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What I discovered travelling Missouri’s lesser-trodden stretch of Route 66

What I discovered travelling Missouri’s lesser-trodden stretch of Route 66

With the ‘Mother Road’ celebrating its 100th birthday next year, Laura French goes back to where it all began and explores the birthplace of America’s most famous highway

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