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Eastern USA's Top 25
Route 66 sign (
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, Chicago
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Known as the Mother Road, this fragile ribbon of concrete was the USA's
original road trip, launched in 1926. It begins in Chicago, and the 300-mile
stretch onward through Illinois (
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) offers classic, time-warped touring.
Fork into thick slabs of pie in small-town diners; snap photos of roadside attrac-
tions like the Gemini Giant, a sky-high fiberglass spaceman; and motor on past
neon signs, drive-in movie theaters and other Americana. From here it's 2100
miles more to the end of the route in Los Angeles.
