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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 ...
Buck Atom the Space Cowboy, an iconic Route 66 landmark, will be getting its cosmic counterpart on Friday, June 28. Mary Beth Babcock owns Buck Atom’s Cosmic Curious Route 66 souvenir shop where ...
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.
GALENA, Kan. — A pair of artists are brightening up Galena as it gets ready for its close-up during the Route 66 centennial. Sandra Dawn and David Mason, of Neosho, are painting a mural on a ...
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.
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.
Day two of the 5th annual Heritage Fest started bright and early Saturday morning with the rigs on Route 66 truck show.
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.