1. Old Faithful
   Grand Canyon
2. Devil's Tower
   Mount Rushmore

It's not a "pretty good" canyon; it's the Grand Canyon! One of the West's great draws, the Canyon, located in Arizona, is about 1,900 square miles and a mile deep at some points. The national park sees about five million visitors each year.

1. Kansas City, Missouri
   Chicago, Illinois
2. St. Louis, Missouri
   Kansas City, Kansas

The 630-foot tall Gateway Arch, located along the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri, is commemorated by many as the "doorway" to the American West. Constructed in 1967, the Arch is covered in stainless steel and is the world's tallest arch, as well as the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere.

1. The Train to Zion
   The Carlsbad Caverns Express
2. The Yellowstone Flyer
   Grand Canyon Railway

The Grand Canyon Railway is a great way to see the beautiful sights of the country along its 65-mile path. And the train offers more than just scenery! "Outlaws" attempt to hold up the train along the way. Who knows? One of these times they might be successful!

1. Stoney peyote
   Frozen cacti
2. Ossified trees
   Petrified wood

Petrified wood is another name for a special type of fossilized vegetation where minerals have replaced the organic matter, and can be found in the southwestern part of the U.S. The Petrified Forest National Park is a 109,000-acre area along Route 66 that has one of the largest concentrations of petrified wood in the world.

1. The Main Street of America
   Will Rogers Highway
2. The Mother Road
   All of the above

Route 66 isn't just a road; it runs through the heart of the western half of the country and offers unique views of the country's past, present and, in some cases, the future. It was established in 1926 and has seen a lot of changes over the years as the country surrounding it evolved.

1. Jumbo franks
   French fries
2. Cheeseburgers
   Corn dog on a stick

If you want a corn dog on a stick served at the place where the concept was born, get yourself to the Cozy Dog Drive-in, located in Springfield, Illinois. First opened in 1949, the drive-in is still open and serving food you really need to eat to be a TRUE Route 66 tourist.

1. Igloo
   Mounds
2. Wigwam
   Lodges

The Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, Arizona is one of the most iconic stops along Route 66, captured in snapshots and postcards throughout the decades. Constructed in 1950, the establishment offers 15 concrete motel rooms shaped like Native American teepees.

1. Morrie's Wine Emporium
   Walter's Whiskey Museum
2. Three Wishes Casino
   Pops 66 Soda Ranch

Pops 66 Soda Ranch opened in Arcadia, Oklahoma in 2007 and celebrates all things cola. The giant neon soda bottle outside lures people in to see the hundreds of soda bottles, arranged by color, collected from around the world. They also offer food as an excuse to indulge your cola cravings.

1. Penguins
   Dinosaurs
2. Rattlesnakes
   Road Runners

Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari, New Mexico has, among other things, both a paleontology and a fine arts program, and has joined the two pursuits together to create bronze statues of the dinosaurs that could be found in New Mexico millions of years earlier.

1. James Taylor
   Woody Guthrie
2. Don Henley
   Merle Haggard

American folk musician Woody Guthrie is considered one of the greatest songwriters the U.S. has ever produced, and travelers along Route 66 can make a stop at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa to learn more about the man who wrote "This Land is Your Land." It's also the spot that will house the archives of Bob Dylan.

1. Thunder Road
   Cadillac Ranch
2. Darlington County
   Mary's Place

An art project started in 1974, the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, is formed by 10 Cadillacs, ranging from 1949 to 1963 models, partially buried (hoods-down) in the ground at the same angle of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The stop is a colorful one because visitors are encouraged to spray paint the cars.

1. Arizona
   New Mexico
2. Colorado
   Texas

Part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Acoma Pueblo is one of America's longest-settled communities, founded in the 13th century. The area is the home of the Anasazi people, and travelers along Route 66 can take tours and learn more about the land and its people.

1. Solar farm
   Emu farm
2. Wind farm
   Hydroponic farm

The Weatherford Wind Energy Center is the second-largest wind farm in Oklahoma and is located near Route 66. The farm offers more than clean energy — it has an interpretive center where you can learn about wind energy and has an example of a turbine blade on the ground to show just how huge the structures are.

1. Pink Floyd
   Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. ZZ Top
   The Eagles

The line "Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona," from the song "Take it Easy" by The Eagles is fun to sing along to, and earned the town some notoriety — so much so that there's a statue of a man with a guitar standing, yes, on a corner in the city.

1. Henry's Rabbit Ranch
   Gordon's Fox Festival
2. Leman's Dog Park
   Luna's Squirrel Sensation

If you love (or like, or even just tolerate) bunnies, then Henry's Rabbit Ranch, located in Staunton, Illinois is a "must stop" along Route 66. Besides the Route 66 souvenirs you can get, visitors also can see pet rabbits trained to perform tricks and VW Rabbits buried in the ground, Cadillac-Ranch style. C'mon — bunnies!

1. Shawnee
   Iroquois
2. Piankashaw
   Navajo

Located just south of what is now I-40, Navajo is a small town located in the eastern part of Arizona in the Navajo Nation. Route 66 offers those interested a good chance to learn about the culture of Native Americans in the area.

1. Theodore Roosevelt
   Ronald Reagan
2. Grover Cleveland
   Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln called three states home before going on to immortality as the 16th president of the United States. At the age of 28, he came to Springfield, Illinois to practice law and lived there for many years. The city is home to many Lincoln-themed attractions, as well as his official presidential library.

1. Arizona
   New Mexico
2. Texas
   Kansas

Meteor Crater — the mile-wide and 550-foot deep site of a meteor that crashed to Earth 50,000 years ago — is located near Winslow, Arizona. The meteor hit the ground at an estimated 26,000 miles per hour with the force of 20 million tons of TNT. It left a mark.

