Arizona Podcast
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Arizona's Route 66 — the people, places & stories worth slowing down for. Chris & Mary are back on the road for the centennial year. Available everywhere you find podcasts and on YouTube.
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📍 Lupton, Arizona
Lupton sits right on the Arizona-New Mexico state line on the Navajo Nation and has been a gateway town since Route 66 was paved.
The Painted Cliffs rise dramatically just east of town.
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Lupton sits right on the Arizona-New Mexico state line on the Navajo Nation and has been a gateway town since Route 66 was paved.
The Painted Cliffs rise dramatically just east of town.
#DidYouKnow #MilepostMusts #JustOffRoute66 #route66 #arizonapodcast
October 5, 2026 at 4:22 PM
📍 Lupton, Arizona
Lupton sits right on the Arizona-New Mexico state line on the Navajo Nation and has been a gateway town since Route 66 was paved.
The Painted Cliffs rise dramatically just east of town.
#DidYouKnow #MilepostMusts #JustOffRoute66 #route66 #arizonapodcast
Lupton sits right on the Arizona-New Mexico state line on the Navajo Nation and has been a gateway town since Route 66 was paved.
The Painted Cliffs rise dramatically just east of town.
#DidYouKnow #MilepostMusts #JustOffRoute66 #route66 #arizonapodcast
📍 Slide Rock State Park, Sedona, Arizona
About 45 minutes south of Flagstaff, Slide Rock sits in Oak Creek Canyon and does what its name promises — a natural sandstone chute carved by Oak Creek that people have been sliding down since long before it was a state park.
About 45 minutes south of Flagstaff, Slide Rock sits in Oak Creek Canyon and does what its name promises — a natural sandstone chute carved by Oak Creek that people have been sliding down since long before it was a state park.
October 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
📍 Slide Rock State Park, Sedona, Arizona
About 45 minutes south of Flagstaff, Slide Rock sits in Oak Creek Canyon and does what its name promises — a natural sandstone chute carved by Oak Creek that people have been sliding down since long before it was a state park.
About 45 minutes south of Flagstaff, Slide Rock sits in Oak Creek Canyon and does what its name promises — a natural sandstone chute carved by Oak Creek that people have been sliding down since long before it was a state park.
📍 Allentown, Arizona
Allentown is a small Navajo Nation community on the I-40 corridor east of Sanders that sits on the edge of one of the most geologically dramatic stretches of Arizona's Route 66.
Allentown is a small Navajo Nation community on the I-40 corridor east of Sanders that sits on the edge of one of the most geologically dramatic stretches of Arizona's Route 66.
October 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
📍 Allentown, Arizona
Allentown is a small Navajo Nation community on the I-40 corridor east of Sanders that sits on the edge of one of the most geologically dramatic stretches of Arizona's Route 66.
Allentown is a small Navajo Nation community on the I-40 corridor east of Sanders that sits on the edge of one of the most geologically dramatic stretches of Arizona's Route 66.
📍 Delgadillo's Snow Cap, Seligman, Arizona
Juan Delgadillo opened the Snow Cap Drive-In in 1953 using leftover lumber and scrap material from the Santa Fe Railroad. He ran it for over fifty years as one of the most genuinely funny stops on Route 66 .
Juan Delgadillo opened the Snow Cap Drive-In in 1953 using leftover lumber and scrap material from the Santa Fe Railroad. He ran it for over fifty years as one of the most genuinely funny stops on Route 66 .
October 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
📍 Delgadillo's Snow Cap, Seligman, Arizona
Juan Delgadillo opened the Snow Cap Drive-In in 1953 using leftover lumber and scrap material from the Santa Fe Railroad. He ran it for over fifty years as one of the most genuinely funny stops on Route 66 .
Juan Delgadillo opened the Snow Cap Drive-In in 1953 using leftover lumber and scrap material from the Santa Fe Railroad. He ran it for over fifty years as one of the most genuinely funny stops on Route 66 .
📍 Jim Hinckley's America, Kingman, Arizona
A bronze statue of Route 66 historian and author Jim Hinckley stands in front of the Kingman Amtrak depot — a fitting tribute to a man who is still very much out there telling the story of this highway and this town to the world.
A bronze statue of Route 66 historian and author Jim Hinckley stands in front of the Kingman Amtrak depot — a fitting tribute to a man who is still very much out there telling the story of this highway and this town to the world.
September 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
📍 Jim Hinckley's America, Kingman, Arizona
A bronze statue of Route 66 historian and author Jim Hinckley stands in front of the Kingman Amtrak depot — a fitting tribute to a man who is still very much out there telling the story of this highway and this town to the world.
A bronze statue of Route 66 historian and author Jim Hinckley stands in front of the Kingman Amtrak depot — a fitting tribute to a man who is still very much out there telling the story of this highway and this town to the world.
