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

A curious guide to Route 66 and the American Dream, updated 2026 Aug 05

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Wasteland Firebird's Big List of the Best Things On Route 66 is like no other Route 66 guide. It's not a map. It's a carefully curated list of addresses, updated twice yearly. It's all the best things, and nothing more. 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! Many pages contain descriptions, reviews, recommendations, memories of previous journeys, or musings about the American Dream.

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