During its nearly 60 years as a federal highway, Route 66 ran through Claremore along J.M. Davis Boulevard. A monument the city unveiled Monday, Route 66's 98th birthday, makes that fact clear.

While the list is dominated by East Coast cities, a few Midwest and West Coast destinations also made the cut.

When Paul McCartney heard what Phil Spector had done to the song, believed to have been inspired by Scotland's remote B842, ...