Route 66 attraktioner – det kan du opleve langs den legendariske rute

Her følger en øst til vest-liste over særheder, museer og alle de vidunderlige og forunderlige attraktioner, som du kan finde på din vej langs den legendariske Route 66. Hvis du har set nogle attraktioner, som du mener bør være på listen, er du velkommen til at skrive det i kommentarfeltet.

Illinois

• Grant Park, Chicago.
• Art Institute of Chicago.
• Chicago Architecture Foundation.
• Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center, Chicago.
• Willis Tower, Chicago (tidligere Sears Tower).
• Union Station, Chicago.
• Old St. Patrick’s Church, Chicago.
• Berwyn Route 66 Museum, Berwyn.
• Slovenian Union of America, Joliet.
• Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet.
• Joliet Historical Museum.
• Route 66 Raceway, Joliet.
• Gemini Giant, Wilmington.
• Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Wilmington.
• Illinois Route 66 Mining Museum, Godley.
• Ambler’s Texaco Gas Station, Dwight.
• Odell Station, Odell.
• Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum, Pontiac.
• Pontiac Oakland Museum, Pontiac.
• International Walldog and Sign Art Museum, Pontiac.
• Livingston County War Museum, Pontiac.
• Museum of the Gilding Arts, Pontiac.
• Old Illinois State Police Office, Pontiac.
• Sprague’s Super Service station, Normal.
• Normal Theatre, Normal.
• Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup, Funks Grove.
• McLean Depot Train Shop, McLean.
• America’s Playable Arcade Museum, McLean.
• J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator Museum, Atlanta.
• Atlanta Museum, Atlanta, Ill.
• Route 66 Arcade Museum, Atlanta, Ill.
• Old Route 66 in Towanda, Ill.
• Cruisin’ with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center. Bloomington.
• World’s Largest Covered Wagon, Lincoln, Ill.
• The Mill, Lincoln.
• Mahan’s Gas Station at Fulgenzi’s Pizza, Springfield.
• Old State Capitol, Springfield.
• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield.
• Lincoln’s Tomb, Springfield.
• Our Lady of the Highways, near Raymond.
• Henry’s Rabbit Ranch, Staunton.
• Country Classic Cars, Staunton.
• Mother Jones Grave, Mount Olive.
• Soulsby Station, Mount Olive.
• Litchfield Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center, Litchfield.
• Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Collinsville.
• World’s Largest Catsup Bottle, Collinsville.
• Old Chain of Rocks Bridge.

Missouri

• Gateway Arch, St. Louis.
• City Museum, St. Louis.
• Citygarden, St. Louis.
• The Grove distrikt, St. Louis.
• Museum of Transportation, St. Louis.
• Magic House, St. Louis.
• St. Louis Car Museum.
• Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka.
• Former Red Cedar Inn site, Pacific.
• Jensen’s Point, Pacific.
• Route 66 Pacific Railfan Center, Pacific.
• Purina Farms, Gray Summit.
• Meramec Caverns, Stanton.
• Jesse James Wax Museum, Stanton.
• Mark Twain National Forest.
• Rosati Winery Museum, St. James.
• Vacuum Cleaner Museum, St. James.
• Cuba Murals, Cuba.
• Fanning 66 Outpost, nær Cuba.
• Rolla Stonehenge, Rolla.
• Uranus, Missouri, nær St. Robert.
• Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Museum, Lebanon.
• Wild Animal Safari, Strafford.
• Gillioz Theatre, Springfield.
• History Museum on the Square, Springfield.
• Guy Mace’s Car Museum, Springfield.
• Bass Pro Shops, Springfield.
• Old Rock Fountain Court, Springfield.
• Halltown.
• Gay Parita Station, vest for Halltown.
• Spencer, Mo., ghost town.
• Red Oak II, Carthage.
• Precious Moments Park & Chapel, Carthage.
• Jasper County Courthouse Route 66 Museum, Carthage.
• Powers Museum, Carthage.
• 66 Drive-In, Carthage.
• Route 66 Mural Park, Joplin.
• Joplin Museum Complex, Joplin.

Kansas

• Galena Mining and Historical Museum.
• Cars on the Route, Galena.
• Galena’s Haunted Bordello, Galena.
• Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge, mellem Riverton og Baxter Springs.
• Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum.
• Kansas Route 66 Visitors Center, Baxter Springs.

