Shamrock, Texas
U-Drop Inn
Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.
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Shamrock, Texas
Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.
San Antonio, Texas
These boots are made for selfies.
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.
Elk City, Oklahoma
An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."
Ponca City, Oklahoma
A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.
Commerce, Oklahoma
The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.
Chelsea, Oklahoma
This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.
Dayton, Ohio
The world's first aircraft factory has been hiding inside an automobile plant for almost 80 years.
Riverside, Ohio
Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.
Canton, Ohio
Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.
Peninsula, Ohio
A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Where beautiful signs live on forever.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
Milton, Delaware
What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.
West Orange, New Jersey
Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.