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From mosaic tiles to cowhide, these hotels celebrate Americana from Chicago to L.A.

Reservations required—and no wonder. The tours at the Neon Museum sell out months in advance. A walk through the museum’s famous “Boneyard” (where neon goes to die) is fascinating, from motel row to the first integrated casino (one that shut almost as soon as it opened), and the Stardust, with its nuclear testing-inspired font. All of this comes alive thanks to the museum’s famous docents, all art history buffs with loads of family history or other personal anecdotes.

Route 66 opened November 11, 1926, and as it celebrates its centennial in 2026, we’re helping travelers prepare for the ultimate road trip—on the ultimate highway. Here are the can’t-miss trips, stops, and stories to explore along the way.

There’s a little bit of something for every museum lover in Los Angeles.

For those willing to slow down and experience a taste of America that largely goes unseen, these small towns are well worth the detour.

The rare retrospective dedicated to the filmmaker’s eccentric style will finish its run online amid the coronavirus outbreak.

“We wanted to turn the perception of staying in grandma’s attic on its head.”

These safe and celebratory havens welcome people from all walks of life.

The Mother Road cuts through some of the most dramatic landscapes in the U.S., filled with canyons, petroglyphs, lava flows, and lakes.

During a visit to her ancestral hometown, our columnist considers the aesthetic homogenization that threatens to consume it—and what that means for the world.

Find renovated motels, restored neon, new street art, and augmented reality in Albuquerque in 2026.

Cars refuel in gas stations, and humans recharge in thermal waters.

Mystical foxes, the torches of gentle giants, spirits kicking around a walrus skull—humans have interpreted the northern lights in many ways over time.

When the mercury rises, Singaporeans turn to one of the nation’s most beloved desserts—ice kachang.

The Odaiba Retro Museum brings Japan’s Shōwa era back to life, tapping into Tokyo’s growing love of analogue nostalgia.