Television personality Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, best known for the “Shark Tank” TV reality show, recently showed up at the Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo to try the restaurant’s famed ...

The City of Marshfield, Missouri, recently completed restoration of the Niangua Service Station, which first opened in 1925, shortly before U.S. 66 was certified. KOLR-TV reports that the station now ...

The City of Lebanon, Missouri, earlier this month declared the former Red Fox Motel unsafe after finding safety hazards in the wake of a stabbing there. The Laclede County Herald reported that police ...

The PBS-TV show “American Lens,” hosted by noted photographer Carol Highsmith, recently examined Roamin’ Rich Dinkela and the Shamrock Court motel in Sullivan, Missouri, which he spent years restoring ...

The new owners of Henry’s Rabbit Ranch in Staunton, Illinois, have selected Oct. 25 as the grand reopening date for the Route 66 landmark. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the site at 1107 ...

Rich Havlik, owner of the historic Motel Safari in Tucumcari, New Mexico, this week launched a GoFundMe.com campaign to restore the Route 66 establishment’s main sign. Havlik wrote what the campaign, ...

The Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway a few days ago announced the finalists for its 2026 Centennial Awards. The awards recognize milestones, preservation achievements, marketing efforts, hospitality and ...

Texas Monthly magazine, using the concept of nostalgia as its focus, recently produced a segment for PBS-TV that features several Route 66 sites in the Panhandle. Included are the Jericho ghost town, ...

Johnathan Russell, 54, the former owner of the historic Gold Dome building in Oklahoma City, died last week of heart failure. His death has added more confusion to an already-uncertain future of the ...

Dallas Gene Wall Sr., owner and operator of Dallas’ Dairyette in Quapaw, Oklahoma, for over 50 years, died on Oct. 13. He was 84. The restaurant at 103 N. Main St. (aka Route 66) closed for a few days ...

Mel’s Drive-In restaurant, located at the actual western terminus of Route 66 in Santa Monica, California, might be demolished to make way for a high-rise apartment complex. Mel’s fate may be decided ...