Six of the best Route 66 motels and hotels3 / 6 LA POSADA HOTEL, ARIZONA: This stunning Arizona hotel has become something of an institution for history-loving Route 66 aficionados. First opened ...

Route 66 preservationists say the approved demolition of the Glancy Motor Hotel in Clinton, Oklahoma, lacked respect for the highway's history.

Route 66 has roots that predate the American Civil War. The War Department ordered the construction of a government-funded wagon road along the 35th Parallel in 1857, which eventually became Route 66.