AARoads:United States/U.S. Route 66/Requested articles

Initial attempt to see which sites listed on external lists of US Route 66 landmarks still lack en.Wikipedia articles; this list is compiled from multiple sources.

NPS Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary: Route 66^[1] is a selection of just over a hundred sites, primarily or entirely National Register-listed structures and landmarks. This is not a comprehensive list of every structure (or even every NRHP-listed site, of which there are more than 200 on the road) of note on U.S. Route 66. Other lists of Route 66 landmarks based on web and forum posts exist, including a Route 66 "Master List" of Attractions at [2]. These list four to five times as many sites, but inclusion does not infer notability or provide links to reliable sources. Another relatively comprehensive list of attractions is on route 66 news, but with food and lodging broken out from the main list of attractions as this is lengthy.

In some cases formerly-notable structures which are now gone, like Aztec Motel or Coral Court Motel, are removed or omitted from the NPS itinerary but remain on other lists as "ruins" or "demolished".

There is a need for a page on the National Parks Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, which currently only has a brief mention at Omnibus_Public_Land_Management_Act_of_2009#Title_VII which says little or nothing. Some Route 66 museums lack individual articles, as do events like the Route 66 International Festival. Route 66 association needs expansion.

See also:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/US66 itinerary (a core list of about 100 documented NRHP sites)
• Talk:List of Cars characters/Archive 1#Route 66 people and places is the list of sources acknowledged in Pixar's Cars (film) in 2006. Historian Michael Wallis (who is the voice of the sheriff in the film) brought studio personnel to many key US66 landmarks during research for the movie. Inclusion on that list usually indicated that the owners of a business provided info about US 66, but does not infer the business itself appears in the film and does not establish notability per se. Some notable places on that list, however, do still lack Wikipedia coverage.

Illinois

• Castle Car Wash, Chicago
• Henry's Drive-In, Cicero
• Joliet Area Historical Museum, Joliet
• Riviera Restaurant, Gardner (destroyed June 2010)
• Old Route 66 Family Restaurant, Dwight
• Wishing Well Café, Odell
• Old Log Cabin Inn, Pontiac
• Illinois Route 66 Association Hall of Fame and Museum, Pontiac (redirected to list of Route 66 museums)
• Chenoa railroad depot, Chenoa
• Eddies Pure Oil Truck Stop, Towanda
• "Route 66 Exhibit: A Geographic Journey" 1.6 mile walking tour along unused portion of Route 66, Towanda^[3]
• Preserved Bridge, Normal/Towanda (Camelback Bridge?)
• Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup, Funks Grove
• Old Shirley Depot, Funks Grove
• Downey Building, Atlanta ^[4]
• J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator, Atlanta
• Route 66 Park, Atlanta
• Pig Hip Restaurant, Broadwell (destroyed 2007)
• Die Cast Motors, Williamsville
• Route 66 Hotel, Springfield
• Deck's Drug Store museum (Doc's Soda Fountain), Girard ^[5] (was on 66 from 1926-1930, highway was then re-aligned further eastward)
• Our Lady of the Highways, Raymond
• “Vic” Suhling Gas for Less (sign and under-construction Litchfield Museum site), Litchfield^[6]
• Henry's Rabbit Ranch (aka Henry's Ra66it Ranch), Staunton
• Country Classic Cars, Staunton
• Duda Restaurant, DeCamp Junction
• Innkeeper Motel, Hamel
• Town and Country Motel (sign), Edwardsville
• Itty Bitty Restaurant, Mitchell
• Bel Air Drive-In (remains), Mitchell
• Luna Café, Mitchell
• Chain of Rocks Road Relics, Collinsville
• Illinois Road Segments ^[7]

