To many people, the old Route 66 represents the romance of the open road. Even though it was replaced with modern highways and officially decommissioned in 1985, this 2,400-mile stretch of road from Chicago to Los Angeles continues to have many of the one-of-a-kind motels, cafés, and other landmarks that sprung up during the Mother Road's heyday. To help locate those attractions, the National Park Service has launched an online Discover Our Shared Heritage travel itinerary on Route 66.As a former Oklahoman, I'm very familiar with one of the more unusual sites along the old thoroughfare in Oklahoma City: a tiny triangular building with a huge milk bottle on top that was built in 1930 (I passed it every day on my way to work). Other quirky attractions mentioned on the National Park's website include the Arcadia Round Barn, also in Oklahoma; the Wigwam Village Hotel #6 in Holbrook, Arizona (above); and the 1927 KiMo Theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico. All the landmarks are plotted on an interactive map.
For more great road trips, check our Drives of a Lifetime special.
Photo: brianbutko via Flickr
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I had no idea a Wigwam village still existed. We used to have one in Orlando for many years--gone, but not forgotten.
As an Oklahoman living in Toronto, just had to say...I've always loved that tiny building. As a kid, I found it massively confusing that the sign on the milk bottle was completely unrelated to what was sold inside (Vietnamese sandwiches)!