Route 66 Illinois - Every town along the way - 59 of them!

[@karlpiepenburg127]

That backtracking (going parallel with 55 south And back north on iL 4 and then south was worthwhile but must have been back breaking. I live s couple miles from Motorheads south of Springfield…great video

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

It was a pretty quick trip back on the expressway so not too bad. Thank you!

[@danphillips6606]

You are driving on the roads" some of which I've driven on back in the day' and the rest of the parts I've always wanted to. Very cool , I'm enjoying this.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Great drive!!

[@naturelvr123]

OK, love those turkey tracks! :)

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

🦃 🦃 🦃

[@melodyhammond3296]

Ah… we lived in far north Illinois near Wisconsin. Every year the family vacation was to drive Rte 66 to my grandma’s in. Small town of Bunker Hill , Il. This video brought back a lot of memories. Once again great video, thanks.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks! Route 66 seems to do that for a lot of people!

[@hikergirly]

Thanks for doing the drone shot of Carlinville’s town square, one of my home towns! Looks like they are repainting the courthouse dome, I will have to get back up there for a visit.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Beautiful square!

[@RandallRedman-sq2hk]

US 41 use to go right through Milwaukee. Same with Chicago and followed the Western Border of the Grand Hoosier State, INDIANA on its way to South Florida.

[@RandallRedman-sq2hk]

As Cities continued to get bigger, the Highway System needed to expand to keep up with it.

[@cheryla.wright5348]

When I was 12 - 15, we lived along Route 66 in Bethany, OK. Thanks for the ride along!!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Nice! Great area to grow up!

[@RandallRedman-sq2hk]

When you go to Green Bay, Ashland use to be Route 41 before it turned to the Left which is Lombardi Avenue in 2024.

[@gorrdd]

That narrow brick road was fabulous to see. Thanks for all of that, John. You did a great presentation covering so much. Gord

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! This was my first road trip I documented 😊

[@ag4allgood]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy Was not expecting a brick road on RT 66 - TY for getting that on your trip. Some of those roads looked rough.

[@avvocatorenatosavoia]

Watching the video is a way to redo my honeymoon (with my wife in summer 2018 we travelled all the Route 66). Thank you, really nice!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you for the kind comments! What a great trip that must have been for you and your wife!

[@avvocatorenatosavoia]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy yes it was!

[@RandallRedman-sq2hk]

You Route 66 Followers - should do the Old US 41 Route from Copper Harbor, Michigan which juts out into Lake Superior to Miami/Key West, Florida. Quite a trip. Another Trip - Interstate 90 from Logan International Airport to The Major Airport in Seattle/Tacoma. Old Route 41 goes right by Fond du Lac, Wisconsin where I Live. In fact, when you went through a City - It was called Business US 41. Incredible - the amount of History you can find out on the World Wide Web on Broadband. Put your 6th through 8th Grader on this tour and make sure it is on the ACT & SAT. To me, it is very important. What were a few of the first Radio Stations. KDKA Pittsburgh and WHA Madison, WI and finally KFIZ Fond du Lac, WI. That's right a lot of history right on Ole Route US 41.

[@RandallRedman-sq2hk]

Business is like a Major Interstate going through the Main Drag while the 294 or whatever they do with it is kind of a Going around or whatever.

[@naturelvr123]

Berwyn, Ill-know it well. Went to H,S, in Joliet. Yes, those old vehicles are on the "old 66" in Joliet but ya didn't show "Stateville Prison"-that's OK. You did go over Ruby St. bridge in Joliet. Ah, the old Joliet prison on Collins St. I was an usher in the Rialto Theater in Joliet. My dad worked at the Joliet Arsenal in Elwood. Oh yes. The Gemini Giant. Took lots girls there for a soda (including my present wife of +55yrs). Don't tell her about the girls :). I don't believe it, the Polka Dot Drive in (Braidwood). I worked with the owner at RR Donnelley & Sons in Dwight, Illinois. And Godely, Illinois. Used to be a red light district even when I lived in Dwight, Illinois-it has started to "grow" into something now. Braceville, my father-in-law would drive me there for a beer(before I was 21). :) AH, Dwight, Illinois, we raised 3 boys in that town (we live in Greeley, Colorado since '95). Really, that gas station in Dwight was "Beckers Texaco" & I bought a lot of gas there. Odell, Illinois good fried chicken back in the day. And Pontiac, Illinois had a men's prison back in the day. Maybe it's still there. 2 of our kids & my wife went to Illinois State (& my money). OK, my great aunt was born in Atlanta, Illinois. You did good, rembemer it is "Becker's Texaco" in Dwight. We don't go back to Dwight anymore, too many mountain trails here in Colorado, :)

