Exploring Seligman, AZ on Route 66: Snow Cap Drive-In, Roadside Americana & Relics

August 22, 2026 Exploring Seligman, Arizona on historic Route 66! In this video you will see several old classic cars and trucks, toilet bowls galore, vintage advertising, closed gas stations, an old small town grocery store, inside and out of the awesome famous Snow Cap Drive-in restaurant diner or ice cream parlor shop and lots of roadside Americana. **Inspiration was taken from Seligman for the movie "Cars" and known as Radiator Springs. ** ..."The Seligman Commercial Historic District is a historic district in central Seligman. The historic district is along historic Route 66 in town, which was designated a historic highway by the state of Arizona in 1978. The Seligman Commercial Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Seligman was on the original U.S. Route 66 from 1926 through 1978, when Interstate 40 bypassed it a few miles south. Seligman experienced its real heyday after World War II, when returning veterans and other motorists hit the road and made the Southwest a popular tourist destination. The Seligman Commercial Historic District is roughly bounded by 1st and Lamport Sts. and Picacho and Railroad Aves. It was added to National Register of Historic Places on February 1, 2005, reference #04000511. The Seligman Commercial Historic District protects the historical central area's early 20th century commercial buildings along Historic Route 66, a revived popular tourist destination. Historic district contributing properties include the Pitts General Merchandise Store and the U.S. Post Office from 1903, the Pioneer Hall and Theatre and the Seligman Garage from 1905, and the Seligman Pool Hall from 1923. In 1987 Seligman gained its name "Birthplace of Historic Route 66" due to the efforts of Seligman residents, who convinced the State of Arizona to dedicate Route 66 a historic highway. Seligman is the first stop heading west on the longest uninterrupted stretch of historic Route 66, running around 160 miles (260 km) to Topock on the east side of the Colorado River. (This claim is about the historical Route 66 and is not to be construed as "the Birthplace of Route 66". Route 66 was established by the U.S. Congress on November 26, 1926, starting in Chicago, Illinois, and ending in Los Angeles, California. The first sign recognizing this designation was posted in Springfield, Missouri, on April 30, 1926, and it took over a decade to pave the full route in its entirety.)".... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seligma... #route66 #seligman #smalltown #roadsideattractions #americana #classiccars #icecreamshop #drivein #outhouse #alongtheway #travel #arizona #cars #radiatorsprings