The Route 66 Food Truck Park opened in February, 2020 and features food trucks with a variety of different cuisines, a full-service bar, and a giant muffler man out front. The location is the brainchild of Kirk Wheeler, a local resident who wanted to bring more food options to his neighborhood while celebrating the Mother …
It’s a zoo at this Illinois Route 66 roadside attraction! Literally…at least kind of… Visit the Braidwood Zoo in Braidwood, Illinois to find this menagerie of strange animal art. You won’t find any lions, tigers, or bears roaming about at this roadside zoo. The Braidwood Zoo is actually a small art display consisting a wire-fenced …
Welcome to Radiator Springs. I mean, Kansas. Galena, Kansas. A town on Route 66 that partially inspired the Pixar movie Cars and where you can meet Tow Mater himself at Cars on the Route. Cars is a Pixar movie set in a world where anthropomorphic talking cars populate the world. A racer, Lightning McQueen, gets …
If you’re looking for a unique Route 66 attraction, you’ve got to pick Uranus. Uranus, Missouri that is. Visit the town, stop for fudge at Uranus Fudge Factory and General Store, and check out all of the weird roadside attractions while you’re there! Uranus, Missouri is a kitschy town/strip mall where the weird reigns and the …
Buckle down and visit this Missouri Route 66 attraction: the world’s largest belt buckle in Uranus, Missouri. Actually in St. Robert, Uranus, Missouri is a kitschy tourist attraction where the weird reigns and the juvenile jokes are plenty. Located on historic Route 66 there’s something for travelers of all ages, and maturity levels, here to …
What do you do when you already own one of the weirdest stops on Route 66? Make it more weird! And what better way to do that than by adding a muffler man. Better yet, a custom made muffler man modeled after yourself. Find the Mega Mayor Muffler Man in Uranus, Missouri. The Mega Mayor …
Kansas might hold the smallest section of Route 66, but it packs in the sites. Be sure to pull over and visit the Greetings from Galena mural in Galena, Kansas and also check out some of the popular sites depicted within. The mural was designed by Chris Auckerman and Jon White of Images in Tile …
Traveling Route 66 or taking an Illinois road trip? You’ll want to go the way of the dinosaur and visit this fun stop: the Rooftop Sinclair Dinosaur in Wilmington, Illinois. In 1963 a Sinclair service station opened on Route 66 in Wilmington, Illinois. The business of course had one of the company’s signature mascots: a …
The Birthplace of Route 66 Roadside Park in Springfield, Missouri offers a small pullover with an homage to the past, a place to stretch your legs on a long Route 66 road trip. Springfield is officially recognized as the birthplace of Route 66. It was via telegram at a 1926 meeting of highway officials at …
You’ll go cuckoo for this Route 66 burger joint. Waylan’s Ku-Ku Burger in Miami, Oklahoma. Inside Waylan’s Ku-Ku Burger you can chow down on a menu of fresh, hot, made-to-order burgers, hot dogs, chicken sandwiches, crispy fries, onion rings, dip cones, limeade, frito pie, and more, all while perusing a slew of memorabilia and newspaper …
Enjoy fun games and challenges to pass the time on your next road trip and have a keepsake to look back on for years to come with this entertaining must-have for your next vacation.
The road trip you’ve been dreaming of starts here! Journal about your stops and get to know your fellow passengers with activities and exercises designed to pass the time and bring you closer together. Instead of “Are we there yet?” you’ll find yourself asking, “We’re there already?”. Complete with prompts you can turn to while driving between locations, this journal will one day be a memento of your life-changing trip.
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