Route 66 Illinois & Missouri
Our “Route 66 Snapshots” offer you 5, 6 & 7 day segments of this classic highway. This tour starts in Chicago and features Illinois & Missouri. Since 1926, Route 66 has defined a remarkable era in our nation’s history. It has changed the lives of people, and their communities and connected not only the East and the West but also the past and the present. The Route 66 spirit lives on in many roadside attractions, museums, and restaurants located along “The Mother Road.”
Legendary Lincoln
Visit the Land of Lincoln – Springfield, Illinois. Here you can explore the largest collection of Abraham Lincoln historic attractions found anywhere in the country. Step back in time to walk in the footsteps of the legendary 16th President.
Chicago Defined The Jazz Age
Chicago, the city that arguably defined the Jazz Age, Prohibition, gangster wars, flappers and boom times, thrived and survived the ’20s. And like the rest of America, it started the decade like a giddy adolescent, grew up in 1929 when gang wars built to a bloody crescendo and the stock market crashed.
Mark Twain’s River
Come spend a day like Mark Twain, leisurely cruising the Mississippi with 100 miles of scenic shoreline and peaceful towns passing quietly behind your great paddlewheel. Then explore the town of Hannibal, home to Tom Sawyer & Becky Thatcher and their friend Huck. With your imagination you can travel to places in time, best described in literature.