I arrive at the crossroads of Route 83 and what was once Route 66 to a bizarre view. In front of me, on the desolate streets of the tiny town of Shamrock, Texas, is the baffling existence of a 1930s-era Art Deco jewel disguised as a gas station.
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Route 66 Cadillac Ranch: Texas’ answer to Stonehenge
Just outside the outskirts of Amarillo lies a dusty patch of dirt, not too unlike countless other patches of dirt on the unending plain of the Llano Estacado escarpment. To the north of this dirt is the highway. To the south, the pancake-flat horizon stretches for miles, undisturbed—save for the abrupt appearance of 10 psychedelic monoliths, stabbed like daggers into the earth.
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Adrian is the midpoint. Not the midpoint of my journey, but the midpoint of Route 66’s entire length. From Chicago, Adrian is 1139 miles to the southwest. From Los Angeles, it is 1139 miles due west.
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