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.

Near the eastern start of Route 66 stands one of its most architecturally striking landmarks. On Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, so close to Millennium Park that you can see its reflection in the ...

The El Pueblo Motor Inn, or what’s left of it anyway, sits vacant behind a chain-link fence along Route 66, its stucco walls clad in weathered sheets of construction tarp. At first glance, the nearly ...

The revival of Route 66 has led to a fascination with the exterior of the many motels that line the historic highway, but one Tulsa artist hopes a new exhibit will remind people that not everything ...

The nonprofit National Historic Route 66 Federation in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., estimates at least 3,000 motels along the route are in various states of repair or disrepair. Route 66, immortalized in ...

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 ...

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 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A pair of redevelopment projects announced by the city Wednesday are set to give a pair of abandoned historic motels on Route 66 new life. The De Anza Motor Lodge, El Vado ...

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.

Denise McKinney says she has probably somewhere close to half a million matchbooks tucked away inside her Riverside home. She’s been collecting for years and will typically pick up whatever strikes ...

CARTHAGE (AP) - The Boots Motel, an icon to fans of the old Route 66, is scheduled to be auctioned next week. The Boots is one of six properties owned by Vince Scott of Carthage that will be auctioned ...