Chicago and Santa Monica might be Route 66's iconic endpoints, but Springfield is where the legendary name was born.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The earliest-known privately produced map of Springfield -- which could date to as early as 1825 -- has been acquired by the Illinois State Historical Library. The map, ...

Two downtown landmarks put Springfield on the Route 66 map and continue to draw visitors today.

The map was made for early Springfield settler William Carpenter, a contemporary of Abraham Lincoln and a well-known entrepreneur and politician, Bauer said. Carpenter probably carried the cloth map ...

Visit Springfield launched new interactive experiences designed to help visitors explore Route 66 while discovering more of ...