World’s Largest Rocking Chair
Fanning, Missouri
The film caption reads “The Red Rocker Cuba, MO.” The chair stands at the Route 66 Fanning Outpost: 42 feet tall and steel-framed, built in 2008 as a Guinness Record breaker.
The road
The stops they filmed
Route 66 gave them more reasons to stop than to hurry. These films gather roadside memories from Missouri to the Santa Monica Pier: small towns, old bridges, Oklahoma neon, Cadillac Ranch, the Blue Hole, Lowell Observatory — where Pluto was discovered in 1930 — and the people and places they wanted to remember.
The footage comes from separate trips, arranged east to west. It is not one continuous drive, and they have not driven every mile. The map line follows Route 66 roughly between the stops that appear in the films. It is a guide to the road, not a record of a single journey.
The map loads when you scroll to it. The stops are listed below.
Step through the stops
Stills from the films
- Filmed stop
- Route 66, roughly, between those stops
- Spur to Pecos National Historical Park
East to west
Stop by stop
Where the story starts
Missouri
Mule Trading Post
Rolla, Missouri
A Route 66 stop in Rolla, seen in the Missouri film.
Totem Pole Trading Post
Rolla, Missouri
A Route 66 trading post on Martin Springs Drive in Rolla, seen in the Missouri film.
Then and now
The trading post closed in September 2024, and the building was demolished in May 2025.
Source: Route 66 News
Devil’s Elbow
Missouri
A sharp bend in the Big Piney River that gave this community its name, and the historic Devil’s Elbow Bridge.
Uranus Fudge Factory & General Store
Uranus, Missouri
A humorous roadside stop with gift shops, photo ops, and novelty fun.
Marshfield
Missouri
A scale replica of the Hubble Space Telescope, honoring local legend Edwin Hubble.
Galena, Cars on the Route, and Rainbow Bridge
Kansas
Galena
Kansas
Named in the Kansas chapter of the east-to-west film, together with Rainbow Bridge.
Cars on the Route
Galena, Kansas
A restored Kan-O-Tex station in Galena, seen in the Missouri film. The Galena stop above is from the east-to-west film.
Rainbow Bridge
Kansas
Named in the Kansas chapter of the east-to-west film, together with Galena.
Phillips 66 Visitors’ Center
Baxter Springs, Kansas
Just over the border from Missouri. A restored 1930s Phillips 66 gas station, now a Route 66 Visitors’ Center, run by volunteers.
Tulsa, the Blue Whale, and roadside stops
Oklahoma
The Oklahoma film starts at the Golden Driller in Tulsa. The stops below are the places it shows, listed east to west along the road.
Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park
Foyil, Oklahoma
A folk-art park east of Foyil, seen in the Oklahoma film.
The Blue Whale
Catoosa, Oklahoma
An iconic Route 66 stop.
Route 66 Rising
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A sculpture at the Cyrus Avery Traffic Circle in Tulsa.
The Golden Driller
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A tall oil-worker statue at the Tulsa Expo Center. The Oklahoma film starts here.
Buck Atom’s Cosmic Curios
Tulsa, Oklahoma
On Route 66 in Tulsa.
Pops 66
Arcadia, Oklahoma
A Route 66 restaurant and gas station in Arcadia, marked by a tall soda bottle.
Braum’s Giant Milk Bottle
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The Milk Bottle Grocery on Classen Boulevard, with a Braum’s milk bottle on the roof.
Lucille’s Service Station
Hydro, Oklahoma
A historic Route 66 service station near Hydro, also known as the Provine Service Station.
Amarillo, Cadillac Ranch, and the midpoint
Texas
Cadillac Ranch
Amarillo, Texas
Also filmed at sunrise.
Route 66 Midpoint
Texas
Tucumcari, the Blue Hole, and on to Pecos
New Mexico
Tucumcari
New Mexico
The Blue Hole
New Mexico
Lucero Canyon
New Mexico
Named in the Texas to New Mexico film, between the Blue Hole and Pecos National Historical Park. The exact location is not given, so it is not marked on the map.
Pecos National Historical Park
New Mexico
The last stop in the Texas to New Mexico film. The dotted line on the map is a spur off the main Route 66 corridor.
Petrified Forest to Flagstaff
Arizona
Petrified Forest
Arizona
Standin’ on the Corner
Winslow, Arizona
A stop at the famous corner during their Route 66 travels.
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff, Arizona
Where Pluto was discovered in 1930.
The end of the route
California
Santa Monica Pier
California
The last stop in the east-to-west film.
The films