Route 66 in Missouri

Route 66 is the Main Street of America, heralded in song and popular culture. It took a maze of different routes through St. Louis before slashing diagonally across the Show—Me State through the beauty of the Ozarks. In between, there are classic motels, diners, tourist traps, and gas stations bathed in flashing and whirling neon lights. Natural wonders include crystal—clear streams, majestic bluffs, and wondrous caverns. Roadside marketers concocted legends about Jesse James, painted adver...