Kansas has by far the shortest segment of Route 66 of all eight states. Along the 13.2-mile stretch, we found one town that hasn’t stopped the presses.

A group of visitors have their photograph taken by Kansas Historic Route 66 Ambassador Dean “Crazy Legs” Walker in front of the Kansas Route 66 Visitors Center in Baxter Springs, Kansas.

There are lots of Route 66 memorabilia and relics here, like the 1924 Blue Dome on Elgin, Oklahoma’s first 24-hour gas station; a former Phillips 66 gas station at 6th and Elgin now home to Avis ...

A newly reopened Route 66 service station will soon feature a treasured friend that shares a history with The Mother Road. Gearhead Curios, a gift shop in Galena, Kansas, will unveil a 22-foot ...

A back-page photo spread on three-dimensional Route 66 -themed chalk art in a park along the historic road in nearby Joplin, Missouri. By 4 p.m. that day, Machelle Smith moved to her next task.

Angel Delgadillo, 98, known as the “guardian angel of Route 66,” in an old barber chair at his shop, Angel and Vilma Delgadillo’s Original Route 66 Gift Shop, in Seligman, Arizona, June 6, 2025.

Dean “Crazy Legs” Walker, the Kansas Historic Route 66 ambassador, strikes a unique pose inside the Route 66 Visitors Information Center in Baxter Springs, Kansas.