2 Prairie Illinois – Route 66

2.0 Midlands – Grand Prairie

2.1 Bolingbrook & Lockport

(Northern Will County)

    • Bolingbrook
      1. White Fence Farm Main Restaurant
      2. Hidden Lakes Historic Trout Farm
    • Plainfield
      1. The Plainfield Inn
      2. Village Green Park
    • Lockport
      1. Lockport Lock and Canal
      2. Des Plaines River & Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
    • Crest Hill
      1. Prairie Bluff Preserve
      2. Lidice Memorial
Joliet Public Library
Joliet Public Library, Joliet, Illinois
2.2 Joliet

(County Seat of Will County)

    1. City of Steel and Stone (population: 150,000)
    2. First Dairy Queen opened in 1906
    3. Old Joliet Prison
      • John Wayne Gacy and Baby Face Nelson
      • Blues Brothers
    4. Joliet Area Historical Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center – Joliet Wall Mural
    5. Old St. Mary Carmelite Church
    6. Joliet Public Library
    7. Rialto Square Theatre – “Jewel of Joliet”
    8. Jacob Henry Mansion – Gilded Age
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
2.3 Elwood

(Central Will County)

    • Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery
    • Joliet Army Training Area
    • Joliet Army Ammunition Plant
    • Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Gemini Giant at the Launching Pad Drive-In
Gemini Giant at the Launching Pad Drive-In
2.4 Wilmington

(Southern Will County)

    • Wilmington (population: 6,000)
      1. Gemini Giant
      2. Launching Pad Drive-In
      3. Town Square & Downtown
      4. Kankakee River – The Island City
    • Braidwood
      1. “The Little Macaroni Capital”
      2. Polk-A-Dot Drive In
      3. Braidwood Zoo
    • Godley
      1. Illinois Mining Museum
Historic Streetcar Diner, Gardner, Illinois
2.5 Gardner

(Grundy County)

    • Population: 1,000
    • Two Cell Jail
    • Historic Streetcar Diner (horse-drawn streetcar/diner)
    • Riviera Restaurant (burned down 2010)
Ambler's Texaco Station, Dwight
Ambler’s Texaco Station, Dwight
2.6 Dwight

(Northern Livingston County)

    • Population: 4,000
    • Old Route 66 Family Restaurant
    • Ambler’s Texaco Station
    • Dwight Train Station
    • Prince Albert Prairie Chicken Hunting
Odell Pedestrian Tunnel
St Paul Catholic Church and the old Odell Pedestrian Tunnel
2.7 Odell

(Central Livingston County)

    • Odell (population: 1,000)
      • Odell Pedestrian Tunnel at St Paul Catholic Church
      • Standard Oil Station
      • Wishing Well Cafe
    • Cayuga: Meramec Caverns Barn Sign
Livingston County Civil War Memorial, Pontiac, Illinois
Livingston County Civil War Memorial, Pontiac, Illinois
2.8 Pontiac

(County Seat of Livingston County)

    • Population: 11,000
    • Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum (Pontiac City Hall and Fire Station)
    • Wall Murals
    • Livingston County Courthouse
    • Livingston County Civil War Memorial