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The great American road trip. Route 66. Ghost towns and big cities. A search for roadside diners that still serve fresh apple pie. Fascinating people. Inspirational people. Natural wonders and historic sites.

Jim Hinckley’s America is built on a sixty year association with Route 66, two lane highways, and colorful characters.

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A bronze statue of a cowboy in a hat stands beside a man preparing to unveil it, surrounded by trees and a historic building.
Kingman Tours, a journey through time, was introduced with the unveiling of the Jim Hinckley statue during National Road Trip Day celebrations in 2022. ©Jim Hinckley’s America

  • Searching for Route 66

    Searching for Route 66 on an adventure from Chicago to Santa Monica can be a challenge. After all, officially, the most famous highway in America doesn’t exist. It hasn’t since 1985. A few states such as Illinois realize the economic benefits or Route 66 tourism. Careful attention is given to ensure that the iconic highway…

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  • Welcome to El Trovatore

    Welcome To El Trovatore – Unincorporated. When I discovered that simple sign in the basement of the Mohave Museum of History & Arts in Kingman, Arizona, I had my second piece of hard evidence that the urban myth was a reality. But I lacked answers. And nearly five years later, I am no closer to…

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  • Campgrounds and One Dollar Soup

    Tales of campgrounds and one dollar soup in Denny Gibson‘s new book Tracing a T to Tampa are richly illustrated snapshots of a road trip in 1920. But this book is also the story of one mans quest for a family connection. It piqued my interest, and provided a bit of road trip inspiration. The Great…

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  • Let’s Eat!

    Let’s eat! In my humble opinion, a memorable, fun, and always fascinating road trip is built on dining experiences. Picnics and dusty diners with just a couple of counter stools and a few well worn tables. A place where pies are baked daily and recipes have been passed down for generations. A one family owned…

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  • The Hornets Nest

    The Hornets Nest is a nondescript little cafe. No flashy neon signs. No fancy eye catching architecture. A simple sign topped by a Coca Cola advertisement reads, “Great Food – Great Friends – Great Times. It was our kind of place, and we were disappointed by the food, the service or the price. Aside from…

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  • The Palace

    The Palace Saloon opened its doors in 1906. Colorful characters, outlaws, celebrities, and countless legions of thirsty Route 66 travelers have bellied up to the bar over the years. But I would be willing to bet that never in its history has there been an evening like October 12, 2023. Henry Lovin opened the Palace…

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  • No Mere Highway

    It is no mere highway. It hasn’t been since the U.S. Highway 66 Association was established in the early spring of 1927. And now, in the era of renaissance, this storied old highway has transcended its original purpose. It has been been transformed into the modern incarnation of the Statue of Liberty for legions of…

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  • Epic Road Trips

    Telling the story of epic road trips. Sharing epic road trips. Making, and surviving, a few epic road trips. In a nut shell that sums up things rather nicely as road trips of an epic nature have been a big part of my life since at least 1959. And epic road trips have been a…

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  • In Search Of Pie

    Okay, a search for pie, blackberry or peach cobbler, hush puppies, or world class chilli are not the only reason that we are embarking on a road trip in a few weeks. But I can’t think of a road trip in the past forty years that didn’t involve a detour or two. Someone tells me…

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  • 100 Years

    A centennial is 100 years. In 2026 the most famous highway in the United States, iconic Route 66, the Main Street of America, will be 100 years old, and people from throughout the world are already making plans for a pilgramage to celebrate this centennial milestone. And communities beween Chicago and Santa Monica are hard…

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  • EV Adventure on Route 66

    An EV adventure on Route 66. Me. The fellow that courted his dearest friend forty two years ago in a 1946 GMC. The same person that envisions an adventure on Route 66 during the centennial year in a 1929 Ford Model A just made a 400 mile trip from Kingman to Winslow, Arizona, and back…

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  • Road Trip

    Road trip. Route 66, a highway, a television program, a road trip inspiring song and a destination. Memory making, epic adventures on the open road. It’s as American as apple pie, hot dogs and a marketing campaign that encouraged people to see the U.S.A. in their Chevrolet. The restless nature of the immigrants that would…

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