
The AmericaJR Web Team recently visited historic Route 66 in Kingman, Arizona. The historic road’s role in American history is celebrated at the Route 66 Museum, set inside the Powerhouse Visitors Center. Murals, dioramas and a library at the Mohave Museum of History and Arts trace local history. Locomotive Park, featuring a 1928 steam engine, and the Kingman Railroad Museum document the city’s past as a 20th-century railway hub. You’ll also see Mr D’z Route 66 Diner, a Vintage Americana restaurant serving fare such as root beer floats and burgers.
Entering Kingman, AZ from U.S. Highway 93 Kingman arch Powerhouse Visitor Center houses a Route 66 Museum and an Electric Vehicle museum Route 66 gift shop AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo poses for a photo Outside the Powerhouse Visitor Center Mr. D’z Route 66 Diner Jason and Jerome getting ready to eat Cheeseburger and pickle Gloria and Jerome checking out the menu Old jukebox Jerry poses for a photo This building which now serves as a Mohave County office was once St. John’s United Methodist Church built in 1917. Actors Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were married here on March 29, 1939. Central Church’s Kingman location Central Coffee Shop The World’s Largest Route 66 Map It runs from one end of the motel to the other Santa Fe locomotive mural The map ends with Route 66’s end in Santa Monica Rutherford’s Route 66 Family Diner Kingman Visitor Center sign lit up at night Mr. D’z Diner sign lit up at night Kingman sign lit up at night
Kingman, Arizona is located 107 miles southeast of Las Vegas, 195 miles northwest of Phoenix and 318 miles east of Los Angeles. For more info, go to https://www.gokingman.com/