Oklahoma

• Mickey Mantle’s boyhood home, Commerce.
• Mickey Mantle statue, Commerce.
• Allen’s Fillin’ Station, Commerce.
• Coleman Theatre Beautiful, Miami.
• Dobson Museum, Miami.
• Vintage Iron Motorcycle Museum, Miami.
• Sidewalk Route 66 highway, mellem Miami og Afton.
• Afton Station, Afton.
• World’s Largest Totem Pole, Foyil.
• Andy Payne statue, Foyil.
• Will Rogers Memorial, Claremore.
• Will Rogers Hotel site, Claremore.
• J.M. Davis Arms Museum, Claremore.
• The Nut House, Claremore.
• Blue Whale, Catoosa.
• Catoosa Historical Museum, Catoosa.
• D.W. Correll Museum, Catoosa.
• Historic Meadow Gold sign, Tulsa.
• Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa.
• Woody Guthrie Center, Tulsa.
• Blue Dome, Tulsa.
• Tulsa Art Deco Museum.
• John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park, Tulsa.
• Cyrus Avery Memorial Plaza, Tulsa.
• Route 66 Village, Tulsa.
• Sapulpa Trolley Car, Sapulpa.
• Old Ozark Trail alignment, Sapulpa.
• Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum, Sapulpa.
• Kellyville oil derrick and pump jack, Kellyville.
• Bristow Historical Museum, Bristow.
• Chandler Phillips 66 Station, Chandler.
• Route 66 Interpretive Center, Chandler.
• Museum of Pioneer History, Chandler.
• Seaba Station Motorcycle Museum, Warwick.
• OK County 66, Arcadia.
• The Round Barn, Arcadia.
• POPS, Arcadia.
• Frontier City, Oklahoma City.
• National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City.
• Will Rogers Theater events center, Oklahoma City.
• Oklahoma State Capitol Dome, Oklahoma City.
• Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City.
• Gold Dome, Oklahoma City.
• Oklahoma City National Memorial.
• Express Clydesdales, Yukon.
• Fort Reno, El Reno.
• Cherokee Trading Post, west of El Reno.
• Pony Bridge, near Bridgeport.
• Lucille’s, Hydro.
• Stafford Air and Space Museum, Weatherford.
• Weatherford Wind Energy Park, Weatherford.
• Heartland of American Heritage Museum, Weatherford.
• Oklahoma Route 66 Museum, Clinton.
• McLain Rogers Park, Clinton.
• National Route 66 Museum, Elk City.
• Beckham County Courthouse, Sayre.
• RS&K Railroad Museum, Sayre.
• Roger Miller Museum, Erick.
• 100th Meridian Museum, Erick.
• Sandhills Curiosity Shop, Erick.
• Texola Old City Jail, Texola.

Texas

• U-Drop Inn, Shamrock.
• Devil’s Rope Barbed Wire Museum, McLean.
• Bug Ranch, Conway.
• Big Cross, Groom.
• Route 66-themed rest area, on eastbound I-40 east of Amarillo.
• Palo Duro Canyon State Park, near Amarillo.
• Sixth Street District, Amarillo.
• Jack Sizemore Traveland RV Museum, Amarillo.
• American Quarter Horse Heritage Center & Museum, Amarillo.
• Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo.
• Dot’s Mini-Museum, Vega.
• Oldham County Heritage Farm & Ranch Museum, Vega.
• Milburn-Price Cultural Museum, Vega.
• Glenrio ghost town, Glenrio.

New Mexico

• Dinosaur Museum, Tucumcari.
• Tucumcari Historical Museum, Tucumcari.
• Teepee Curios, Tucumcari.
• Odeon Theatre, Tucumcari.
• Monument to the Mother Road, Tucumcari.
• New Mexico Route 66 Museum, Tucumcari.
• Route 66 Auto Museum, Santa Rosa.
• Blue Hole, Santa Rosa.
• Rudolfo Anaya statue, Santa Rosa.
• La Bajada Hill.
• San Miguel Chapel, Santa Fe.
• Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe.
• Clines Corners.
• Lewis Antique Auto and Toy Museum, Moriarty.
• Wildlife West Nature Park, Edgewood.
• Tinkertown, Alburqueque.
• Sandia Peak Tramway, Albuquerque.
• Nob Hill district, Albuquerque.
• KiMo Theatre, Albuquerque.
• National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque.
• Old Town Albuquerque.
• American International Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque.
• Albuquerque Botanic Garden, Albuquerque.
• Pueblo of Laguna.
• New Mexico Mining Museum, Grants.
• Red Rock Park, near Gallup.
• Richardson’s Trading Post, Gallup.

Arizona

• Petrified Forest National Park, nær Holbrook.
• Navajo County Historical Society Museum, Holbrook.
• Jackrabbit Trading Post, Joseph City.
• Standin’ on a Corner Park, Winslow.
• Meteor Crater, nær Flagstaff.
• Museum Club, Flagstaff.
• Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff.
• Kaibab National Forest, nær Flagstaff.
• Bearizona, Williams.
• Grand Canyon Deer Farm, Williams.
• Grand Canyon Railway, Williams.
• Grand Canyon National Park.
• Ash Fork Route 66 Museum, Ash Fork.
• Angel Delgadillo’s barbershop, Seligman.
• Historic Seligman Sundries, Seligman.
• Grand Canyon Caverns, Peach Springs.
• Kingman Railroad Museum, Kingman.
• Powerhouse Visitors Center, Kingman.
• Cool Springs Camp, between Kingman and Oatman.
• Oatman wild burros, Oatman.

Californien

• Mojave Desert Heritage & Cultural Association, Goffs.
• Roy’s, Amboy.
• Amboy Crater, Amboy.
• Barstow Route 66 Mother Road Museum, Barstow.
• Bottle Tree Ranch, Oro Grande.
• California Route 66 Museum, Victorville.
• Original McDonald’s Museum, San Bernardino.
• Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena.
• Colorado Street Bridge, Pasadena.
• Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway, Los Angeles County.
• Santa Anita Race Track, Arcadia.
• Aztec Hotel and Banquet Facilities, Monrovia.
• North Figueroa / Highland Park neighborhood.
• Southwest Museum, Los Angeles (åben om lørdagen).
• Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
• Chinatown, Los Angeles.
• Heritage Square Museum, Los Angeles.
• Lummis Home, Los Angeles.
• Broadway Commercial District, Los Angeles.
• Los Angeles’ historic theaters.
• Santa Monica Pier.