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Nancy Thompson's House from A Nightmare on Elm Street

Los Angeles, California

Thompson Home

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Halloween House

Los Angeles, California

Halloween House

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Known as "The Duke," Wayne was an icon for his appearances in many cowboy movies.

Beverly Hills, California

John Wayne Statue

One of two Southern California statues celebrating “The Duke,” this one towers over a Beverly Hills sidewalk.

Santa Monica, California

Spirit of Santa Monica DC-3

"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."

Site of the childhood home of the Beach Boys.

Hawthorne, California

The Beach Boys Childhood Home

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

Studio Antiques

El Segundo, California

Studio Antiques

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

Lukens House

Pasadena, California

Theodore Lukens House

Home of the "Father of Forestry."

Wigwam Village #7

San Bernardino, California

Wigwam Village #7

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

Vroman's Storefront

Pasadena, California

Vroman's Bookstore

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

Unofficial McDonald's Museum

San Bernardino, California

Unofficial McDonald's Museum

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Female lion

Amboy, California

Guardian Lions of Route 66

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Oatman Donkey Town

Oatman, Arizona

Oatman

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

Truxton Canyon Training School

Valentine, Arizona

Truxton Canyon Training School

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

Route 66 Electric Vehicle Museum

Kingman, Arizona

Route 66 Electric Vehicle Museum

The world’s first museum dedicated solely to electric vehicles.

Delgadillo's Snow Cap Drive-In

Seligman, Arizona

Delgadillo's Snow Cap Drive-In

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

Ash Fork Free Museum

Ash Fork, Arizona

Ash Fork Free Museum

A fantastic resource for information on both Route 66 and the local area.

Sultana Bar

Williams, Arizona

Sultana Bar

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

The reconstructed Plotz Plot, now accepting contributions.

Holbrook, Arizona

The Plotz Plot

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

Petrified Wood

Holbrook, Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Fort Courage
Permanently Closed

Houck, Arizona

Fort Courage

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

Front of El Rancho.

Gallup, New Mexico

Historic El Rancho Hotel

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

Richardson's rug room boasts boasts more than a thousand handcrafted Native American rugs for sale.

Gallup, New Mexico

Richardson Trading Post

This historic trading post has been serving the community since 1913.

Along Old Route 66 near Budville, New Mexico.
Permanently Closed

Cibola County, New Mexico

Budville Trading Post

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

Auto Hawk

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Auto Hawk

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

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