The Astronaut Who Got Bought Back

Gemini Giant, Chicago

3 min story9-stop drive

The story

You've pulled up at the entrance to South Island Park in Wilmington, and you can't miss him.

All 9 stops of Route 66 in Illinois · $4.99 · up to 4 phones

Chicago · 9 stops · 7 h 42 min · 299 mi

1
Lou Mitchell's
The Diner That Was Here FirstPhoto: David Brossard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2
Old Joliet Prison
The Prisoners Who Built Their Own WallsPhoto: Joseph Gage from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
3You're here
Gemini Giant
The Astronaut Who Got Bought BackPhoto: David Quigley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
4
Ambler's Texaco Gas Station
Sixty-Six Years at the PumpsPhoto: Marcin Wichary from San Francisco, U.S.A., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
5
Odell Standard Oil Station
The Add-On That Saved Odell's StationPhoto: IvoShandor, CC BY 3.0 us, via Wikimedia Commons
6
Funks Grove
The Grove the Prairie Fires MissedPhoto: Crystl, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
7
Cozy Dog Drive In
The Hot Dog That Needed a Better Name
8
Ariston Cafe
The Cafe That Chased the HighwayPhoto: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
9
Chain of Rocks Bridge
The Bridge That Changed Its Mind MidstreamPhoto: David Hinkson, http://www.trailnet.org/ (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.