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 In 1985 the highway was decommissioned--it had been replaced by the new Interstate Highway System.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
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Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta
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Victory Day in Valletta
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Happy anniversary to the National Park Service!
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Atop the Needle of Chamonix
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Lake Pehoé, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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Our Lady of the Rocks
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Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy
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Frankenstein Friday
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Cape Town at dusk
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Brocken spectre in Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
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A fortress in the sky
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A hit ballet, long after its debut
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Park of the Monsters, Bomarzo, Italy
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Monarch butterflies migrate south
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International Lighthouse Weekend
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Italy s submerged village
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Midwinter freeze
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Fox kits
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Mysterious prairie mounds abound
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National Lighthouse Day
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’Chess on ice’
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Leaves of Grass
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Spring comes to Glacier National Park
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Sea Slug Day
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World Meteorological Day
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Cherry blossoms spring to life
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Nakupenda Beach Nature Reserve, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Meandering through Patagonia