Illinois
The adventure begins here in the midst of downtown Chicago’s hustle and bustle. An official US 66 sign, mounted so it faces westbound traffic, marks the Mother Road’s starting point on East Adams Street, just west of its intersection with South Michigan Avenue.
Our trip did not start here. We have not been to Chicago, or any place in Illinois yet. Two other states we have not been on Route 66 are Kansas and California.
Missouri
Gateway Arch, St Louis
Wagon Wheel Motel, Cuba
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Republic
Boots Court Motel, Carthage
Oklahoma
Coleman Theatre, Miami
Pops Soda Ranch, Arcadia
Texas
The Big Texan Steak Ranch, Amarillo
Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo
New Mexico
Blue Swallow Motel, Tucumcari
Petroglyphs National Monument, Albuquerque
Arizona
Petrified Forest National Park, Forrest
Wigwam Motel, Holbrook
Standing on the Corner Park, Winslow
Twin Arrows Trading Post, Flag Staff
Two giant 25-foot arrows mark the where the Twin Arrows Trading Post once stood. Built in the late 1949’s, Route 66 motorists once stopped to fill up the tank and dine at the Valentine diner. Forest Gump ran past the Twin Arrows in his race across the U.S.
Grand Canyon Railway, Williams
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