Route 66 Roadtrip - Must See/do/stay???

Are you a fan of Abraham Lincoln? Springfield, IL has just about everything Abraham Lincoln. His adult home (where he lived in the years prior to the While House), his law office, the Old State Capitol, his tomb, The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum. Also, New Salem State Park is just north of Springfield in Petersburg. This is where he lived before moving to Springfield. We also have Knight's Action Park - water park, miniature golf, go-carts, battle cages, driving range. Something to consider!

http://www.gscc.org/
http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/sites/springf...
http://www.knightsactionpark.com/

Nice list to choose from here:
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&m...

This may also be helpful in choosing:
http://www.historic66.com/

And while you're in Winslow, AZ - don't forget to stand on a corner ;-)
(There's actually a park - it's at Kinsley and 2nd)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standin%27_on_the_Corner_Park

Sounds like a great trip!

I would spend some time in Oklahoma City
Go see the Oklahoma City memorial to the bombing.
Also Frontier City is a nice park (not as big as some of the six flags parks, but still roller-coasters etc).
The cowboy hall of fame.

There is also a nice riverwalk set up thing in Bricktown (downtown OKC) - sort of like San Antonio. You can do a little boat trip - it's nice.
http://www.bricktownwatertaxi.com/

Also - there is a GREAT children's museum a bit out of OKC. My daughter's dad has taken her there and she LOVED it more than the children's museum in Chicago!!!! It's the Jasmine Moran's museum in Seminole.

ETA - also stop in St Louis and go up in the arch. Grant's Farm is amazing. There is also the St Louis City Museum that has been rated as one of the best in the country. http://citymuseum.org/site/?p=89

Well I can't give you specifics, but Flagstaff is a really nice little town. Cute downtown with fun shops and several surprisingly nice restaurants and bars. Lots of affordable hotels, too as it's just an hour from the Grand Canyon. My son goes to college there, at NAU, which is a nice place to walk around and the Arizona Cardinals work out there over the summer so you may even catch a scrimmage, if pro football is something you're into!

Tucumcari, NM - on Route 66. We're staying at the Blue Swallow Motel in a couple of weeks. Supposedly this little town held a lot of inspiration for the movie Cars.

Are you a member of AAA? they have a free service that would help you plan your trip and point out the cool things to see.