Long abandoned and barely remembered, the ghost towns of Siberia and Bagdad once thrived along America’s Mother Road. Today, they stand as quiet echoes of Route 66’s golden age and sudden decline.

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It came at a cost: I-40 bypassed dozens of Route 66 towns, draining them of traffic and relevance. Many faded away into ghost towns—but Williams was an exception. Williams was the last town on ...

It came at a cost: I-40 bypassed dozens of Route 66 towns, draining them of traffic and relevance. Many faded away into ghost towns—but Williams was an exception. Williams was the last town on Route ...

As you roll past ghost towns, volcanic cinder cones and plenty of open sky, it’s easy to see why early Route 66 travelers carefully timed this stretch to avoid the worst of the desert heat.

Much like Radiator Springs in Pixar’s Cars, once-thriving villages along the N-VI have faded, bypassed by faster roads. The route spans three autonomous communities—Madrid, Castilla y León, and ...

in the Mojave Desert, off the old Route 66.Credit...Andrew Moore Supported ... in baby blue announcing the names of Southern Illinois towns now pierced a horizon of cornfields as dark and withered ...

A journey through Nevada’s eccentric side — where the ghosts are real, the art is immersive, and the weirdness has no bounds ...

These ghost towns now dot some remote areas of Arizona ... Situated in the northwestern corner of Arizona along historic Route 66, Oatman is best known for its non-human residents- the burros. These ...