable highway designations in history, instantly recognizable from Chicago to Santa Monica. Despite being an underrated gem to traverse, it's ...
AOL

Photos That Capture the Spirit of the Great American Road Trip

Long before cheap flights and smartphone maps, Americans turned to cars for adventure and escape. This story revisists our colelctive love affair with the open road, from dusty early-20th century ...
The New York Times

What a New American Citizen Learned on Route 66

A writer drove from Chicago to L.A. to see what it truly means to belong to a place. Amboy, Calif., in the Mojave Desert, off the old Route 66.Credit...Andrew Moore Supported by By Aatish Taseer ...
insider.si.edu

The open road : photography & the American road trip / David Campany

A short history of the long road -- Robert Frank : the Americans -- Ed Ruscha : twentysix gasoline stations -- Inge Morath : the road to Reno -- Garry Winogrand : 1964 -- William Eggleston : Los ...
Jalopnik

America's Highway Numbering System Is Hiding A Giant Math Puzzle

Ever wondered how the highway and interstate numbers came to be? What do they even mean if they mean anything at all? Behind those numbered shields displayed on the signs is a mathematical logic grid ...