Cuba & Fanning, MO

Missouri Hick Bar-B-Q 913 East Washington St. Missouri Hick Bar-B-Q is located on the site of Chester's Cafe and Cooke Service Station that opened in 1944 as ... read more

Former Red Horse Cabins E Washington St at N. Main St. Across from the Wagon Wheel Motel. This was the Red Horse Cabins that opened in 1938. A station/garage/truck ... read more

Wagon Wheel Motel 901 E Washington St. The Wagon Wheel Motel opened in 1934 and it's still going strong ... read more

Bette Davis Mural 501 E Washington A visit to Cuba by the famous actress Bette Davis is memoralized in this mural on the Cuba Free Press building, Let's just say ... read more

Note: Turn south at the next street (Lawrence) then east on N. Main St.

Hotel Cuba 509 E. North Main St. The Hotel Cuba started out as The Palcae hotel in 1915, but when Route 66 open behind the hotel they changed the name and ... rear more

Southern Hotel 601 E. North Main St. You can't tell by looking at it now, but the Southern Hotel attracted the famous movie star Bette Davis, at least for dinner and then ... read more

Note: Turn north on Clay (between the hotels) then west on E. Washington St. (Route 66)

Shelly's Route 66 Cafe 402 E. Washington St. Not far from the legendary Wagon Wheel Motel is this little cafe ... read more

Al West Mural E. Washington St. at S. "A" St. Viva Cuba, Cuba's beautification organization, built this wall for the mural of the former businessman and long time mayor, Al West, Sr. It was painted by the Whitesitt group of St Louis read more

Phillips 66 Station E. Washington St. at S. Franklin St. Paul T. Carr built this cottage style filling station in 1932 as a Phillips 66 station and was later expanded to include a ... read more

Cuba's Public Garden Washington St & Franklin St. Check out the 3-D steel replica of an 1873 locomotive. It was sculpted by Glen & Curtis Tutterrow and is ... read more

Side Trip: A short drive north on MO 19 will lead you to the the Osage Trail Legacy Monment and the 19 Drive-In Theater.

Osage Trail Legacy Monmument N. Service Rd. @ I-44 Exit 208 (Hwy. 19) This monument is located at the Cuba Visitors center on the NE corner of the Hwy. 19 and I-44 exit 208 interchange ... read more

19 Drive In Theater 5853 Missouri 19 The 19 Drive In Theater still has a few traditional speakers besides the radio sound. As of 2008 it only had the traditional speakers ... read more

Back on 66: Just turn around and return to 66.

Amelia Earhart Mural 201 W. Washington St. depicts Earhart and her plane after a forced landing near Cuba interrupted a flight from Illinois to Los Angeles in ... read more

Former Conoco Gas Station 306 W. Washington St. This former Conoco Station is located at Washington & Filmore Streets. It was an upholstery shop when ... read more

Route 66 Cafe (Closed) 510 W. Washington St. Neat sign! This was Ross & Ruby's Diner for 35 years before becoming the Route 66 Cafe in the 1980s ... read more

Hayes Shoe Store 103 S Smith St. Hayes Shoe Store has been on this corner since at least 1950. There are a couple of really giant shoes on display here.... read more

Side Trip: Turn south on Smith, cross the train tracks and turn left on S. Main, the 3 blocks to Prairie.

1908 City Jail SW corner, Prairie St & S Main St. The jail consists of a guard space with a desk and wood burning stove and a rear cell room with two hanging bunks ... read more

Back on 66: Back track to Smith and Washington and turn west (or east) on 66.

Wallace House 605 Washington Ave. In 1885 John M. Wallace purchased two lots, one to build this house on. In the 1920s it became ... read more

NOTE: The next two buildings are directly north of the Wallace House

Roberts-Judson Lumber 100 N. Smith St. The Millworks mural on this buildingtakes us back to 1948 when the building was the site of custom woodworking ... read more

1934 City Hall 112 N. Smith St. The old City Hall and Fire Station is still pretty true to its original design. The city hall on the left and the fire barn on the right in ... read more

Fanning is just a few miles west of Cuba on old Route 66 and just east of I-44 exit 203.

Fanning 66 Outpost 5957 Highway ZZ What may be the worlds biggest rocking chair stands outside the Fanning 66 Outpost. Biggest or not, it's one huge ... read more

Stay tuned, there's more to come!