The original cross-country road trip — 3,900 km of diners, neon motel signs, and small towns that grew up around the highway itself, from Lake Michigan to the Santa Monica Pier.
The eastern terminus — the official Route 66 start sign sits on Adams Street downtown.
The Gateway Arch and a handful of surviving neon-lit Route 66 motor courts along the old alignment.
The Center of the Universe and the restored Blue Whale of Catoosa just outside town.
Cadillac Ranch — ten half-buried cars in a wheat field, covered in decades of spray paint.
Central Avenue still runs straight through the old alignment, lined with Route 66-era signage.
A high-altitude pine-forest town and the jumping-off point for the Grand Canyon detour.
The "End of the Trail" sign on the pier — the Pacific, 3,900 km after Chicago.