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    You explored one of America's most iconic highways by marking at least three remarkable places along historic Route 66.

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Shrine to Anglers

Hayward, Wisconsin

Shrine to Anglers

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

The "Chamber Hodag" in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

Rhinelander, Wisconsin

The Hodag

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

Pinkie the Pink Elephant

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Pinkie the Pink Elephant

A lane of signs in the forest

Watson Lake, Yukon

Watson Lake Sign Post Forest

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

Mammoth skeleton at the centre.

Whitehorse, Yukon

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre

Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America. 

Carcross Desert

Carcross, Yukon

Carcross Desert

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

The Whittier entrance.

Whittier, Alaska

Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

Iditarod Mile 0 Marker

Seward, Alaska

Iditarod Mile 0 Marker

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

The Salty Dawg Saloon's "Lighthouse".

Homer, Alaska

Salty Dawg Saloon

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

Merging onto Alaska 1 from a scenic overlook.

Anchorage, Alaska

The Seward Highway

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

Musk Ox Farm

Palmer, Alaska

Musk Ox Farm

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

Mayor Stubbs

Talkeetna, Alaska

The Cat Mayor of Talkeetna

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

The Arctic Circle Sign.

Alaska

Arctic Circle Monument Sign

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

Santa Claus House

North Pole, Alaska

Santa Claus House

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

The Poker Creek border crossing.

Eagle, Alaska

Poker Creek

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

Alaska Highway Mile 0 sign

Dawson Creek, British Columbia

Alaska-Canada Highway Mile 0

The arch marks the beginning of the road for northbound travelers.

Whittier, Alaska

Whittier, Alaska

Whittier, Alaska

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

The Chicken chicken.

Chicken, Alaska

Chicken of Chicken, Alaska

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

"Grasshopper's Delight" sculpture along the Enchanted Highway, approximately half-way to Regent, North Dakota.  Car included for scale.

Regent, North Dakota

Enchanted Highway Sculptures

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

World's Largest Buffalo

Jamestown, North Dakota

World's Largest Buffalo

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

The Blue Whale of Catoosa, OK

Catoosa, Oklahoma

Blue Whale of Catoosa

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Britten's leaning tower in Groom

Groom, Texas

The Leaning Tower of Texas

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

The Big Texan Steak Ranch first opened its doors in on Route 66 in 1962.

Amarillo, Texas

Big Texan Steak Ranch & Brewery

Whether or not you take the 72-ounce steak challenge, there’s plenty of history, fun and Texas-style food at this legendary stop along Route 66.

December 2008

Amarillo, Texas

Cadillac Ranch

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

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