This is by no means a comprehensive list of Route 66 attractions. Rather it is a list of what I have seen previously or plan to see on my next trip along The Mother Road.
State by State:
Illinois
- Route 66 starting point (Chicago)
- The Launching Pad and the Gemini Giant (Willmington)
- Two-cell Jail (Gardner)
- Ambler’s Texaco Gas Station (Dwight)
- Standard Oil Gasoline Station (Odell)
- Old Log Cabin Inn (Pontiac)
- Murals in Pontiac (Pontiac)
- Pontiac Oakland Museum (Pontiac)
- Paul Bunyon Statue (Alanta)
- World’s Largest Covered Wagon in Lincoln.
- Lauterbatch Muffler Man (Springfield)
- Shea’s Gas Station (Springfield)
- President Lincoln’s House (Springfield)
- Cozy Dog (Springfield)
- Sugar Creek Covered Bridge (Glenarm)
- Auburn Brick Road (Auburn)
- Soulsby’s Shell Service Station (Mt. Olive)
- Historic Largest Catsup Bottle in the World (Collinsville)
- Old Chain of Rocks Bridge (Madison)
Missouri
- St. Louis Arch (St Louis)
- Ted Drewes Custard (St Louis)
- Circle Inn Malt Shop (Bourbon)
- Meramec Caverns (Stanton)
- Route 66 Mural City (Cuba)
- Wagon Wheel Motel (Cuba)
- The World’s (second) Largest Rocking Chair (Fanning)
- Devils Elbow Bridge (Devils Elbow)
- Munger Moss Motel (Lebanon).
- 66 drive-in Theater (Carthage)
- Route 66 Car Museum (Springfield)
- Gay Parita Sinclair Station Route 66 Memorabilia (Everton)
Kansas
- Cars on the Route (Galena)
Oklahoma
- Ghost Town (Pilcher)
- Allen’s Conoco Fillin’ Station (Commerce)
- Route 66 Vintage Iron Motorcycle Museum (Miami)
- Afton Station (Afton)
- J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum (Claremore)
- Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum (Sapulpa)
- Rock Creek Bridge (Sapulpa)
- Rock Café (Stroud)
- Round Barn (Arcadia)
- Pop’s Soda Ranch (Acadia)
- Chandler Phillips 66 Station (Chandler)
- Seaba Filling Station (Chandler)
- Lucille’s Gas Station (Hydro)
- Lucille’s Roadhouse Diner (Weatherford)
- Stafford Air & Space Museum (Weatherford)
- Route 66 Museum (Clinton)
- National Route 66 Museum & Old Towns Museums (Elk City)
Texas
- One -Cell Jailhouse (Texola)
- Devil’s Rope Museum (McLean)
- Phillips 66 Station (McLean)
- Alanreed Abandoned Gas Station (Alanreed)
- Leaning Tower of Texas (Groom)
- Big Cross (Groom)
- VW Slug Bug Ranch (Panhandle)
- Coyote Bluff Café (Amarillo)
- Big Texan Steak House (Amarillo)
- Cadillac Ranch (Amarillo)
- Restored Magnolia Gas Station (Vega)
- MidPoint Café (Adrian)
- Glenrico Ghost Town (Glenrico)
New Mexico
- Blue Swallow Motel (Tucumcari)
- New Mexico Route 66 Museum (Tucumcari)
- Route 66 Auto Museum (Santa Rosa)
- Continental Divide
- Ruins of the Whiting Bros. Gas Station (San Fidel)
Arizona
- Petrified Forest National Park (Holbrook)
- Historic Wigwam Motel (Holbrook)
- The Jack Rabbit Trading Post (Joseph City)
- Standin’ on a Corner (Winslow)
- Meteor Crater
- Grand Canyon National Park (Williams & Flagstaff)
- Lumberjack Giant (Flagstaff)
- Ash Fork Route 66 Museum (Ash Fork)
- Town of Seligman (Seligman)
- Hackberry Store (Hackberry)
- Mr D’z Diner (Kingman)
- Town of Oatman (Oatman)
California
- Roy’s Cafe and Motel (Amboy)
- Bagdad Cafe (Newberry Springs)
- Calico Ghost Town (Calico)
- Barstow Route 66 Mother Road Museum (Barstow)
- Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch (Helendale)
- California Route 66 Museum (Victorville)
- Cucamonga Richfield Service Station (Cucamonga)
- Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica)