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U.S. Highway 66 Landmarks in IL, MO, and KS

This page is Part 1 of 2, and describes all Route 66's monuments, memorials, classic places & landmarks.
Full information on each of the landmarks located along the U.S. Route 66 in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas.
In our next page (Page 2) we cover the landmarks in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
Check our State-by-State, landmark-by-landmark lists below and click on the links for full details.

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Route 66; and its Landmarks

States are listed East to West from Illinois to Kansas (this page) and Oklahoma to California (next page). Towns listed from East to West within each state.

Illinois

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Illinois Route 66 Landmarks

Route 66 begins in Illinois for those heading west (and ends for those going east), below we describe the landmarks by category.

Historic Lou Mitchell’s Restaurant in Chicago, Illinois

single story flat roofed restaurant neon sign in red says LOU MITCHELL’s on green backing, red and white sign on roof and billboard with cook drawn on it; and tables on sidewalk, red brick buildings flank it
Historic Lou Mitchell’s Restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. Click for St. view
hot dog topped with mustard and french fries with a wavy green arrow stating "Henry’s - It's A Meal In Itself"</i>

Henry's Drive-in hot dog-shaped neon sign, Route 66 Cicero

Cafes, Diners and Restaurants

Berghoff Restaurant (Chicago)
Historic Lou Mitchell’s Restaurant (Chicago)
Henry’s Drive-In (Cicero)
The first White Castle (Berwyn)

The Neon Sign of Dell Rhea’s Chicken Basket in Willowbrook Route 66

The Neon Sign of the Historic Dell Rhea’s Chicken Basket, Willowbrook. Source

Historic Dell Rhea’s Chicken Basket (Willowbrook)
Site of World's First Dairy Queen (Joliet)
Polk-A-Dot Drive-In (Braidwood)
Weitz Cafe (Braidwood)
Former Coffeehouse (Dwight)
Big Al’s Hot Dogs (Dwight) - (Gone)
Cozy Inn Restaurant (Pontiac)
Old Log Cabin Restaurant (Pontiac)

color, life sized fiberglass statues of the Blues Brothers dancing by the Polk-A-Dot diner

Blues Brothers statues, Polk-A-Dot Alt 66. Source

First Steak ’n Shake (Normal)
Historic Palms Grill Café (Atlanta)
The Mill Museum on 66 (Lincoln)
Pig Hip Marker & Sign (Broadwell)
Double H Bar (Sherman)
Historic Ariston Café (Litchfield)
Decamp Junction Roadhouse (Staunton)
Hamel Haven (Hamel)

Ariston Café nowadays.

color view nowadays: brick facade and south side of Ariston Café and neon sign by US66 in the foreground
Ariston Café nowadays, Litchfield, IL. Click for St. view

Gas Stations

former Gas station that looks like a Castle

Castle Car Wash former gas station in Chicago

Castle Car Wash (Chicago)
Former Mercury Oil gas station (Chicago)
Former Amoco Gas Station (Chicago)
Former Phillips gas station (Berwyn)

Historic gable roof Odell service station

Historic Service Station in Odell, Illinois. Credits

Historical Standard Oil Gas Station (Plainfield)
Rossi’s Service Station (Braidwood)
Historic Ambler’s Texaco Gas Station (Dwight)
Historic Standard Oil Gasoline Station (Odell)
Abandoned Old Mobil Station (Odell)
Archie’s Standard Service (Pontiac)
Anderson’s Corner old gas station (Lexington)
Vintage Gas Station (Normal)
Historic Sprague’s Super Service (Normal)

vintage Soulsby’s Service Station in Mt. Olive Route 66

Soulsby’s Service Station, Mt. Olive. Source

Quinn service station (Bloomington)
Former Evans Gas Station (Bloomington)
Logan Service Station (Lincoln)
Former Dial’s Texaco (Lincoln)
Cottage Style gas station (Lincoln)
Sinclair station (Lincoln)
Vintage Service Station (Lincoln)
Werth Standard Gas Station (Lincoln)
Former Gas Station (Elkhart)
Casey’s Garden Shop (Bloomington)
Hilarious Route 66 Gas Station (Williamsville)

gable roofed canopy and building, vintage gas station

Ambler’s Texaco Gas Station, Dwight. Source

Fawn’s Standard Service Station (Williamsville)
Former Bill Shea’s Gas Station Museum (Springfield)
Mahan’s Filling Station (Springfield)
Historic Soulsby’s Shell Service Station (Mt. Olive)
Former Gas Station (Mt. Olive)
Abandoned gas station (Hamel)
Old gas cottage style station, Eck Auto (Collinsville)
Former Service Station (Collinsville)
Phillips Gull Wing station (East St. Louis)Former Gas Station (East St. Louis)
Another Gull Wing station (East St. Louis)
West End Service Station (Edwardsville)
Former Gas Station (Venice)
Old Gas Station (Granite City)

two glazed service bays, flat roof, office on the right with large plate glass windows. signs and decals and Route 66 signs, and SHEAS written in white on the turquoise colored building
Shea's Station, Springfield. restored, 2024. Source

Vanishing Classic Gas stations

Gas stations appeared all across the US in the 1920s, they were located where demand was: along the US highways and in the downtown areas of the cities.

They usually included a garage to repair cars -prone to breaking down in those days.

Their styles varied across the year, from homely cottages in the beginning, to stylish and modern box shaped or Art Deco stations in the 1930s.

Oil companies promoted their brands, signage and station designs which can still be recognized today.

Shifting demographics, urban sprawl, zoning and the freeways moved them out of their old locations, and many of these historic buildings are now ruined shells. However, some have been restored, Shea's pictured above is an example.

Classic Route 66 Motels & Hotels

Hotel Chicago (Chicago)
Midland Hotel (Chicago)
Cindy Lyn Motel (Cicero)
Karavan Motel (Cicero)
Shamrock Motel (Cicero)
Chicagoland Motel (Lyons)
Plank Road Inn (Lyons)
Presidential Inn & Suites Motel (Lyons)
Skyline Motel (Mc Cook)
The Louis Joliet Hotel (Joliet)
The Manor Motel (Joliet)
Hotel Plaza (Joliet)
Rossi’s Motel (Braidwood)
Former Sands Motel (Braidwood)
Sun Motel (Braidwood Inn) (Braidwood)
Da-Jo Motel (Pontiac)
Fiesta Motel (Pontiac)
Palamar Motel (Pontiac)

Lexington Motel (Lexington)
Illinois Hotel (Bloomington)
Buckles Motel (Lincoln)
Lincoln Motel (Lincoln)
Redwood Motel (Lincoln)
Pioneer Rest Motel (Broadwell)
Historic Lazy A Motel (Springfield)
Leland Hotel (Springfield)
Caravan Motel (Springfield)
Northern Aire Motel (Springfield)
Ross Motel (Springfield)
Shamrock Motel (Springfield)
Pioneer Motel (Springfield)
Art’s Motel and Restaurant (Farmersville)
The Annex Motel and Cafe (Litchfield)
Belvedere Café, Motel, and Gas Station (Litchfield)
Former Rainbo Court Motel (Fairmont City)
East St. Louis Holiday Inn (East St. Louis)

Americana & Wacky Sights

enormous catsup bottle shaped water tank
World's largest Catsup Bottle, Collinsville Il. Source
Blues Bros. statues dancing on the rooftop by a giant ice cream cone

Blues Brothers statues, Joliet. Click for street view

The World’s Largest Laundromat (Berwyn)
Rich and Creamy Ice Cream Stand (Joliet)
Dick’s Towing (Joliet)
Bluesmobile (Joliet)
Gemini Giant (Wilmington)
Sinclair Dinosaur (Wilmington)

giant Muffler Man holding American flat

Lauterbatch giant Muffler Man, Springfield. Source

Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup (Funks Grove)
Muffler Man Holding Hot Dog (Atlanta)
Lincoln Watermelon Slice Monument (Lincoln)
Phone Booth on Lincoln City Hall (Lincoln)
World’s Largest Covered Wagon (Lincoln)
Lauterbatch Muffler Man (Springfield)
Rail Splitter: Skinny Abe Lincoln Statue (Springfield)
Barn with 13-star flag painted on it (Nilwood)
Pink Elephant Antique Mall (Livingston)
Henry’s Rabbit Ranch (Staunton)
Historic Largest Catsup Bottle in the World (Collinsville)
Fiberglass Cow store sign (Edwardsville)

Classic Neon Signs and Murals

Neon signs awaken a feeling of nostalgia for bygone days. They were a key advertising tool for diners, motels and restaurants across the nation from the mid 1920s to the mid 1960s.

They were built with kitschy eyecatching colorful designs.

