The classic, c.-1932 cottage-style Phillips-66 station, now (as of 2021) the Fourway restaurant and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042054/photo-image-cloud-plant-skyFree Image from public domain licenseCorvette Car outside the Route 66 Hackberry General Store in Hackberry, Arizona. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582306/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain license Murals shift attention from the adjoining, classic, c.-1932 cottage-style Phillips-66 station, now… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8073025/photo-image-cloud-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe original, greatly refurbished, Phillips 66 gasoline station in little McLean, a town along historic U.S. Route 66 in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582631/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license A Phillips 66 gasoline station, opened in 1930 and refreshed into the town visitor center in Baxter… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8093080/photo-image-plant-tree-skyFree Image from public domain licensePete’s, a vintage gas station in Williams, Arizona, a town of just 3,000 or so residents but a well-known place among… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582410/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseBlue Swallow Motel on Route 66 in Tucumcari, New Mexico was built in 1939 by W.A. Higgins. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2347080/photo-image-cloud-plant-treeView licenseDairy King Ice Cream Cafe in Plymouth, Michigan. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094365/free-photo-image-america-cafe-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseBraum's Milk on Route 66 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092249/free-photo-image-america-barums-milk-braumFree Image from public domain licensePOPS Restaurant on Route 66 in Arcadia, Oklahoma. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092560/free-photo-image-route-bottle-americaFree Image from public domain licenseA Route 66 art deco-style gas station and cafe from the 1930s in the Texas Panhandle town of Shamrock has been preserved as… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582660/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license The Court motel, along the historic U.S. Route 66 as it winds through Carthage, a city in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8057122/photo-image-cloud-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Signs at the Totem Pole Trading Post, a tourist attraction along a surviving section of the old, two… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8059902/photo-image-road-public-domain-cityFree Image from public domain licensePOPS Restaurant on Route 66 in Arcadia, Oklahoma. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090991/free-photo-image-route-bottle-black-and-whiteFree Image from public domain licenseThe old Hackberry General Store in Hackberry, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092917/free-photo-image-america-arizona-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseThe Blue Whale of Catoosa is a waterfront structure in Catoosa, Oklahoma. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094408/free-photo-image-america-art-big-blue-whaleFree Image from public domain licensePops Restaurant on Route 66 in Arcadia, Oklahoma. This sculptural take on a soda bottle and straw soars 66 ft. into the sky.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/487714/routeFree Image from public domain license The truck is quite old, but the Outpost gas station beside which it sits in Sycamore, Illinois… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8049256/photo-image-plant-public-domain-carFree Image from public domain licenseBell Gas Sign in Truxton, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421707/gas-signFree Image from public domain licenseBell Gas Sign in Truxton, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421713/free-photo-image-advertising-america-americanFree Image from public domain licenseA vintage gasoline station display at a tourist-cabin site in Seneca Rocks, West Virginia. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2356153/photo-image-plant-tree-skyView license The classic Mobil Gas Pegasus, or flying horse, sign in the distance beyond a newer Phillips 66… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041371/photo-image-horse-plant-treeFree Image from public domain license Detail of Don's Old Cars & Antiques store along old U.S. Route 66 in Springfield, Missouri, through… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070513/photo-image-plant-tree-leafFree Image from public domain licenseBell Gas Sign in Truxton, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421705/free-photo-image-black-white-bell-gas-sign-arizona-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license The classic Mobil Gas Pegasus, or flying horse, sign in the distance beyond a newer Phillips 66… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041591/photo-image-cloud-horse-plantFree Image from public domain licenseConoco gasoline station in Shamrock, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3088901/free-photo-image-shamrock-inn-americaFree Image from public domain licenseGas pump sign on the Hopson Plantation site on the outskirts of Clarksdale in Mississippi. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3089164/free-photo-image-gas-station-carol-highsmith-americaFree Image from public domain licensePainted gas pump in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092854/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseGas station in El Paso, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093401/free-photo-image-vintage-3doen-americaFree Image from public domain licenseGreen tiki head at the old Ranchero Motel in Anteres, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092715/free-photo-image-arizona-green-public-domainFree Image from public domain license It looks like two people are beginning either a brick repair or perhaps a new mural on an old… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8108587/photo-image-person-sky-roadFree Image from public domain licenseA completely reassembled vintage Texaco Station, near Memphis, Tennessee (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/594983/carol-highsmiths-arkansas-photographyFree Image from public domain license The 1936-vintage Kensinger service station, still operating in Grand Island, Nebraska, as of 2021… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041950/photo-image-sky-vintage-neonFree Image from public domain licenseMagnolia Mobil Gas station, Arkansas (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/594991/carol-highsmiths-arkansas-photographyFree Image from public domain licenseVintage Shell station in Mount Olive, Illinois. