in McLean, Texas.
Compleet restaureerd Phillips 66 Station in McLean, Texas.
Leaning Water Tower in Groom, Texas.
The Big Texan Restaurant én Hotel in Amarillo, Texas.
En gewoon omdat het kan hebben ze een zwembad in de vorm van de Staat Texas.
The Big Texan Restaurant.
Geopend in 1960 en sindsdien hebben ruim 40.000 geprobeerd de steak van ruim 2 kilo te eten.
Red je dat in 1 uur (inclusief de salade, het brood en de patat) dan is hij gratis!
Het Midpoint van Route 66 in Adrian, Texas.
Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Een werkelijk práchtig gerestaureerd Route 66 Motel.
Boom vol rozenkransen voor de Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
De mysterieuze wenteltrap van de Loretto Chapel.
Two mysteries surround the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel: the identity of its builder and the physics of its construction.
When the Loretto Chapel was completed in 1878, there was no way to access the choir loft twenty-two feet above. Carpenters were called in to address the problem, but they all concluded access to the loft would have to be via ladder as a staircase would interfere with the interior space of the small Chapel.
Legend says that to find a solution to the seating problem, the Sisters of the Chapel made a novena to St. Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters. On the ninth and final day of prayer, a man appeared at the Chapel with a donkey and a toolbox looking for work. Months later, the elegant circular staircase was completed, and the carpenter disappeared without pay or thanks. After searching for the man (an ad even ran in the local newspaper) and finding no trace of him, some concluded that he was St. Joseph himself, having come in answer to the sisters' prayers.
The stairway's carpenter, whoever he was, built a magnificent structure. The design was innovative for the time and some of the design considerations still perplex experts today.
The staircase has two 360 degree turns and no visible means of support. Also, it is said that the staircase was built without nails—only wooden pegs. Questions also surround the number of stair risers relative to the height of the choir loft and about the types of wood and other materials used in the stairway's construction.
Over the years many have flocked to the Loretto Chapel to see the Miraculous Staircase. The staircase has been the subject of many articles, TV specials, and movies including "Unsolved Mysteries" and the television movie titled "The Staircase."
En zo zag de wenteltrap er uit toen de mysterieuze timmerman klaar was.
De reling en het hekwerk is er later aan gemaakt.
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Kunstenaarsdorpje Madrid.
Route 66 Diner, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Kachina dolls.