But by the early 1970s neon signs fell out of grace: they were hand made and therefore costly. The appearance of cheap mass made fluorescent-lamp, backlit, plastic box signs for shops and stores marked the end of the neon sign era.

1950s Tropics neon sign
Tropics Restaurant neon sign, Lincoln. Martha Raaymakers
neon sign with 1950s style, red, blue yellow, with a star and topped with a US 66 shield, the word WELCOME with each letter inside a circle, and FABULOUS MCCOOK ILLINOIS in a white panel below

Welcome neon sign, McCook, Illinois

Fabulous McCook neon sign (McCook)
Pontiac Murals (Pontiac)
Selz Royal Blue Shoes Mural (Chenoa)
Lexington Neon Arrow Sign (Lexington)

Turkey Tracks sign brown with white letters

Turkey Tracks sign, Nilwood, Il. Source

Tropics Neon Sign (Lincoln)
Sonrise Donuts (Springfield)
Vic Suhling Neon Sign (Litchfield)
Nite Spot Café neon sign (Fairmont City)
Kriege Hardware ⁄ Deweys Pizza neon sign (Edwardsville)
Dairy Master neon sign (Madison)

Route 66 stuff

Eastern Terminus of Route 66 (Chicago)
The Lincoln Highway Meets Route 66 (Plainfield)
Lincoln Highway and Route 66 in Joliet (Joliet)
Odell Subway Tunnel (Odell)
Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum (Pontiac)
Cayuga to Chenoa Historic section of US 66 (Chenoa)
Memory Lane (Lexington)
The Route 66 Parkway (Towanda)
Towanda Dead Man’s Curve (Towanda)
Historic Brick Road (Auburn)
Historic Route 66 Girard to Nilwood (Nilwood)
Turkey Tracks on 1926 US66 (Nilwood)

The Chain of Rocks Bridge

US 66 vintage signs on Chain of Rocks bridge
Chain of Rocks Bridge and Route 66 St Louis.

Buildings, historic sites, architecture, theaters

c.1960, black and white, drive in with neon sign left, diner (middle), talbes with benches under sunshade, patrons eating and ordering at glassed counter
Oasis Drive In, in a vintage photograph c.1960, Lexington, Il Source

And this ends our long list of Illinois landmarks, but there are plenty more, you can find a specific landmark in any of the state's towns that we describe in detail in their respective pages.

Towns on US 66 in Illinois

Check out the Route 66 towns in Illinois learn all about their notable places, history, attractions, wheather, how to get there, where to stay and much more.

Missouri

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The Arch at Saint Louis river in front, buildings beyond lit up. At Dusk

Gateway Arch. St Louis, Missouri. Source

Misouri US 66 Landmarks

Starting at St. Louis with its "Gateway Arch" Route 66 has quite a few landmarks along its Missouri alignment.
We list them below, categorized, and within each category, detailed from Eeast to West. Enjoy your roadtrip!

Missouri Landmark Categories

gigantic Amoco Sign atop a gas station

Amoco Sign, St. Louis, MO, click for street view

Route 66 Red Rocker

giant red rocking chair and three vintage cars dwarfed by it
A Route 66 attraction, the Red Rocker in Fanning, Missouri.

Route 66 classics & Wacky sights

a Pink Elephant statue by the highway

Pink Elephant, Fenton Missouri, click for street view

Giant Sign (St. Louis)
Gateway Arch (St. Louis)
Pink Elephant (Fenton)
Route 66 State Park (Times Beach)

muffler man with chef hat, fork and spatula in his hands

Carl the Cheff, Springfield MO. Source

Meramec Caverns painted Barn sign (St. Clair)
Indian Harvest Trading Post Teepees (St. Clair)
Meramec State Park (Sullivan)
Route 66 Viva Cuba Murals (Cuba)
The World's (second) Largest Rocking Chair (Fanning)
Hillbilly Sign (Rolla)
Totem Pole Antiques (Rolla)
Larry Baggett's Trail of Tears Memorial (Jerome)
Uranus Missouri (St. Robert)
Frog Rock (Waynesville)
Giant Bowling Pin (Buckhorn)
Replica of the Hubble Space Telescope (Marshfield)
Birthplace of Route 66 Roadside Park (Springfield)
Mural on Route 66 (Springfield)
Birthplace of Route 66 (Springfield)
"Carl the Chef" Muffler Man (Springfield)

The "Hillbilly" at The Mule Trading Post

sign shaped like a giant hillbilly next to Route 66
Hillbilly neon sign at The Mule Trading Post Rolla, Missouri. Source

