Home to some 50 stone quarries, Ash Fork is known as "The Flagstone Capital of the World." Learn about this unique claim to fame and more at the Ash Fork Route 66 Museum.

Once a booming railroad town, Ash Fork lost about half its population when the Santa Fe Railway moved the line north in 1960. The Route 66 Museum shares details of the town's railroad history, stone mining industry and Route 66 culture with interactive displays, dioramas, artifacts, even a scale model of Ash Fork's Harvey House, Escalante.

Visit this 1920s service station, once a stop for motorists on the treacherous stretch of Route 66 through the Black Mountains. Since restored to its former glory by Chicagoan Ned Leuchtner, Cool Springs Station invites drivers to indulge in a classic part of Route 66 history.

Cool Springs Station once offered Route 66'ers a much-needed place in the middle of nowhere to gas up, check the oil and grab a bite to eat. Then I-40 bypassed this stretch of the Mother Road in 1953, and the station was abandoned. Reopened in 2005, Cool Springs Station now offers modern travelers a Route 66 gift shop, snacks, drinks, vintage Mobil gas pumps (for display only) and a small museum. Plus, great photo ops of the surrounding mountains.

Load up the entire family in your personal vehicle and drive through our one of-a-kind dinosaur park, with over 30 dinosaurs on display for you and your family to enjoy. Learn interesting facts about our dinosaurs. You'll be sure to see a Stegosaurus, Spinosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Raptors and many more. Check out some of the other on-site attractions including a gemstone mining and fossil dig, oddities display, miniature amusement park, arcade games a gift shop and more.

Williams is known as the gateway to the Grand Canyon. Take the train to the canyon for the day, or walk the historic downtown. This well-preserved stretch of the Mother Road is on the national register of historic places. The downtown area was recognized for its historic significance, which includes a historic railroad depot built in 1901, the historic Grand Canyon Hotel built in 1892, and being the last Route 66 town to be bypassed by Interstate 40.

When built in 2021, this landmark enjoyed a dedication ceremony featuring 66 classic vehicles, all of which drove under the sign's neon lights right at sunset. Inspired by a temporary drive-through shield erected each year for the Arizona Route 66 Fun Run, this newly built, permanent structure gives travelers the perfect photo opportunity to commemorate their Mother Road adventure 24/7 year-round.

Welcome to the largest dry caverns in the United States—and the site of the only motel room located 22 stories underground. The Grand Canyon Caverns plunge nearly 300 feet below the earth. Check them out on one of three cave tours, from a short 25-minute trip to a longer 45 minute tour. Stick around for lunch or dinner at the on-site restaurant.

When Route 66 came through Hackberry in 1926, this store was a popular desert stop. In later years, it was owned by famed Mother Road artist Bob Waldmire — he was also the sole resident in Hackberry from 1992-1997. The community of Hackberry is located about a mile from the store, you have to travel a dirt road, under a Railroad bridge, through a wash, and into the twilight zone... but you can see the town that was featured in the 1969 film Easy Rider.

Even though the Hackberry General Store no longer serves as a fuel stop, you can still see an impressive collection of vintage gas pumps, as well as original Burma Shave signs, hundreds of old license plates, classic cars parked around the property and other Route 66 odds and ends. The store also sells sodas, and snacks, and souvenirs.

Homolovi State Park, near Winslow, Arizona, preserves over 300 Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites, including several large pueblos (Homolovi I and II) dating from the 1200s to 1400s. The park offers hiking trails to ruins and petroglyphs, birdwatching with over 100 species, and a visitor center with artifacts and cultural exhibits. It is sacred to the Hopi people, who consider the sites spiritually alive. Facilities include a campground with electric hookups and interpretive programs. The park highlights the region's cultural heritage and natural diversity.

The notable "Here It Is" sign features an outsized silhouette of a jackrabbit, a kitschy attempt once used to encourage Route 66 motorists to stop. In this case, it also inspired the Ford Model T silhouette signage in the Disney movie "Cars.

The jackrabbit is one of several Mother Road mascots beloved by Route 66 fans. An early owner of the trading post painted 30 jackrabbits on the building's roof to catch the attention of passersby. This evolved into a billboard campaign stretching more than 1,000 miles — from here to Springfield, Missouri — featuring rabbits. Today, you can take your picture by a huge fiberglass bunny in front of the trading post, then "hop" inside to shop.

Designed by Mary Colter in the 1920s, La Posada was considered to be the finest resort hotel in the Southwest — and served as the Arizona headquarters of the Santa Fe Railway. When you enter the cool interior of La Posada, you're stepping inside a stunning example of Southwest architecture and design rivaled only by the hotel's rich history. The structure served as a Harvey House, a high-end stop for railroad passengers to dine, and was also a coveted destination for 1930s Hollywood glitterati like Howard Hughes, Mary Pickford, Jane Russell and Clark Gable. Today, join a tour led by an original Harvey Girl — women who worked at Harvey Houses on the railroad — wander the gardens, eat at the restaurant or spend a night in the well-appointed guest rooms.

New exhibit: World’s largest Navajo Rug (the Hubble-Joe Rug which is 21’4” x 32’7”). For more information, click HERE.

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Founded in 1894 and one of the oldest observatories in the U.S., Lowell Observatory continues to be a research facility and instrumental in major discoveries including the first detection of the expanding nature of the universe, the rings of Uranus, the atmosphere of Pluto, moon mapping for the Apollo program as well as scores of others. The Observatory visitor center offers interactive, hands-on exhibits. Guided daytime tours that take visitors to the 24-inch Clark Telescope, built in 1896, the historic Rotunda library museum and the original 13-inch Pluto Discovery Telescope. Evening programming includes an open house at the Putnam Collection Center where visitors can look at historic items from the Observatory's collection, films, science demonstrations, a constellation tour and evening telescope viewing.

More than 100,000 dollar bills paper the walls of this historic hotel; the oldest note. —framed behind the bar — dates to 1923. The tradition started with miners who needed a safe way to store their money, and continues today as tourists from all over the world leave a bill or two.

The former mining town of Oatman sports all the hallmarks of its Gold Rush past: plank sidewalks, burros descended from those brought by miners in the 1800s and Old West buildings, including the Oatman Hotel. Though celebrities from Hollywood's Golden Age used to lodge here during Route 66's heydey, the hotel is no longer open for overnight accommodations, but visitors can dine in the restaurant and saloon, or tour the on-site museum.

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Completed in 1920 by entrepreneur Herbert David Lore, the inn overlooks the colorful painted desert. In 1935, the National Park Service purchased the inn and its surroundings and immediately began a renovation for a more rustic asthetic with the help of the Civilian Conservation Corps. The inn then opened in 1940 under the management of the Fred Harvey Company. The inn offered Route 66 travelers food, souvenirs, and lodging, and local people with event and meeting space. In 1947, the Harvey Company’s noted architect and interior designer of the La Posada in Winslow, Mary Jane Colter, was given responsibility for renovations of the facility yet again.

Sleep in a concrete tipi at one of only three remaining Wigwam Motels in the country. The first Wigwam Motel — part of a chain called Wigwam Villages — was built in 1937. More soon followed in Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, California and Arizona. Only three remain open today, including two on Route 66. Each guest-room is a standalone, surprisingly large "teepee." In a nod to the motel's Route 66 location, parked among the 15 teepees are colorful vintage cars in pristine condition.