Missouri

Fanning 66 Outpost/World's Largest Rocking Chair

Red Cedar Inn

• Magic House, St Louis
• Donut Drive-In, St Louis
• St. Louis Car Museum (a defunct St. Louis Car Company has a page, no relation as this museum displays historic autos for sale)
• Jesse James Wax Museum, Stanton (Jesse_James#Museums lists St. Joseph but not Stanton)
• Antique Toy Museum, Stanton
• Bourbon Lodge, Bourbon
• Cuba Murals (Viva Cuba Mural Project), Cuba (some mention in city-level article, needs cleanup)
• Bob's Gasoline Alley, Cuba
• Fanning 66 Outpost/World's Largest Rocking Chair, Fanning
• Totem Pole Trading Post, Rolla
• Vernelle's Motel, Newburg
• Stony Dell Resort (abandoned, title redirected to ghost town [[Arlington, Missouri#History|]])
• Hooker's Cut, Hooker
• Wrinks Market, Lebanon (defunct, now "cowboy emporium" although signage on building is retained)
• RV Express RV Park and Route 66 Motel, Marshfield
• Wild Animal Safari, Strafford
• Red Cedar Inn, Pacific^[8]
• Rock Fountain Court, Springfield ^[9]
• Rest Haven Court, Springfield
• White Hall Antiques, Halltown
• Sinclair Station, Paris Springs
• Spencer Garage, Spencer
• Red Oak II Café, Carthage
• Bugler's Used Cars (vintage clunkers), Carterville
• Trolly Car Trestle remains, Webb City
• Bradbury Bishop Deli, Webb City
• Route 66 Movie Theater, Webb City
• Route 66 Visitors Center (former station), Webb City
• Joplin Museum Complex, Joplin
• Woody's Wood-Fired Pizza, Joplin
• Native Rock and Mortar Ruins, Joplin
• Stateline Liquors, Stateline
• Paddock Liquors, Stateline

Kansas

Eisler Brothers General Store

Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station

• Kansas Route 66 Historic District-East Galena, Galena ^[10]
• Galena Mining and Historical Museum, Galena
• Howard Litch Memorial Park, Galena^[11]
• Spring River Inn (sign), Galena
• Williams' Store, Riverton ^[12] (now Eisler Brothers Old Riverton Store or Eisler Brothers General Store, currently redirected to city-level article)
• Dean Walker (Kansas) of the Kansas Route 66 Association (one of the inspirations for Mater (Cars))
• Willow Creek Bridge (remains?), bet Riverton and Baxter
• Baxter Inn and General Store, Baxter Springs
• Baxter Springs Heritage Center & Museum^[13]
• Phillips 66 Station, Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station/Kansas Route 66 Visitors Center, Baxter Springs ^[14]
• Wells-Fargo station (former bus station), 1112 Military, Baxter Springs
• Twilight Drive-In (destroyed in 1978 by a storm), Baxter Springs [15]

Oklahoma

Miami Marathon Oil Company Service Station

Sidewalk Route 66 Highway

Chelsea Motel

• Mickey Mantle Statue, Commerce
• Allen's Fillin' Station, Commerce
• Coleman Theatre, Miami ^[16] redirects to Miami, Oklahoma#The Coleman Theatre
• Miami Marathon Oil Company Service Station, Miami^[17]
• Sidewalk Route 66 Highway, between Miami and Afton
• Route 66 Motel, Afton
• Route 66 Inn, Vinita
• Park Hills Motel and RV Park, Vinita
• Chelsea Motel, Chelsea ^[18]
• The Nut House, Claremore
• Claremore Motor Inn, Claremore
• Twin Bridges over Verdigris River, Catoosa
• Vickery Phillips 66 Station, Tulsa ^[19]
• Hank's Hamburgers, Tulsa
• El Rancho Grande (restaurant), Tulsa
• Ollie's Station, Tulsa
• Desert Hills Motel, Tulsa
• 66 Motel (Tulsa) (demolished 2001, see National Register of Historic Places listings in Tulsa County, Oklahoma)
• Bristow Train Depot, Bristow
• Cotton Gin, Kellyville
• Skyliner Motel, Stroud
• Seaba Station, Warwick ^[20]
• Chandler Phillips 66 Station, Chandler
• Museum of Pioneer History, Chandler
• Lincoln Motel, Chandler
• McJerry's Art Studio, Chandler
• Threatt Filling Station, Luther ^[21]
• Hillbillies Bed and Breakfast, Arcadia
• Milk Bottle Grocery, Oklahoma City ^[22]
• Lake Overholser Bridge, Oklahoma City ^[23]
• Western Trail Trading Post, Oklahoma City
• Express Clydesdales, Yukon
• Avant's Cities Service Station and Jackson Conoco Service Station, El Reno ^[24]
• Cherokee Trading Post, El Reno
• Pony Bridge, (between Geary/Bridgeport)
• Nutopia Nuts, Hydro
• Route 66 Drive In (remains), Weatherford
• McLain Rogers Park, Clinton ^[25]
• Y Service Station and Café, Clinton ^[26]
• Mid-Town Travel Inn, Clinton
• Clinton Inn and Suites, Clinton
• Oklahoma Route 66 Museum, Clinton (redirected to list of Route 66 museums)
• Pop Hicks Restaurant (established 1936, burned 1999), Clinton
• Catholic Cemetery, Canute
• Beckham County Courthouse, Sayre ^[27]
• Western Motel, Sayre
• RS & K Railroad Museum, Sayre (see List of museums in Oklahoma)
• West Winds Motel, Erick ^[28]
• Sandhills Curiosity Shop aka Harley and Annabelle's Curiosity Shop (City Meat Market building), Erick (redirected to city-level article)
• 100th Meridian Museum, Erick
• Texola Post Office and Jail House (remains)
• National Route 66 Museum, Old Town Museum Complex, Elk City (redirected to list of Route 66 museums)
• Flamingo Inn, Elk City
• Country Dove tea room, Elk City