Cemeteries, Churches & Bridges

Chain of Rocks Bridge (St. Louis)
Meramec River US 66 Bridge (Times Beach)
Beaver Creek Bridge (Doolittle)
Route 66 Bridge at Devil's Elbow (Devil's Elbow)
1942 Big Piney River Bridge (Devil's Elbow)
Roubidoux Bridge (Waynesville)
1840 Cemetery (Hazelgreen)
Route 66 Gasconade Bridge (Hazelgreen)

1923 Route 66 Bridge in Devil’s Elbow, Missouri

steel bridge on a narrow highway surrounded by a forest
1923 Route 66 Bridge in Devil’s Elbow, Missouri,

Neon Signs

Beacon Motel (Pacific)
Skylark Motel (St. Clair)
Cafe Sign (Lebanon)
Satellite Lanes (Lebanon)
Ghost Sign (Conway)
Meramec Caves Barn Sign (Conway)
Red’s Giant Hamburg sign (Springfield)

Rte 66 Museums

Route 66 Museum (Lebanon)
Route 66 Car Museum (Springfield)

Munger Moss Motel Neon Sign, Lebanon MO

Munger Moss Motel's classic colorful neon sign on Route 66
Munger Moss Motel's classic neon sign on old Route 66 in Lebanon, Missouri. Source Click image for street view

Historic Sites

single cell jail in Cuba MO

Cuba Jail built in 1908, Source

Chain of Rocks Bridge (St. Louis)
International Shoe Company Building (St. Clair)
Cuba City Jail (Calaboose) (Cuba)
Dillon House (1857) (Rolla)
Historic County Jail (1860) (Rolla)
Fort Leonard Wood (St. Robert)
George M. Reed Roadside Park (St. Robert)

facade and neon lights of the Historic Gillioz Theatre in Springfield MO

Historic Gillioz Theatre. Click image for Street View

Site of Waynesville Fort (Waynesville)
Historic Stagecoach Stop (Waynesville)
Historic County Courthouse (Waynesville)
Woodruff Building (Springfield)
Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Mosque (Springfield)
Gillioz Theatre (Springfield)
Old Jail: Calaboose (Springfield)
Pythian Castle (Springfield)
Historic Rock Fountain Tourist Court (Springfield)
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Original photo of Bonnie and Clyde's hideout (15-04-1933)

1933 newspaper article with a photo of the hideout garage
Hideout article in the Joplin Globe (April 15, 1933). Source
The screen of the old Drive-In Theatre in Carthage Missouri

66 Drive-In Theatre, US 66, Carthage MO

restored cottage-style Phillips 66 gas station

Avilla's Phillips 66. Source


Historic Sites (cont.)
Post Office (Avilla)
Whee Bridge (Carthage)
66 drive-in theater (Carthage)
Red Oak II (Carthage)
Superman museum (Carterville)
Praying Hands statue (Webb City)
Dales Ole 66 Barber (Joplin)
The Route 66 Mural Park (Joplin)
Bonnie and Clyde Garage Apartment (Joplin)

Vintage Service Stations

Gary's Gay Parita Sinclair

colorful Craftsman style Sinclair gas station, with signs and memorabilia
Gary's Gay Parita Sinclair Gas Station in Paris Springs, Missouri. Credits Click on image for Street View

Vintage Gas Station (St. Louis)
Yet another old Gas Station (St. Louis)
Taylor Gas Station (St. Louis)
Marty Filling Station (St. Louis)
old Texaco station (St. Louis)
Dodson Service Station (St. Louis)
Phillips service station (Eureka)
Zephyr Service Station (Villa Ridge)
Old Conoco Service Station (Cuba)
Phillips 66 gas station (Cuba)
Derby Service Station (St. James)
Malone’s Service Station (Doolittle)
Bell’s Cafe & Sinclair gas station (Waynesville)
Rigsby Station and Home (Waynesville)
Bohannon Café Garage (Waynesville)
Lentz station (Gascozark)
Gascozark Cafe and Service Station (Gascozark)
Old Service Station (Hazelgreen)
Mobil Service Station (Lebanon)
Old Phillips 66 Service Station (Lebanon)
McClary Motel, gas station and cafe (Cafeyville)
Carter & Lawson’s Underpass Cafe and Service Station (Philipsburg)
Stan Adams stationb (Philipsburg)