1. Texas
   California
2. Iowa
   Kansas

The National Scenic Byways Program has Route 66 going through four states — Illinois, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona — but the path also went through Missouri, Kansas, Texas and California. Kansas has the shortest amount of the Route (just over 13 miles), while New Mexico has the most (392 miles).

1. 1927
   1939
2. 1958
   1979

There are a lot of examples of motels that didn't survive the switch from Route 66 to the highway system (and the general decline in people choosing motels in general), but the ones that survived have become attractions all their own. The Blue Swallow Motel, located in Tucumcari, N.M., was built in 1939 and offers travelers both a bed and a time machine of a sort for the night.

1. Albuquerque, New Mexico
   St. Louis, Missouri
2. Tulsa, Oklahoma
   Flagstaff, Arizona

The Lowell Observatory, located in Flagstaff, Arizona, is a working research observatory, but it is also open to tourists interested in astronomy. It's also the place where Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto, which will always be a planet to us.

1. Jackson Pollock
   Frida Kahlo
2. Georgia O’Keeffe
   Norman Rockwell

The Santa Fe, New Mexico home and studio of Georgia O’Keeffe has been preserved and kept to honor her memory. The artist, known for her paintings of flowers, skyscrapers and landscapes, has been called the "mother of American modernism."

1. 10 miles
   100 miles
2. 200 miles
   1,000 miles

The Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum, located in Pontiac, Illinois, is operated by the Route 66 Association of Illinois and is dedicated to keeping alive the memories of the path, including those of attractions swallowed by time (and, sometimes, the desert). It's a great way to get yourself situated and to plan your trip!

1. Restaurants
   Casinos
2. Ghost towns
   Nostalgic gas stations

The drive along Route 66 is dotted by ghost towns, left by communities that went into decline with the advent of the highway system. Established in the 1940s as a trading post, Twin Arrows was abandoned in 1995, leaving an interesting, if eerie, stop along the way for travelers.

1. A gas station
   A pharmacy
2. A mom-and-pop restaurant
   A renovated motel

One of the last stops along the way (or first stops, depending on which direction you're going), California's Fair Oaks Pharmacy started its life as the South Pasadena Pharmacy. When Route 66 was established, the business soon started to cater to travelers, offering a soda fountain and food.

1. Mater
   Woody
2. Mike Wazowski
   Frozone

Pulling up to Cars on the Route, a former gas station in Galena, Kansas, it's easy to see how the character of Mater the Tow Truck from Pixar's "Cars" movies came to be. A former Kan-O-Tex gas station, the gift shop and snack bar have put "eyes" in the windshield of the old tow truck in front to complete the picture.

1. George R.R. Martin
   Stephen King
2. J. K. Rowling
   Erma Bombeck

"Meow Wolf," a multimedia art installation located in a former bowling alley and created by the group of the same name, describes itself as a "visionary public benefit corporation by supporting systemic social change and well-being through the arts." The project was funded by "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin.

1. Santa Monica, California
   Flagstaff, Arizona
2. San Francisco, California
   Needles, California

The path of Route 66 ends 2,448 from its start. If you began your journey in Chicago, you'll end it at the Santa Monica Pier in California. You might be sad it's over, but the pier offers an amusement park, an aquarium and a beach, so you can't be TOO sad.

1. Meramec Caverns
   Crystal Onyx Cave
2. Mammoth Cave
   Squire Boone Caverns

You'll see billboards and barn-roof advertisements for Meramec Caverns as you get closer to Stanton, Missouri, which has been a popular stop along Route 66. Not only are the caverns awe inspiring, but the site has historic links to U.S. history, as well. It was part of the Underground Railroad, a hiding place for Jesse James and was mined to make gunpowder in the Civil War.

1. Field Museum
   Museum of Modern Art
2. Smithsonian National Air Museum
   National Gallery of Art

There are actually two attractions for those wanting to educate as well as entertain themselves close to the start of Route 66 — the Field Museum of Natural History and the Shedd Aquarium. You're going to see ... many things on your trip; you might as well make room for some highbrow stuff!

1. Michigan Avenue
   Blackstone Avenue
2. Lake Shore Drive
   Kenwood Drive

The eastern terminus of Route 66 is at the intersection of Lake Shore Drive and Jackson Boulevard. It's a bit tricky to navigate now because of one-way streets that have been established in the intervening years, but your journey should start right here.

1. Seafood restaurant advertisement
   A religious vision
2. A dream
   A token of love

The Blue Whale of Catoosa is a stop in the Oklahoma leg of Route 66 that was created in 1970 by Hugh Davis as a token of love for his wife, Zelta, who had an extensive collection of whale-related items. The site offers a picnic area and is one of the Route's "must-stops."

1. New Mexico
   Arizona
2. Illinois
   Kansas

Made from a 1940s era Philip’s gas station in the 1980s, the 66 Diner is a favorite of many travelers along the Route. With giant burgers, thick milkshakes and homemade pies, the 66 Diner ensures that customers don't go back to their journey hungry.

1. Medicine
   Lunch
2. Gas
   None of the above

Located near Kingman, Arizona, in the former mining town of Hackberry, the Hackberry General Store has historic gas pumps outside, but don't expect to get any fuel. The establishment, which has no signage, is nevertheless a famous stop along the journey for many.

1. "Tikioplous"
   "Giganticus Headicus"
2. "Mr. Māori"
   "Tiki Tower"

"Giganticus Headicus" is a half-buried tiki head made of metal, wood, chicken wire and other materials near Kingsman, Arizona. The nearly 14-foot-tall green tiki was built by Gregg Arnold, who was inspired by the works of Andy Warhol. Will you learn anything there? Probably not. Will it make an interesting spot for a selfie? You bet!