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3089216/free-photo-image-america-american-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license Display outside Don's Old Cars & Antiques store along old U.S. Route 66 in Springfield, Missouri… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041112/photo-image-plant-grass-treeFree Image from public domain licenseSinclair gasoline station in Snyder, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3089114/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmith-cc0Free Image from public domain licenseSinclair gasoline station with dinosaur figure, in Snyder, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090999/free-photo-image-dinosaurs-vintage-americaFree Image from public domain licenseAn old general store in the tiny settlement of Hackberry along what’s left of the classic Route 66 two-lane road that… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582260/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain license A vintage gas station at the Shawnee Town Theme Park in Shawnee, Kansas, a Kansas City suburb, whose… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067839/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-cityFree Image from public domain licenseRoute 66 Rocker world's largest rocking chair in Missouri. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090923/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmith-cc0Free Image from public domain licenseRoute 66 Mural in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092287/free-photo-image-mexico-art-america-artworkFree Image from public domain licenseGreasy Spoon restaurant inside the Route 66 Museum in the Texas Panhandle. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092566/free-photo-image-public-domain-texas-cafeFree Image from public domain licenseA neon sign of historic U.S. Route 66 in Amarillo, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3088763/free-photo-image-route-texas-amarilloFree Image from public domain licenseVintage Mobil pegasus gas station insignia sign in Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3089172/free-photo-image-pegasus-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseTwo large, ferocious-looking Tyrannosaurus metal-art sculptures face off outside Holt's gas station and gift shop in Gila… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582403/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseOld gas station along the road in rural upperstate Michigan (2008) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/595021/carol-highsmiths-michigan-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSupai Motel neon sign in Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092490/free-photo-image-arizona-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseRoute 66 Mural City in Cuba, Missouri. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090958/free-photo-image-public-domain-mural-wall-americaFree Image from public domain licenseRoute 66 Mural City in Cuba, Missouri. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092832/free-photo-image-street-art-route-americaFree Image from public domain licenseHistoric Route 66 Motel sign, Kingman, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421714/free-photo-image-route-sign-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license An old police car next to the Court Motel accents the vintage ambience along the historic U.S. Route… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071709/photo-image-person-vintage-roadFree Image from public domain licenseBrown's Town campground and historic site in Bishop, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212440/browns-town-campgroundFree Image from public domain licenseA vintage gasoline station display at a tourist-cabin site in Seneca Rocks, West Virginia. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094233/free-photo-image-gasoline-vintage-gas-stationFree Image from public domain licenseHistoric Route 66 Motel sign, Kingman, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421731/free-photo-image-black-and-white-desert-advertisingFree Image from public domain license Spruce Street Station, a vintage gas station that is now (as of 2022) the visitors' bureau office in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043876/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-cityFree Image from public domain license An old Sinclair gas station, converted into a collectibles store and deli in Deadwood, a legendary… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8065123/photo-image-public-domain-car-coffee-shopsFree Image from public domain licenseIn 2008, nearly 90 years after it was built, this 1919 gas station in El Paso, Texas, was restored by antique business owner… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582569/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license One of this Sinclair Oil Co. gas station's model dinosaurs (the company logo) looks on, apparently… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067907/photo-image-plant-tree-skyFree Image from public domain license Two automobiles that may (or may not) be beyond restoration sit outside the Black Magic Rod & Custom… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040847/photo-image-plant-sky-roadFree Image from public domain licenseAt the ”Cadillac Ranch" along Old U.S. Route 66 outside Amarillo, Texas, visitors are encouraged to bring along a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582657/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license A driver (and old car) worth avoiding if you ever see them on the road, now simply displayed at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042235/photo-image-vintage-road-animalsFree Image from public domain license An old gas or service station near Granville, North Dakota is for rent, as information indelicately… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071655/photo-image-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseAlaska Pipeline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421916/free-photo-image-pipeline-petroleum-oil-fieldFree Image from public domain licenseVintage Texaco station in Arkansas (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/594973/carol-highsmiths-arkansas-photographyFree Image from public domain licenseHistoric Route 66 Seligman Sundries coffee shop in