Essays provide highlights about the history of Route 66 that offer context for understanding historic places featured in the itinerary.

Descriptions of each featured historic place on the List of Sites highlight its significance, photographs and other illustrations, and information on how to visit.

The Route 66 travel itinerary offers several ways to discover and experience Route 66 and the historic places that shaped and illustrate the history and development of this fabled road: To understand Route 66 and capture its spirit, there is no substitute for driving the highway stopping to experience what is along the way. The itinerary features a number of sections of the road and other historic places to visit, and more will be added to the itinerary in the future. Today, more than 85% of the original alignments of Route 66 are drivable, and many special places along the way are included in the National Register.

This Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary highlights historic places listed in the National Register of Historic Places that bring the history of Route 66 to life. As an artery of transportation, an agent of social transformation, and a remnant of America’s past, it stretches 2,400 miles across two-thirds of the continent. Route 66 embodies a complex, rich history that goes well beyond any chronicle of the road itself. The National Park Service’s Heritage Education Services and the National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, in partnership with the American Express and World Monuments Fund Sustainable Tourism Initiative and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers proudly invite you to experience Route 66.

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