• Oklahoma Road Segments ^[29]

Texas

Alanreed Post Office

• Route 66 Bridge over the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railroad, Shamrock ^[30]
• Irish Inn, Shamrock
• The Texan Route 66 Motel, Shamrock
• Rattlesnake Sign, Lela
• Alanreed Post Office, Alanreed
• 66 Super Service, Alanreed
• Regal Reptile Ranch (remains), Alanreed
• McLean Commercial Historic District, McLean ^[31]
• Cactus Inn, McLean
• Chalet Inn, Groom
• Leaning Tower (Groom,_Texas#Leaning_Water_Tower), Groom
• Largest Cross (Groom, Texas#Giant Cross), Groom
• Route 66, SH 207 to Interstate 40, Conway ^[32]
• The Bug Farm, Conway
• Conway Trading Post, Conway
• Triangle Motel (bypass), Conway
• Ranchotel, Amarillo ^[33]
• US Route 66-Sixth Street Historic District, Amarillo ^[34]
• Lile Art Gallery (Croc), Amarillo
• Dot's Mini Museum, Vega
• Bonanza Motel, Vega
• Boot Hill Saloon and Grill, Vega
• Vega Motel, Vega ^[35]
• Hickory Inn Café, Vega
• Bent Door Café/Bent Door Trading Post, Adrian (redirected to Adrian, Texas#US Route 66)
• Caprock Gas Station, Gruhlkey
• First Motel In Texas/Last Motel In Texas redirect to Glenrio, New Mexico and Texas

New Mexico

Inn at Loretto

• San Jon Motel, San Jon
• Kix on 66, Tucumcari
• Motel Safari, Tucumcari
• Buckaroo Motel, Tucumcari
• Pow Wow Inn, Tucumcari
• Historic Route 66 Motel, Tucumcari
• Palomino Motel, Tucumcari
• Dinosaur Museum, Mesalands Community College, Tucumcari
• Tucumcari Historical Museum, Tucumcari
• Teepee Curios/Tee Pee Curios, Tucumcari
• Richardson Store, Montoya ^[36]
• Park Lake Historic District, Santa Rosa ^[37]
• Route 66 Auto Museum, Santa Rosa
• Motel La Loma (also Eddie Shields, long-time manager of La Loma Motel), Santa Rosa
• Silver Moon Restaurant, Santa Rosa
• Ma and Pa Motel, Santa Rosa
• Tower Motel, Santa Rosa
• Comet Drive-In, Santa Rosa
• Coronado Court Motel, Santa Rosa

Santa Fe was bypassed in 1937:

• Stage Coach Motor Inn, Santa Fe
• Silver Saddle Motel, Santa Fe
• Santa Fe Sage Inn, Santa Fe
• Inn at Loretto, Santa Fe
• Kings Rest Court, Santa Fe

The main route bypasses Santa Fe, heading directly westward toward Albuquerque:

