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  2. Wigwam Motel - Wikipedia

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    The Tee Pee Motel in Wharton, Texas near Houston, which was built in 1942 by George and Toppie Belcher; George Belcher had the idea while on vacation in Wyoming. [25] It is not of the same design nor heritage as the Wigwam Motels; each of the tipis at the Tee Pee Motel are of different shapes, and line up in a straight line. [26]

  3. List of landmarks on U.S. Route 66 - Wikipedia

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    The landmarks on U.S. Route 66 include roadside attractions, notable establishments, and buildings of historical significance along U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66).. The increase of tourist traffic to California in the 1950s prompted the creation of motels and roadside attractions [1] as an attempt of businesses along the route to get the attention of motorists passing by. [2]

  4. Your Guide to a Route 66 Road Trip - AOL

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    The Mother Road. America’s Highway. The Main Street of America. The Will Rogers Highway. Route 66 goes by many names, but no matter how travelers refer to it, there’s one constant everyone can ...

  5. 19 Historic Route 66 Restaurants Worth a Pit Stop - AOL

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    1. Roy's Motel and Cafe. Amboy, California. Roy's started as a gas and service station in 1938, an oasis on Route 66 in the Mojave Desert. It soon grew to include a cafe and cabins for overnight ...

  6. Motel - Wikipedia

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    The Cozy Cone Motel design is the Wigwam Motel on U.S. Route 66 in Arizona [75] [76] [77] with the neon "100% Refrigerated Air" slogan of Tucumcari, New Mexico's Blue Swallow Motel; [78] the Wheel Well Motel's name alludes to the restored stone-cabin Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri.

  7. Get your kicks with this new Route 66 guide. Here are the ...

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    A new Route 66 Check-In Challenge offered by the Arizona Office of Tourism features historic roadside attractions. These are the best road trip stops.

  8. List of motels - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of motels.A motel is lodging designed for motorists, and usually has a parking area for motor vehicles. Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel, coined in 1925 as a portmanteau of motor and hotel or motorists' hotel, referred initially to a type of hotel consisting of a single building of connected rooms whose doors faced a parking lot and, in some circumstances ...

  9. This list of sites is from NPS and therefore consists primarily (or entirely) of National Register-listed structures and landmarks. This is not a comprehensive list of every structure (or even every NRHP-listed site) of note on U.S. Route 66. A list of all NPS itineraries is on and a list of all US 66 requested articles is here.