Lost Highways
A Safer Route 66 History Trip: Reading the Road Without Entering Ruins
How to build a roadside-history itinerary around public museums, districts and lawful viewpoints.
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Lost Highways
How Interstate Highways Created America’s Bypassed Towns
How faster roads redirected travelers and transformed roadside economies.
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Coaldale: A Nevada Desert Stop That Became a True Ghost Town
A tiny desert settlement associated with coal, borax and later highway travel.
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Glenrio: The Route 66 Town the Interstate Left Behind
A state-line community whose livelihood depended on travelers moving along Route 66.
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