• Old Route 66 Bridge (I-40 bridge east of the rest area exit 252)
• Roy Cline Service Station, Clines Corners
• Longhorn Ranch (remains?)
• Sunset Motel, Moriarty
• Whiting Bros Station, Moriarty
• Siesta Motel, Moriarty
• Sands Motel, Moriarty
• Old Yucca Motel, Moriarty
• Old Cactus Motel, Moriarty
• Lariat Motel, Moriarty
• Lewis Antique Auto and Toy Museum, Moriarty
• Ponderosa Motel, Moriarty
• Route 66 Motel, Moriarty
• Luna Lodge, Albuquerque ^[38]
• Tewa Lodge, Tewa Motor Lodge, Tewa Motor Hotel, Albuquerque ^[39]
• El Vado Auto Court Motel, Albuquerque ^[40]
• Kelly's Brew Pub, Albuquerque redirects to Jones Motor Company (building)
• Route 66 Diner, Albuquerque
• Route 66 Malt Shop, Albuquerque
• Dog House Drive-In, Albuquerque
• The Hotel Blue, Albuquerque
• Stardust Inn, Albuquerque
• La Puerta Motor Lodge, Albuquerque
• Pinon Lodge, Albuquerque
• Urban Motor Court, Albuquerque
• Route 66 Inn, Albuquerque
• La Mesa Court, Albuquerque
• Desert Sands Motor Hotel, Albuquerque
• Hiland Theatre, Albuquerque
• Bell's Trading Post, Albuquerque
• Tower Court, Albuquerque
• 66 Court Motel, Albuquerque
• Westward Ho Motel, Albuquerque
• Casas de Suenos Old Town Historic Inn, Albuquerque
• Old US66 Bridge
• Owl Rock, Mesita
• Deadman's Curve, Mesita
• Villa de Cubero Café, Cubero
• Camposanto Cemetery, Cubero
• Sands Motel, Grants
• Lariat Lodge, Grants
• Franciscan Lodge, Grants
• Graces Motel, Grants
• Wayside Motel, Grants
• Lavaland Motel, Grants
• New Mexico Museum of Mining, New Mexico Mining Museum, Grants
• Lux Movie Theatre, Grants
• Bandero Volcano/Ice Caves, Grants
• Bowlin's Old Crater Trading Post, Bluewater ^[41]
• Route 66 Swap Meet, Bluewater
• Bluewater Motel, Bluewater
• Roy T. Herman's Garage and Service Station, Thoreau ^[42]
• Wall Mural, Thoreau
• Fort Wingate Historic District, Fort Wingate ^[43]
• Richardson's Trading Post, Gallup

• New Mexico Road Segments ^[44]

Arizona

Havasu House

• Rocky's Old Stage Station, Navajo
• Joe and Aggie's Diner (Joe and Aggie's Café), Holbrook
• El Rancho Motel and Restaurant, Holbrook
• Rainbow Rock Shop, Holbrook
• Geronimo Trading Post, Holbrook
• Whiting Brothers, Winslow (signage [45] is now gone [46])
• Old Trails Museum, Winslow ^[47]
• Earl's Motor Court, Winslow
• Tonto Drive-In Theater (remains?), Winslow
• Meteor City Trading Post, Meteor City
• Route 66 Old Bridge, Meteor City
• Apache Death Cave, Two Guns ghost town^[48]
• Toonerville Trading Post (remains?), Twin Arrows
• Canyon Padre Bridge (Daniel B. Luten), Twin Arrows
• Querino Canyon Bridge, Houck ^[49]
• Walnut Canyon Bridge, Winona ^[50]
• Beaver Street Brewery, Flagstaff
• Flagstaff Brewing Company, Flagstaff
• Dean Eldredge Museum (now the Museum Club), Flagstaff ^[51]
• Paul Bunyan Café, Flagstaff (current status unknown, first of the Muffler Men statues in 1962).
• Pine Breeze Inn, Bellemont
• 49 Hill High Point, Bellemont
• Twisters Soda Fountain, Williams
• Rod's Steakhouse, Williams
• Canyon Motel, Williams
• Route 66 Inn, Williams
• Canyon Country Inn, Williams
• Highlander Motel, Williams
• The Red Garter B&B, Williams
• Route 66 Magazine, Williams
• DeSoto's Barber Shop, Ash Fork
• Westside Lilo's Café, Seligman
• Havasu House (Fred Harvey Company), Seligman (demolished 2008)
• Road Kill Café, Seligman
• Historic Route 66 General Store, Seligman
• Historic Seligman Sundries, Seligman (redirects to Seligman Commercial Historic District)
• Historic Route 66 Motel, Seligman
• Stagecoach 66 Motel, Seligman
• Supai Motel, Seligman
• Deer Lodge Cabins, Deer Lodge
• Peach Springs Trading Post, Peach Springs ^[52]
• Hualapai Lodge, Peach Springs
• Grand Canyon Caverns Inn, Grand Canyon Caverns, Peach Springs
• Truxton, Arizona (ghost town near Valentine, Arizona)
• Frontier Motel and Café, Truxton [53],[54],[55]
• Red School House (Valentine), Schoolhouse at Truxton Canyon Training School, Valentine ^[56]
• Hackberry General Store (former Bob Waldmire property, currently redirects to Waldmire), Hackberry
• Ranchero Motel, Antares
• Kingman Commercial Historic District, Kingman ^[57]
• Quality Inn Motel (Kingman), Kingman
• Hill Top Motel (Kingman), Kingman
• Ramblin Rose Motel, Kingman
• El Trovatore, Kingman

