WASTELAND FIREBIRD'S BIG LIST OF THE 436 BEST THINGS ON ROUTE 66

A curious guide to Route 66 and the American Dream, updated 2026 Sep 01

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Wasteland Firebird's Big List of the Best Things On Route 66 is like no other Route 66 guide. Each page has a QR code that opens up Google Maps directions to your next destination. If you stop at every address, you'll be on Route 66. No app needed! It's all the best things, personally verified twice a year. Many pages contain descriptions, reviews, recommendations, memories of previous journeys, or musings about the American Dream.

Wasteland Firebird has traveled the Route five times, obsessively adding and subtracting items from this list along the way. None of the businesses in this book paid to appear in it. This book is solely a list of places that are beautiful, old, quirky, luxurious, or delicious. Every place in this book is worth at least a brief stop. Some of the entries are new discoveries that have never before been seen in connection with Route 66, such as "Room Attack" and "Toynbee Tiles."

The previous edition of this book served as the guide for The Great Route 66 Centennial Convergence, held in April 2026. So many people asked for the book that we quickly ran out of our free copies. As soon as the trip was complete, we released this new updated edition for sale.

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  1. Cloud Gate mirrored bean sculpture
  2. Chicago Athletic Association
  3. Art Institute of Chicago
  4. Berghoff Restaurant
  5. Steak 'n Egger
  6. Henry's Drive-In
  7. Cigars & Stripes BBQ Lounge
  8. Berwyn's Toy & Trains
  9. Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket
  10. White Fence Farm Restaurant
  11. Old Joliet Prison
  12. First Dairy Queen
  13. Rialto Square Theatre
  14. Blues Brothers Copmobile
  15. Polk-A-Dot Drive In
  16. Shop on Route 66
  17. Gothic Church Dwight Townhall
  18. Dwight Coin Laundry
  19. Ambler's Texaco Gas Station
  20. Standard Oil Gas Station
  21. Old Log Cabin restaurant
  22. Route 66 Association of Illinois
  23. Pontiac Oakland Auto Museum
  24. Route 66 of Chenoa Roadside Attraction Tourist Info
  25. Lexington Route 66 Memory Lane
  26. Sprague's Super Service Station
  27. Carl's Ice Cream Factory
  28. Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup Farm
  29. Arcadia America's Playable Arcade Museum
  30. Country-Aire Restaurant
  31. American Giants Museum
  32. Hot Dog Muffler Man
  33. Museum of Route 66
  34. Pioneer's Rest Motel
  35. Outkast Tattoo Studio
  36. Illinois State Fair Route 66 Experience
  37. Shea's Filling Station
  38. Mel-O-Cream Donuts
  39. Lauterbach Muffler Man
  40. Route 66 Motorheads Bar and Grill
  41. Chatham Railroad Museum
  42. Illinois Brick Road
  43. Doc's Just Off 66
  44. Soulsby Service Station
  45. Pink Elephant Antique Mall
  46. Route 66 Creamery
  47. West End Service Station
  48. O'Brien Tire & Auto Care
  49. Mr. Twist Ice Cream
  50. Conductor Muffler Man
  51. Fireman Muffler Man
  52. It's Electric Neon Sign Park
  53. Crown Candy Kitchen
  54. Auto Seat Covers sign
  55. Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
  56. Red Cedar Inn Museum and Visitor Center
  57. Hoffman's Drive-In
  58. Gardenway Motel sign
  59. International Shoe Company Building
  60. Creative Chainsaw Carvings
  61. Meramec Caverns
  62. Shamrock Court Motel
  63. Old Bourbon Hotel
  64. Missouri Hick Barbeque
  65. Wagon Wheel Motel
  66. Weir on 66 Rich's Famous Burgers
  67. Fanning Outpost Rocking Chair
  68. St James SLSF Railroad Depot
  69. Phelps County Historical Society
  70. Totem Pole Antiques sign
  71. Devil's Elbow Bridge
  72. Uranus Fudge Factory
  73. Route 66 Neon Sign Park
  74. Old Stagecoach Stop
  75. Route 66 Gasconade Bridge
  76. Munger Moss Motel
  77. Smokin' Jones BBQ Wrink's Market
  78. Boswell Park Rt 66 Murals
  79. Redmon's Candy Factory
  80. 1920s Ford dealership
  81. Rt 66 Old Cabins Historic Site
  82. Joe's Route 66 Diner
  83. Andy's Frozen Custard
  84. Glenstone Court Motel
  85. Best Western Route 66 Rail Haven
  86. College Street Cafe
  87. Route 66 Car Museum
  88. Rockwood Motor Court
  89. Route 66 KOA Holiday
  90. Gary's Gay Parita Sinclair
  91. Campbell 66 Express
  92. Royale Cinema Lounge
  93. Wilder's Steakhouse
  94. Cars on the Route Kan-O-Tex Service Station
  95. Gearhead Curios
  96. Galena Mining & Historical Museum
  97. Old Riverton Store
  98. Baxter Springs Heritage Center & Museum
  99. Route 66 Visitors Center
  100. Dallas' Dairyette
  101. Waylan's Ku-Ku
  102. Coleman Theater
  103. Route 66 Sidewalk Hwy
  104. Crosstar Flag and Tag Museum
  105. Hi-Way Cafe Western Motel
  106. Pryor Creek Bridge
  107. Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park
  108. JM Davis Arms Historical Museum
  109. Blue Whale of Catoosa
  110. Desert Hills Motel
  111. Tally's Good Food Cafe