Silver Hill (Philipsburg)
Conway Service Station (Conway)
Niangua Filling Station (Niangua)
Rockhaven Restaurant, cafe and filling station (Niangua)
Danny's Service Station (Springfield)
O’Dell Gas Station and Café (Springfield)
Rex Smith Gas Station (Springfield)
Service Station (Halltown)
Gay Parita Service station (Paris Springs)
Spencer Garage and Service Station (Spencer)
Miller's Station (Albatross)
Adamson Oil Co. (Albatross)
Old Store - Service Station (Phelps)
Brown's Garage (Rescue)
Shady Side Camp (Rescue)
Chet Campbell's Gulf Service Station (Carthage)
Neatherry Station (Carthage)
Texaco service station and Clover Inn Cafe (Carthage)
Historic Old Rock Sinclair filling station (Carterville)
U.S. Filling Station (Webb City)
Route 66 Welcome Center (Webb City)
Cosden Service Station (Joplin)
Former Texaco Service Station (Joplin)
1930s Phillips Service Station (Joplin)

old vacant oblong-box gas station with white tiles and two garage bays and old 1970s gas pumps
The Derby gas station, Route 66 in 2021. St. James, Missouri, click for street view

Classic Route 66 Motels, Hotels and Tourist Camps

vintage 1950s neon sign with a brown deer and pine tree on white background and the words Ozark Court in white letters on red 
background and a white arrow pointing with word Office written on it

The Ozark Court motel neon sign. Stanton MO. Credits

Missouri has many classic motels, some abandoned, others repurposed, and quite a few still alive and kicking lodging Route 66 travelers. Below we list some of them.

Neon sign of Boots Court

vintage red neon sign with white letters and two more signs under it
The Boots Court neon sign, on Route 66 in Carthage, Missouri. . Click for street View.

From East to West

Classic Motels from St. Louis to St. Robert

Duplex Tourist (Marlborough)
La Casa GrandeMotel (Marlborough)
Wayside Motel (Marlborough)
Chippewa Motel (Marlborough)
Steiny’s Inn (Times Beach)
Trail's End Motel (Gray Summit)
Gardenway Motel (Gray Summit)
Sunset Motel (Villa Ridge)
St. Clair Motel (St. Clair)
Scully's Sunset Inn (St. Clair)
Delta Motel (Stanton)
Cavern City Hideout Motel and Restaurant (Stanton)
Stanton Motel (Stanton)
Ozark Court Motel (Stanton)
Grande Courts (Sullivan)
Shamrock Motel (Sullivan)
Southern Hotel (Cuba)

Historic Wagon Wheel Motel, Route 66 in Cuba, Missouri

hipped roof, stone building with gas pumps and vintage car. The Historic Wagon Wheel Motel
Historic Wagon Wheel Motel, Cafe and Gas Station in Cuba, Missouri, Source

Vintage Motels from St. Robert to Joplin

Deville Motor Inn, now Relax Motel (St. Robert)
Ranch Motel (St. Robert)
Clark Motel (Waynesville)
Bell Hotel (Waynesville)
Wagon Wheel Motel, Cafe and Gas Station (Cuba)
S & G Motel (Buckhorn)
Bell Haven Court (Buckhorn)
Gascozark Trading Post and Cabins (Gascozark)
Spring Valley Court (Gazcozark)
Four Acre Court (Lebanon)
Munger Moss Motel (Lebanon)
Forest Manor Motel and Campground (Lebanon)
Lenz HoMoTel (Lebanon)
Red Fox Motel (Lebanon)
White Sands Motel (Lebanon)
Shepherd Hills Motel (Lebanon)
McClary (Caffeyville)
Timber Hill Camp (Sampson)
Oak Vale Park (Niangua)
Abbylee Court (Niangua)
Fair Oaks Motel (Marshfield)
Kentwood Arms Motor Hotel (Springfield)
Rex Smith Gas Station & Cabins (Springfield)
Andy's Court (Springfield)
Rest Haven Court (Springfield)
Flagship Motel (Springfield)
Glenstone Cottage Court (Springfield)
The Rancho Motel (Springfield)