[@ShirlBussman]

You drove thru Broadwell I was born there. My mom was born in Elkhart. Lots of cousins down that way. Both my grandparents are buried in Williamsville. Memories and lots of them. Thanks! ☺

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Nice 😊

[@ShirlBussman]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy I enjoyed your video. ☺

[@gemmie0b1]

thanks was up there in 2016 to my moms Grave did not think of filming the trip miss the old towns

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you for watching! Once you get through the busy Chicago parts, Illinois is a very interesting place to visit along Route 66! Appreciate the note!

[@alexchaudhri2405]

Great work. I enjoyed every bit of it.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you - it was a lot of fun to do!

[@HistoricallyMarked]

I live in Edwardsville (actually Glen Carbon) and it was great to see familiar territory on here. I'm actually kind of embarrassed that Edwardsville hasn't done very much to preserve its place on the Mother Road, as they have torn down many iconic places in the past. I hope you got to visit Henry's Rabbit Ranch. Rich, the owner, is an awesome guy! Also, you probably already knew this but McKinley Bridge is actually the first Mississippi River bridge to carry Route 66 - then it was Chain of Rocks Bridge. I'm really enjoying your videos! Planning on a 66 trip in Oklahoma and sw Missouri for next month and these have been very helpful, as to what's current. Unlike most travel vloggers, you go straight to the point and spend less time trying to be a comedian. Keep it up!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you for your kind comments! I visited the Rabbit Ranch - so unique! Unfortunately I didn’t see anyone while I was there. And I think I read about the McKinley Bridge fact - I love old bridges! I hope you have a great trip!

[@elizabethmurray3221]

I went to SIUE!

[@ag4allgood]

@@elizabethmurray3221 Arkansas ? Home of the Hogs.

[@elizabethmurray3221]

@@ag4allgood Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

[@ag4allgood]

@@elizabethmurray3221 Sorry , to many acronyms in today's world.

[@Hanginwithherky]

Well done video, we have traveled this route several times and you did a great job of capturing it. Safe travels

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Will do!

[@littlewillie65]

I am just old enough to remember when I55 was still under construction, and we would travel through Litchfield on the way to St. Louis - frequently stopping at the Ariston Café for lunch. They had one of those moving scenery signs on the wall that just fascinated me to no end. Then I55 was finished, and we did our meal stops a little up the road at Raymond. Now that I'm old, we still stop at Litchfield for lunch - but usually at the McDonalds. Not as good, but quicker...

[@pigoff123]

I imagine driving on the brick road was like us riding our bikes on the cobblestone roades in Germany. 😅

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😂

[@RandallRedman-sq2hk]

The Bridge goes over the Lake by Oshkosh as well. Business 41 went through Downtown Oshkosh and through Downtown Neenah.

[@1956jude]

I am thinking about doing Route 66 one state at a time. I live in New England so I guess Illinois would be the closest part to me. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

That would be cool! Yep Illinois is the furthest east it goes.

[@chiefamylee]

What a treat! I'll definitely revisit this one. It is one of my dreams to travel on Route 66.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

It’s definitely a trip you should do! So glad I was able to do it!

[@brandiewhisenhunt289]

I love that you capture the bridges.. old jails.. & court houses. Great video!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks! Those are some of my favorite things to find. As well as old theaters too!

[@brandiewhisenhunt289]

Absolutely.. the theaters are amazing. There's an old one in Colorado city Texas that I've watched a few movies at it... such amazing nostalgia in it!

[@bd6597]

But You have to get off of US66 to see them.

[@geneballay9590]

Rainy Day so that I can not work outside, and am BINGE WATCHING YOUR TRAVELS. Thank you for all the work, and then sharing. If possible could you post a video of excuses I could give my wife as to why the chores are not done......only joking....your channel is grrrrreat.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😂😂

[@travis303]

That Classic Country Cars place, I could spend all day there.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

It was a very cool place to explore!

