Chicago, Illinois
Wooden Block Alley
All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.
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Chicago, Illinois
All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Miami, Oklahoma
When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.
Carthage, Missouri
This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.
Staunton, Illinois
This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.
Livingston, Illinois
Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.
Granite City, Illinois
A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.
Eureka, Missouri
This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.
Sullivan, Missouri
400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.
Cuba, Missouri
The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.
Chelsea, Oklahoma
This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.
Miami, Oklahoma
This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.
Winslow, Arizona
This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Seligman, Arizona
A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.
Winslow, Arizona
The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.
Cave City, Kentucky
One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.
Ludlow, California
One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
Oro Grande, California
Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
Speculator, New York
The great American road trip, but smaller.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.