Dogwood Inn former Silver Saddle and Baldridge (Springfield)
Rail Haven (Springfield)
Rockwood Court (Springfield)
Historic Rock Fountain Tourist Court (Springfield)
Shamrock Square Motel (Springfield)
Wishing Well Motor Inn (Springfield)
Modern Cabins (Plano)
White City Motel (Halltown)
Las Vegas Hotel and Restaurant (Halltown)
Castle Rock Cabins (Heatonville)
Henson Building Hotel (Phelps)
Reed’s Cabins (Rescue)
Shady Side Camp (Rescue)
Log City Camp (Plew)
Kel Lake Motel (Carthage)
Lake Shore Motel (Carthage)
White's Court, later Rock Castle Cabins (Carthage)
Buster Brown Inn (Carthage)
Guest House Motel (Carthage)
Dazy Motel (Carthage)
Boots Court Motel (Carthage)
Murrell Tourist Rooms and Cabins (Carthage)
Middle West Hotel (Webb City)
The Westport Lodge (Joplin)
Plaza Motel (Joplin)

lit up colorful neon sign of Rest Haven Court Motel
Lit up neon sign at the Rest Haven Court Motel in Springfield MO. Source

US 66 Diners, Cafés and Restaurants

Crown Candy Kitchen (St. Louis)
Eat-Rite Diner (St. Louis)
Bauer’s Ranch House (St. Louis)
Donuts Drive In (St. Louis)
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard (St. Louis)
Former Phil's Bar-B-Cue (Eureka)
Tri County Truck Stop (Villa Ridge)
Johnnie’s Bar (St. James)
Happy Hill Cafe (Jerome)
Old Munger-Moss Sandwich Shop (Devil's Elbow)
Site of Devil’s Elbow Café (Devil's Elbow)
Red Cedar Inn (Pacific)
Retro Route 66 Diner (St. Robert)
Skyline Cafe (Marshfield)
Former Route 66 Crawford Cafe (Strafford)

Steak ’n Shake (Springfield)
Alli’s Family Restaurant (Springfield)
Midway Service & Cafe (Avilla)
Whisler's Drive-Up (Carthage)
Carterville Dairy Creme (Carterville)
Wilder's Steakhouse (Joplin)
Mr. Swiss (Joplin)
The Colonel's Restaurant (Joplin)

Theaters

19 Drive-In Theater (Cuba)
Holiday Drive-in Theater (Springfield)
66 drive-in theater (Carthage)
Route 66 Movie Theatre (Webb City)
Civic Theater (Webb City)
Fox Theatre (Joplin)

vintage orange key-shaped neon sign with thick tree leaves behind it

Keys Cafe at Route 66 State Park

vertical neon sign with word "Beacon" lit up at dusk

Lit Beacon Neon sign, Route 66, Pacific Missouri. Source

Find More Landmarks in Missouri's US 66 Towns

Our list of Missouri's Route 66 Landmarks ends here but you can check each town individually to find more of them:

Learn all bout Missouri's Route 66 towns and their landmarks.

>> Book your Hotels in Missouri

Kansas

U.S. 66 Landmarks in Kansas

This is the shortest segment of Route 66, and there are only three towns on its algnment (from east to west): Galena, Riverton, and Baxter Springs.

Route 66 American flag

us flag made with licence plates on a wall
US flag made from license plates on Route 66 (the Tag Flag), Galena Kansas. Source
the historic store, green lawn, flag, shop, ice machine and old cart

Nelson's Old Riverton Store, Riverton KS

white arches of the bridge seen from the side

Rainbow bridge, side view of its arches, US 66 Riverton. Source

Kansas and its Top Ten Route 66 Landmarks

L-shaped cottage style station with red tiled hipped roof with gables and chimney

Independent Oil and Gas Service Station. Source

  1. Kan-O-Tex (Galena)
  2. Tag Flag and Texaco (Galena)
  3. Galena Historic District (Galena) Historic Site
  4. Litch Historical and Mining Museum (Galena)
  5. Williams Store - Eisler Brothers Old Riverton Store (Riverton) Historic Site
    The oldest continuously operating store on Route 66
  6. Independent Oil & Gas (Baxter Springs) Historic Site
  7. Historic Rainbow Bridge (Riverton) Historic Site
  8. Fort Baxter site (Baxter Springs) Civil War battleground
  9. The shortest alignment of Route 66 (13 miles in Kansas)
  10. Cafe on Route 66 (Baxter Springs)
gas station in red and white, pumps, and three Cars characters
Kan-O-Tex Service Station & Diner or "Cars on Route 66", Galena KS. Source. Click image for Street View

Continue your Journey on the Next Page

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This concludes the list of landmarks in the states of Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas. Visit our Page 2 to see more Route 66landmarks in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California

We describe the western landmarks along Route 66 in our Landmarks Page 2

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