Online Resources

[pin icon] Dan Phillips Four Corners - [In Tucumcari] "Neon signs, dancing to the hillbilly music of Ernest Tubb, advertise rooms by the hour. These old motel parking lots have two-decade-old cars with broken windows, bent fenders, and flat tires, sitting idle in their parking lots."

[pin icon] Graeme Ware's Mother Road - a "brief insight into the 6500 miles (round trip, including back-tracking) ridden by the Author in September 1995, on a 1979 Harley Davidson."

[pin icon] Houston Chronicle Interactive's Virtual Voyage - an awesome site that includes chat-space.

[pin icon] Isao Saito's Route 66 Photo Lounge - This site contains a nice collection of postcards and animated neon signs.

[pin icon] Machine Age's Route 66 Homepage - "Tour the Mother Road and visit some of the great roadside attractions exhibited in our Route 66 Gallery or shop the Car Culture Catalogue packed with neat products inspired by Route 66."

[pin icon] Main Street Gallery - "Remember when a car meant freedom? Remember when things looked the same in Black & White as they did when you saw them on vacation? Well, Doug McGruter does and he's going to share some of his adventures on the road that bridged Chicago to Los Angeles and contained somes of the jems of American culture."

[pin icon] Melia's Ride on Route 66 - "The possibilities seem quite endless for places to see along the road, not to mention the landscape itself--everything from old signs to vintage service stations possess a mystique worthy of stop and a photo."

[pin icon] Michael Agger's Cruising the American Dream - [This project] "is about the systems of value and meaning attached to the American highway. The project also shows how hypertext can expand the experiential range of academic scholarship."

[pin icon] Rancho Cucamonga's Route 66 Visitors Center - "The exhibit features paintings by artist Ralph Smith of Huntington Beach, California, as well as several other area photographers. Memorabilia and gifts related to the area of Route 66 in California are featured."

[pin icon] Route 66 West - "This mix of journalists, photographers, artists, collectors and just pure fans shaped a rebirth of Route 66. You will meet some of these exceptional people on the pages of Route 66 West. And you'll find other information that will aid you in your search on 66."

[pin icon] Shellee Graham's Return to Route 66: Photographs from the Mother Road - "It is a pictorial journey that details the highway's history, forgotten towns, roadside diners, motels and people. I have had several small excursions, before and after making the "big trip" to Los Angeles via Route 66 in March of 1991."

[pin icon] Swa Frantzen's Route 66 guide. This is considered the best online guide out there. Lots of photos, suggestions, and even a trip planner.

[pin icon] The United States Department of the Interior's Visitor Experience: Cruisin' Route 66 - "The spirit of Route 66 lives in the people and their stories, the views and structures, and travelers' perceptions of them along the route."

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