Chicago - Start of the Route.
Lyons - Hoffman Tower
Joliet - Jacob Henry Mansion
Random gas station Blues Bros Car! Also, the Joilet Prison is worth taking a look at, from the same movie.
Braidwood - Polk-a-dot Drive Inn
Random roadside art?!
Dwight - Ambler - Becker Texaco Gas Station
Odell - Historic Gas Station
Pontiac - Had a decent pub meal and crashed in a corn field. Not everyone's cup of tea, but happily the Children of the Corn didn't get me, so it worked out ok.
Day 2. Pontiac to Merimac - Around 270 miles
Pontiac's Livingston County Courthouse
Also, there's a spot pictured here to do research of what you could see along the way, if you've left your homework 'til the very last minute. (By a famous Route 66 artist, Bob Waldmire)
Also, there's a spot pictured here to do research of what you could see along the way, if you've left your homework 'til the very last minute. (By a famous Route 66 artist, Bob Waldmire)
Normal - Sprague’s Super Service
Bloomington - David Davis Mansion I wanted to see this, but couldn't find it, unfortunately. Probably needed to eat something. So here's an elephant I did see instead.
This is a random but pretty cool old barn, on the way to Funks Grove - Maple Syrup
There's a section of old road right outside this private land and it's one of many of these kinds of things you see as you drive The Mother Road. You just don't always get the time or inclination to get pictures of them. This time I did. Maybe I was subconsciously trying to make up for not being able to find David Davis Mansion...
There's a section of old road right outside this private land and it's one of many of these kinds of things you see as you drive The Mother Road. You just don't always get the time or inclination to get pictures of them. This time I did. Maybe I was subconsciously trying to make up for not being able to find David Davis Mansion...
Atlanta - Bunyan Giant
Lincoln - The World's Largest Covered Wagon
Springfield
- Lauterbach Giant.
- Lincoln's Home (Behind the house pictured here).
- Illinois State Capitol
I didn't get to Mahan's Gas Station- it has quite the story... but here's a building with a giant penny on it instead. Yeah, there are so many random things you have to squeeze them in where you can.
- Lauterbach Giant.
- Lincoln's Home (Behind the house pictured here).
- Illinois State Capitol
I didn't get to Mahan's Gas Station- it has quite the story... but here's a building with a giant penny on it instead. Yeah, there are so many random things you have to squeeze them in where you can.
Auburn - Old Brick Paved Section.
Glen Arm - Sugar Creek Covered Bridge
Staunton - Henry's Rabbit Ranch
Random carriage...
Hamel - St Paul's Lutheran Church
Chain of Rocks Bridge. Yeah, it has a bend in it. Interesting story there.
Over the Mississippi River into Missouri
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