WASTELAND FIREBIRD'S BIG LIST OF THE 438 BEST THINGS ON ROUTE 66

A curious guide to Route 66 and the American Dream, updated 2026 Oct 10

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