Built as a schoolhouse in 1914, this Mission-style building has also served as a dancehall, a library, an Army canteen, and now a cultural museum.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

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

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

This small museum is dedicated to the study of coprolites, or fossilized poop.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

The first of the iconic American roadside attractions lives on as a college mascot.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

A unique collection of artistic rides

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

Giant steel and concrete dinosaurs near Route 66 invite passerbys into a mineral shop.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

One of the world’s most powerful corporations was established on a random Albuquerque street corner.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The Milburn-Price Culture Museum in Vega offers a brand-name oversized cultural attraction.