These abandoned and nearly-abandoned ghost towns along Route 66 connect the dots between Illinois and California, and each has a unique history.

Deep in California’s Mojave, two towns rose with the railroad and fell with the freeway. Bagdad and Siberia are long gone—but if you know where to look, their bones still speak. From abandoned rail ...

In 1926, U.S. Route 66 was just a road connecting the country's midsection to the West Coast, but it soon came to symbolize ...