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Missouri Guide

Show-Me State

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Carterville, Missouri

For Westbound Travelers: follow Route 66 Blvd. out of Carthage, until you reach Pine Street. Turn left, heading south, until you reach Main Street, then ...

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Route 66 Through Bourbon, Missouri

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Joplin, Missouri

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Route 66 State Park: Toxic Town of Times Beach

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Our Lady of Sorrows Shrine, Missouri River Scenic Drive

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State Line: Route 66 Crosses From Missouri Into Kansas

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Our Lady of Sorrows Shrine, Missouri River Scenic Drive

After I explored the capitol building in Jefferson City, I laid out a plan for the drive back to St. ...

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Jefferson City, Missouri: State Capitol Building

The constant rain finally slowed to a drizzle when I arrived in Jefferson City, Missouri, for a quick look at ...

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8-Ball Water Tower, Drive across Missouri

Is there anything worse than awakening in a motel room, in the middle of a trip, looking outside, and seeing ...

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State Line: Route 66 Crosses From Missouri Into Kansas

Kansas never received its fair share of the Mother Road. Out of the original route’s 2,448 miles, only 13 of ...

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Joplin, Missouri

As you leave Webb City (westbound), you can take a bypass alignment of Route 66 around the north side of ...

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Webb City, Missouri: Giant Praying Hands

Webb City was one of the most pleasing small towns I visited on my trip down Route 66. The town ...

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Carterville, Missouri

For Westbound Travelers: follow Route 66 Blvd. out of Carthage, until you reach Pine Street. Turn left, heading south, until ...

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Carthage, Missouri: Route 66 Drive-In

As I reached the outskirts of Carthage, I was thinking that the day was nearly done, and all that was ...

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Halltown, Route 66 between Carthage and Springfield

Old US 66 parallels I-44 between Springfield and Carthage, but runs far enough north that you won’t see the highway. ...

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Springfield, Missouri

You can choose from two alignments of Old US Route 66 through Springfield, Missouri. The bypass route takes Kearney to ...

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Marshfield, Missouri: Hometown of Hubble Telescope Namesake

Between Philipsburg and Marshfield, Route 66 escapes the presence of the Interstate, and travels through some beautiful rural scenes via ...

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Lebanon, Missouri: Munger Moss Motel and Wrinks Market

Lebanon, Missouri serves up two necessary stops for the nostalgic Route 66 traveler. The first is the lovingly maintained Munger ...

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Route 66 Crosses the Gasconade River

West of Waynesville, Old Route 66 wanders away from the frontage of Interstate 44 for a while, over a couple ...

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Waynesville, Missouri: Big Frog

As you drop down into Waynesville, be sure to watch the right side of the road (westbound) for a Frog ...

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Old 4-Lane Stretch Of Old Route 66 Through Hooker Cut

This is one of the strangest sections of Old Route 66 — one that left me feeling like the last ...

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Stonehenge Replica At The University of Missouri, Rolla

Thanks to the University of Missouri’s campus, and also due in part to an entire morning spent on frontage roads ...

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Route 66 Through Cuba, Missouri: Wagon Wheel Motel

Old Route 66 departs from the Interstate as it enters Cuba, Missouri. As you roll into town westbound, you see ...

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Route 66 Through Bourbon, Missouri

Bourbon, Missouri provides the Route 66 traveler with what is perhaps the third most interesting water tower you’ll see along ...

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Gray Summit: The Gardenway Motel

If you started your Route 66 journey in St. Louis, as I did, then Gray Summit will likely be the ...

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Route 66 State Park: Toxic Town of Times Beach

Despite its name, Route 66 State Park is not a memorial to the Mother Road. It has much more to ...

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Downtown St. Louis: The Gateway Arch

You’ve seen it in a thousand pictures, and on the horizon as you drove anywhere within miles of downtown St. ...

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Route 66: Old Chain of Rocks Bridge

What better place to begin a road trip down historic Route 66, than at the bridge where the Mother Road ...

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