How to Add Points of Interest to Route 66
- 1). Stop at the Hungry Bear Restaurant in Needles, California, for a strawberry shake and to chat with locals on their recommendations of other points of interest.
- 2). Browse memorabilia and post cards with off-the-beaten-path tips written by insider Bob Waldmire, founder of the Route 66 Visitor's Center in Hackberry, Arizona.
- 3). Stop at The Museum Club in Flagstaff, Arizona for entertainment and to query locals on attractions to add to the itinerary.
- 4). Sight-see at Cadillac Ranch in Texas along Route 66, where 10 vintage Cadillacs are embedded nose down in the ground. It's a special point of interest along the route.
- 5). Write and call local state chambers of commerce to inform them of any points of interest located along Route 66 during your research that should be added to travel literature or brochures.
- 6). Write to travel magazines, such as Sunset Magazine or Travel + Leisure, to inform the travel editors of the new points of interest you uncovered. Travel editors love to share such off-the-beaten path discoveries with readers.
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