  112. Coney I-Lander
  113. Campbell Hotel
  114. Buck Atom's Cosmic Curios on 66
  115. Buck's Vintage
  116. Meadow Gold Mack
  117. Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza
  118. Route 66 Neon Sign Park
  119. Route 66 Historical Village
  120. Gasoline Alley Classics
  121. Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum
  122. Rock Creek Bridge
  123. J's Country Kitchen
  124. Chrysler Plymouth Sign
  125. Bristow Train Depot Museum
  126. Hicks Filling Station
  127. Skyliner Motel
  128. Farmers Bank Building
  129. Route 66 Interpretive Center
  130. McJerry's Route 66 Gallery
  131. Westfall Phillips 66 Station
  132. Seaba Station
  133. Threatt Filling Station
  134. John's Place Museum
  135. Chicken Shack
  136. Arcadia Round Barn
  137. 1889 Territorial School
  138. Lake Overholser Bridge
  139. Yukon Mill Grain Co
  140. Indian Trading Post
  141. Bridgeport Bridge
  142. Hinton Junctions Courts and Cafe
  143. Lucille's Historic Highway Gas Station
  144. Major Tom Astronaut
  145. Oklahoma Route 66 Museum
  146. Cotton Boll Motel sign
  147. United Supermarkets
  148. National Route 66 & Transportation Museum
  149. Timber Creek Bridge
  150. Western Motel
  151. Scary pedestrian underpass
  152. Sandhill Curiosity Shop
  153. U-Drop Inn Cafe
  154. Restored 1929 Route 66 Gas Station
  155. Red River Steakhouse
  156. Alanreed
  157. Leaning Tower of Texas
  158. Big Texan Steak Ranch
  159. Texas Route 66 Visitor Center
  160. Elmo's Drive Inn
  161. Lile Art Gallery
  162. GoldenLight Cafe & Cantina
  163. Texas Ivy Antiques
  164. Handle Bar and Grill
  165. 2nd Amendment Cowboy Muffler Man
  166. Mama Jo's Pies
  167. Milburn-Price Culture Museum
  168. Roadrunner Drive-in sign
  169. Dream Maker Station
  170. Glenrio TX Ghost Town
  171. World's Largest Flip Flop
  172. Cedar Hill Grocery Store
  173. Del's Restaurant
  174. Roadrunner Lodge Motel
  175. Blue Swallow Motel
  176. Tucumcari Historical Museum
  177. Richardson Store
  178. Cuervo Ghost Town
  179. Old Rio Pecos Ranch Truck Terminal
  180. Sun & Sand Restaurant
  181. Blue Hole
  182. Bowlin's Flying C Ranch
  183. Clines Corners Travel Center
  184. Sal & Inez's Service Station
  185. Country Friends Antiques
  186. Midway Trading Post
  187. Western View Steak Diner & House
  188. Route 66 lowrider-style sign
  189. Route 66 Visitor Center
  190. St Joseph Church
  191. Budville Trading Post
  192. Villa de Cubero Trading Post
  193. Ruins of Whiting Brothers Gas Station
  194. Santa Maria Mission
  195. New Mexico Mining Museum
  196. Charlie's Service
  197. Old Bluewater Motel
  198. Bowlin's Bluewater Outpost
  199. Herman's Garage
  200. Indian Village Gift Shop
  201. Fort Wingate Army Depot
  202. Blue Spruce Lodge
  203. Historic El Rancho Hotel
  204. John's Used Cars
  205. Yellowhorse Trading Post
  206. Fort Courage
  207. Dotch Windsor's Painted Desert Trading Post
  208. Petrified Forest National Park
  209. Stewart's Petrified Wood Shop
  210. El Rancho Restaurant & Motel
  211. Pow Wow Trading Post
  212. Geronimo Trading Post
  213. Here It Is Jack Rabbit Trading Post
  214. La Posada Hotel
  215. Meteor City Trading Post
  216. Two Guns
  217. Twin Arrows Trading Post Ruins
  218. Americana Motor Hotel
  219. Route 66 Dog Haus
  220. Flagstaff Visitor Center
  221. Weatherford Hotel
  222. J Lawrence Walkup Skydome
  223. Old Route 66 Parks Store
  224. Bearizona Wildlife Park
  225. Historic Grand Canyon Hotel
  226. Williams Visitor Center
  227. Arizona 9 Motor Hotel
  228. Ash Fork Route 66 Museum
  229. Crookton Overpass
  230. Aztec Motel & Creative Space
  231. Delgadillo's Snow Cap
  232. Delgadillo's Gift Shop
  233. Westside Lilo's Cafe
  234. Grand Canyon Caverns
  235. Hackberry General Store
  236. Kingman Railroad Museum
  237. Mr. D'z Route 66 Diner
  238. Cool Springs Station
  239. Oatman
  240. Silver Dollar Chuck Wagon
  241. Claypool & Co building
  242. El Garces Hotel
  243. Wagon Wheel Restaurant
  244. Rio Del Sol Inn
  245. Goffs Schoolhouse
  246. Chakwala Wash
  247. Guardian Lion East
  248. Road Runner's Retreat
  249. Guardian Lion West
  250. Former Whiting Brothers Gas Station
  251. Peggy Sue's 50's Diner
  252. Liberty Sculpture Park
  253. Thrift & More
  254. Original Del Taco Location
  255. Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch
  256. Emma Jean's Holland Burger Cafe
  257. California Route 66 Museum
  258. Santa Fe Trading Company
  259. First Original McDonald's Museum
  260. Cucamonga Service Station
  261. Magic Lamp Inn Restaurant
  262. Azusa Foothill Drive In Theater sign
  263. Fair Oaks Pharmacy & Soda Fountain
  264. La Fuente Restaurant
  265. Grand Central Market
  266. Clifton's building
  267. United Theater on Broadway
  268. Petersen Automotive Museum
  269. Johnie's Coffee Shop
  270. Edelweiss Chocolates
  271. Goodwill Donation Center
  272. Santa Monica Pier