[@littlewillie65]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy Should have seen it before the big fire...

[@ag4allgood]

@@littlewillie65 What fire ? How bad could it have been on an open car lot ?

[@littlewillie65]

@@ag4allgood They had the more valuable cars inside a large building..

[@jrich9807]

As someone who lived across the river from southern IL. That area is rich in small towns and ghost towns. Beautiful rolling hills and fields overlooking the Mississippi River. To name a few: Wolf Lake, McClure, Tamms (abandoned prison there), Ullin, Alto Pass, Makanda

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks for the info! 😊

[@glennso47]

What about Route 64 in Illinois and Iowa. It starts as North Avenue in Chicago and goes across northern Illinois. Into Iowa before ending near Cedar Rapids.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I’d enjoy that trip! Maybe someday!

[@ag4allgood]

I wonder how many stop lights would be on that trip down RTE 64 ? The need for speed people would be bored. I get the St Charles area is very scenic but .....

[@RandallRedman-sq2hk]

you think traffic in the Fond du Lac to Green Bay is bad now - you should have tried going by Appleton to Oshkosh back in the 70s. Plus, there were the Paper Mills. Big Paper Area.

[@jeanturley7435]

While you featured the covered bridge on Route 66, it made me think of the movie “The Bridges of Madison County” then I googled the number of covered bridges in the US, check it out, possibly another road trip. With all the footage, how long did it take you to narrow it down to your KZbin flick? Great footage, you need a dog tho🤓 ❣️🐝🌻

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Great movie! And I’ve thought about something like that. I love old bridges 😊

[@MackBanjo23]

You should have covered the Pontiac Illinois Car museum and the rt.66 museum there.

[@TheAsif5182]

woow. i love to travel but hate to arrive . nice quote from albert ainstein .

[@sr36532]

When in Joliet you were not on Cass Street Bridge. That was Jackson Street Bridge.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you for the correction!

[@bd6597]

A lot of interesting views of sites around Edwardsville and Glen Carbon, but very little of anything on US 66.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

For sure! Unfortunately in most of the big cities, most traces of the classic Route 66 sites are gone. That’s why it’s a more enjoyable trip through the small towns on the route.

[@JeffDearman]

Try Scribble maps they put the route 66 in there. and you can draw on the route.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Cool I’ll check it out. Thanks!

[@pamelalamb30]

Not sure if it's on route 66 but Mill Creek,IL is a very small place not sure if anyone is left there. It's in the Southern part of ILLINOIS down by Carbondale, I remember that town, it's part of union country Mill Creek was very small.. my Daddy was from there.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

It’s a little bit south of Route 66. Route 66 basically goes right through St Louis. Looks like a great little town though!

[@pamelalamb30]

Last time we were there there wasn't much left a Post office , a few farms I know the house my great aunt lived in is gone, haven't been there since the 80's , it's a long drive from Granite City IL to Mill Creek IL went to the cemetery to StJohn's for a graveside service..the house was there but in bad shape.. not very many people around not like when I was younger they had ice social there in July everyone came back for them.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

@@pamelalamb30 Very interesting! I've been to a lot of those kind of towns. Nice there is something left like a post office, but sad most of it is gone.

[@travis303]

I wonder why everybody starts Route 66 in Chicago. Every video I ever see, they all start in Illinois. Is it not legitimate to start the the trip in California? Illinois always seems to be the official start for some reason even though it could also be the end.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I think the idea is people used Route 66 to migrate west back in the day. So driving from east to west is how those people would’ve explored as they went. I know a lot people who start in California though too.

[@chloejohnson6861]

It's weird that no one can figure out exactly where this road is anymore. Obviously, there are Route 66 signs all over, but not actually official highway signs. If everyone calls it Route 66...then why is it not called Route 66?

[@theresadews4033]

What time of year was your trip?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

This was late November

[@travis303]

Oh, you didn't buy any "sirup"?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😂😂

[@TheAsif5182]

is it an over view of your video .or thats all u made ? how could u just passes by and didnt explore the area?