Quirky Kicks on the 66

When I saw the Cadillac Ranch I had to beg my son (who was driving) to stop so I could take a picture! :) After all, he had refused to stop about a hour back when we passed "the largest cross in the western hemisphere" and I had to take a pic from the car! Yep, the western hemisphere! So I hurried out to the caddies to snap a few. See the Cadillac Ranch on Route 66. Check. (and it wasn't even on the list)
Taken from http://www.legendsofamerica.com/:
In 1973, Texas millionaire Stanley Marsh invited a San Francisco artists’ collective called the Ant Farm to help him in the creation of a unique work of art for his sprawling ranch just west of Amarillo. The group set about acquiring ten used Cadillacs, ranging in model years from 1948 to 1963. Built along the tattered remains of historic Route 66, the cars were meant to represent the “Golden Age” of American automobiles. Most of the cars were purchased from junk yards, and averaged about $200. The cars were then buried nose-down, facing west along the old highway. Those that could run, were driven into the half-burial holes, the rest were hoisted in. In 1974 the project was completed and in no time at all, visitors began to come from all over the world, leaving their mark on the ever-thickening graffiti covered cars. At first, the cars displayed their original paint jobs – turquoise, banana yellow, gold, and sky blue, but barely was the monument complete, when people were scratching or painting their names in the cars. Over time, vandals and souvenir hounds smashed the windows, made off with all the chrome, radios, speakers and even some of the doors. The wheels have since been welded to the axles to prevent more theft. However, Marsh still says “We think it looks better every year.”