Route 66 celebrates 100 years this year and it played a significant role in shaping Oatman, a ghost town turned tourist town.

Meandering wild burros, staged Wild West shootouts, and a ribbon of pavement that twists through the Black Mountains with jaw ...

Route 66 is turning 100 this year and Oatman, a tiny Arizona town, said Mother Road saved it. Oatman went from gold boom to ...

OATMAN — Tourists crowded this Wild West-themed town on a recent Friday to coo at and feed the resident wild burros that help the historic mining camp retain its wooly character. Led by Oliver, the ...

The town of Oatman, Arizona, is an eclectic little stop along the old route of Highway 66 in Western Arizona, mostly a tourist stop nowadays. It's named for Olive Oatman, a young girl who, at the age ...

OATMAN, Ariz — Below the Black Mountains of Arizona is an old ghost town abandoned by gold miners. The town is named Oatman and when prospectors left, they also left something behind... their ...

KINGMAN, Arizona — There is a roughly 8-mile section of Route 66 at the western edge of this state that is considered to be one of the most scenic and white-knuckled drives this country has to offer.

In a West filled with ghost towns, both commercialized and remote, Oatman might just be the most unghostly of them all. The dusty parking lot fills up quickly on busy weekends. Cars can drive straight ...