The lure of Route 66 isn’t extinct here in Holbrook, Arizona, where you can still spy giant concrete dinosaurs, kitschy truck stops, and teepee-shaped motel rooms that were constructed during the road’s heyday. Route 66 was established in the 1920s and within the next few decades, as millions of Americans acquired their first automobiles, it became a destination unto itself, even inspiring a hit song, ‘(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66,’ by Bobby Troup. In 1985 the highway was decommissioned--it had been replaced by the new Interstate Highway System. But for the adventurous road-tripper, there’s still plenty of the old highway to explore.
In search of roadside attractions on ‘America’s Highway’
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
- 
					Saint Andrews Day
- 
					Tall, taller, tallest
- 
					A Bengal tiger in Ranthambore National Park, India
- 
					Tulips, Netherlands
- 
					National Lighthouse Day
- 
					Midsummer in Sweden
- 
					Satellite image of sand and seaweed in the Bahamas
- 
					Friendship Day in the City of Brotherly Love
- 
					A night of art and culture
- 
					Glass footbridge in Zhangjiajie, China
- 
					Black History Month
- 
					Oh, happy day!
- 
					A day to celebrate the sun
- 
					Winter solstice
- 
					The story of the poinsettia
- 
					Celebrating all things Austen
- 
					Wartburg Castle overlooking Thuringian Forest in Germany
- 
					A desert arts pop-up, just popped up
- 
					Daintree Rainforest and Noah Beach, Queensland, Australia
- 
					Cousins Day
- 
					Gazing down on planet Earth
- 
					World Reef Day
- 
					The Hermitage of Santa Justa
- 
					The first ascent
- 
					European Day of Parks
- 
					Misool Island, Indonesia
- 
					’Chess on ice’
- 
					20 years later
- 
					Walk the line
- 
					Apples ready for harvest in Minnesota
 Bing Wallpaper Gallery
Bing Wallpaper Gallery 
	