The post-1952 route bypasses Oatman via Yucca, Arizona:

• Yucca Motel, Yucca
• Yucca Garage, Yucca
• Yucca Café, Yucca

The original route through Oatman, Arizona included:

• Fig Springs, Arizona (ghost town)
• Cool Springs, Arizona (ghost town)
• Ed's Camp, Cool Springs
• Durlin Hotel, Oatman ^[58]
• Sitgraves Pass, Oatman
• Goad Road and Mine (remains/open), Oatman
• Oatman Hotel, Oatman (see Oatman, Arizona#Early history)
• Oatman wild burros, Oatman
• Main Street Oatman
• Old Trails Bridge, Topock ^[59] (Topock/Needles Bridge)

• Arizona Road Segments ^[60]

California

Old Trails Bridge/Trails Arch Bridge

Original McDonald's Museum

• Covered Wagon (Needles), Needles
• Carty's Camp (ghost tourist court behind 66 Motel (Needles))
• Old Trails Inn, Needles
• Wagon Wheel (Needles)
• Needles Regional Museum, Needles
• Fender's River Road Resort, Needles
• River Valley Motor Lodge, Needles
• Desert Mirage Inn, Needles
• Goff's School House, Goffs
• Wayside Market (Essex), Essex
• Roadrunner's Retreat, Chambless
• Cadiz Summitt, Chambless
• Ludlow Café, Ludlow (Ludlow, California#Route_66 ghost town)
• Ludlow Motel, Ludlow
• Whiting Bros Station (remains), Newberry Springs
• Stone Hotel (Daggett), Daggett
• Route 66 Motel (Barstow)
• Barstow Route 66 Mother Road Museum redirects to Harvey House Railroad Depot, Barstow^[61]
• El Rancho Motel (Barstow)
• Drive Inn (Lenwood) (remains), Lenwood
• Rail Road Marker (Helendale)
• Sage Brush Inn, Helendale
• Bottle Tree Farm, Oro Grande
• Mojave River 1930 Bridge, Oro Grande
• Emma Jean's Holland Burger Café, Oro Grande/Victorville
• New Corral Motel, Victorville
• Cajon Blvd Historic District, San Bernardino
• Original McDonald's Museum, San Bernardino
• Santa Fe Smoke Stack, San Bernardino
• Bono's Italian Restaurant, Fontana
• Sand and Sage Motel, Fontana
• Route 66 Memories Curio Shop, Fontana
• Route 66 Visitors Center (Fontana), Fontana
• Upland's Madonna (see Madonna of the Trail), Upland
• Buffalo Inn, Upland
• Claremont School House
• Pinnacle Pete's Steak House, San Dimas
• 1940's Gas Station (Glendora), Glendora
• Foothill Drive-In Movie, Azusa
• Foothill Boulevard Milestone, Pasadena ^[62]
• Howard Motor Company Building, Pasadena ^[63]
• Bekins Storage Co. Roof Sign, Bekins Storage Co., Pasadena ^[64]
• Saga Motor Motel, Pasadena
• Fair Oaks Pharmacy and Soda Fountain, South Pasadena