Arizona, Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093412/free-photo-image-public-domain-arizona-coffeeFree Image from public domain licenseAn old gas station (converted to a motorcycle shop) in Jefferson, a town in Marion County in East Texas on whose main street… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582614/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license An old but interesting truck is perched atop an illuminated sign for historic U.S. highway 66 in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8065739/photo-image-plant-grass-treeFree Image from public domain licenseIce-cream stands in New Castle, Delaware. Settled by Dutch, overtaken by "New Sweden" colonists, and then re-taken by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2346625/photo-image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseRusty Bolt souvenir store on Route 66 in Seligman, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421702/free-photo-image-travel-road-sign-arizonaFree Image from public domain licenseRoute 66 neon sign. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434184/free-photo-image-black-and-white-route-hollywoodFree Image from public domain licenseRoute 66 neon sign. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434178/routeFree Image from public domain licenseAlaska Pipeline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421917/free-photo-image-oil-and-gas-pipeline-naturalFree Image from public domain licenseCorner of an eclectic gift shop and convenience store mere feet off historic U.S. Route 66 in Seligman, Arizona. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582351/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseRe-creation of an early gasoline station and repair shop outside the National Automobile and Truck Museum in Auburn, Indiana. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092677/free-photo-image-gas-stations-america-auto-repair-shopsFree Image from public domain licenseTourist cabin displays outside the National Automobile and Truck Museum in Auburn, Indiana. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092689/free-photo-image-cabin-america-automobile-museumsFree Image from public domain licenseMunger Moss Motel neon sign in Lebanon, Missouri. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091385/free-photo-image-hotel-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseOld Gasoline Pump in rural Virginia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421885/free-photo-image-oil-gas-pump-petroleumFree Image from public domain licenseRandy Vernon's Antique Station in Mississippi, Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3089192/free-photo-image-antique-car-americaFree Image from public domain licenseA massive cloud presages a thunderstorm above Groom, a tiny community along old U.S. Route 66 in the Texas Panhandle.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582567/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA carefully restored old Sinclair gasoline station in Snyder, the seat of Scurry County, Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582616/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseView of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s famous Geno’s Steaks restaurant in the south Philadelphia neighborhood, home to a large… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2348142/photo-image-person-sky-neonView licenseThe Arizona state flag flies along old U.S. highway 66 in Mohave County, Arizona. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582293/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain license A vintage rail passenger car outside the Railroad Museum and Park in Moberly, Missouri … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068745/photo-image-grass-sky-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseOklahoma City Memorial in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093989/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmith-cc0Free Image from public domain licenseOklahoma City Memorial in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094363/free-photo-image-america-building-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseOklahoma Gas, Detroit, Michigan (1986) photography in high resolution by John Margolies. Original from the Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3802521/photo-image-blue-vintage-retroFree Image from public domain licenseThe Wigwam Motel on Route 66 in Holbrook, Arizona, where one can indeed “spend the night in a wigwam.” The… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582250/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA completely reassembled vintage Texaco Station, near Memphis, Tennessee (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/594978/carol-highsmiths-arkansas-photographyFree Image from public domain licenseVintage auto — and restaurant — along historic U.S. Route 66, once the two-lane “Mother Road”… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582402/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseTee Pee Curios Shop on Route 66 in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093448/free-photo-image-route-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseA distant butte near Truxton, along old U.S. Highway 66 in Mohave County, Arizona. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582268/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain license A vintage Texaco gas station at Dobby's Frontier Town outside Alliance in northwest Nebraska … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072909/photo-image-plant-grass-woodFree Image from public domain license A 1920s-era automobile service station at Cannonsburgh Village, a reimagined southern village… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8035217/photo-image-cloud-plant-treeFree Image from public domain license A 1920s-era automobile service station at Cannonsburgh Village, a reimagined southern village… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8033026/photo-image-plant-sky-roadFree Image from public domain license This delightful assemblage of vintage collectibles along a highway in Pinson, Tennessee, has no… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042418/photo-image-plant-tree-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseOklahoma City Memorial located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433759/free-photo-image-museum-sky-trees-cityFree Image from public domain licenseThe stars and stripes, American flag. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421704/free-photo-image-usa-flag-america-public-domainFree Image from public domain license