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 30

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