08/10/2025
EPISODE 351: Jim Hinckley inspires people to travel along Route 66
This week we talk about one of the most revered highways in America, Route 66, and why you should make plans to travel along America’s Highway from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif.
Today’s guest is Jim Hinckley, one of America’s foremost historians on Route 66, and the creator of Jim Hinckley’s America travel network. It is a multimedia project dedicated to “telling people where to go” by celebrating small-town life, vintage Americana and the joy of road trips across the United States.
He shares fascinating stories about the road’s origins, its many realignments, and the quirky landmarks that have made it a living time capsule of 20th-century Americana.
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