📍 Adamana, Arizona
Adamana was a railroad stop and small settlement near the Petrified Forest that served as the main entry point for tourists visiting the national monument before paved roads existed.
When Route 66 opened a better path to the park, Adamana lost its purpose almost overnight.
Adamana was a railroad stop and small settlement near the Petrified Forest that served as the main entry point for tourists visiting the national monument before paved roads existed.
When Route 66 opened a better path to the park, Adamana lost its purpose almost overnight.
September 15, 2026 at 3:31 PM
📍 Adamana, Arizona
Adamana was a railroad stop and small settlement near the Petrified Forest that served as the main entry point for tourists visiting the national monument before paved roads existed.
When Route 66 opened a better path to the park, Adamana lost its purpose almost overnight.
Adamana was a railroad stop and small settlement near the Petrified Forest that served as the main entry point for tourists visiting the national monument before paved roads existed.
When Route 66 opened a better path to the park, Adamana lost its purpose almost overnight.
📍 Prescott Courthouse Plaza, Arizona
About 60 miles south of Route 66 via Williams or Ash Fork, Prescott's Courthouse Plaza is the heart of one of Arizona's most historic towns.
The plaza is ringed by Whiskey Row - saloons that have been pouring drinks since the 1860s.
About 60 miles south of Route 66 via Williams or Ash Fork, Prescott's Courthouse Plaza is the heart of one of Arizona's most historic towns.
The plaza is ringed by Whiskey Row - saloons that have been pouring drinks since the 1860s.
September 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
📍 Prescott Courthouse Plaza, Arizona
About 60 miles south of Route 66 via Williams or Ash Fork, Prescott's Courthouse Plaza is the heart of one of Arizona's most historic towns.
The plaza is ringed by Whiskey Row - saloons that have been pouring drinks since the 1860s.
About 60 miles south of Route 66 via Williams or Ash Fork, Prescott's Courthouse Plaza is the heart of one of Arizona's most historic towns.
The plaza is ringed by Whiskey Row - saloons that have been pouring drinks since the 1860s.
📍 Brunswick Hotel, Kingman, Arizona
The Brunswick Hotel on Fifth Street in Kingman opened in 1909 and is one of the oldest surviving hotels in northwestern Arizona.
It was built to serve railroad workers and traveling salesmen passing through what was then a rough-edged mining and cattle town.
The Brunswick Hotel on Fifth Street in Kingman opened in 1909 and is one of the oldest surviving hotels in northwestern Arizona.
It was built to serve railroad workers and traveling salesmen passing through what was then a rough-edged mining and cattle town.
September 13, 2026 at 7:08 PM
📍 Brunswick Hotel, Kingman, Arizona
The Brunswick Hotel on Fifth Street in Kingman opened in 1909 and is one of the oldest surviving hotels in northwestern Arizona.
It was built to serve railroad workers and traveling salesmen passing through what was then a rough-edged mining and cattle town.
The Brunswick Hotel on Fifth Street in Kingman opened in 1909 and is one of the oldest surviving hotels in northwestern Arizona.
It was built to serve railroad workers and traveling salesmen passing through what was then a rough-edged mining and cattle town.
📍 Pinta, Arizona
Pinta is a small settlement on the Navajo Nation east of Holbrook that sits on one of the quieter stretches of Arizona's Route 66.
The name comes from the Spanish word for painted — a reference to the landscape of colored rock and clay that surrounds it.
Pinta is a small settlement on the Navajo Nation east of Holbrook that sits on one of the quieter stretches of Arizona's Route 66.
The name comes from the Spanish word for painted — a reference to the landscape of colored rock and clay that surrounds it.
September 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
📍 Pinta, Arizona
Pinta is a small settlement on the Navajo Nation east of Holbrook that sits on one of the quieter stretches of Arizona's Route 66.
The name comes from the Spanish word for painted — a reference to the landscape of colored rock and clay that surrounds it.
Pinta is a small settlement on the Navajo Nation east of Holbrook that sits on one of the quieter stretches of Arizona's Route 66.
The name comes from the Spanish word for painted — a reference to the landscape of colored rock and clay that surrounds it.
📍 Window Rock, Navajo Nation, Arizona
About 25 miles north of the highway near Lupton, Window Rock is the capital of the Navajo Nation — the largest Native American reservation in the United States, covering 27,000 square miles across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
About 25 miles north of the highway near Lupton, Window Rock is the capital of the Navajo Nation — the largest Native American reservation in the United States, covering 27,000 square miles across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
September 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
📍 Window Rock, Navajo Nation, Arizona
About 25 miles north of the highway near Lupton, Window Rock is the capital of the Navajo Nation — the largest Native American reservation in the United States, covering 27,000 square miles across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
About 25 miles north of the highway near Lupton, Window Rock is the capital of the Navajo Nation — the largest Native American reservation in the United States, covering 27,000 square miles across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
📍 Hotel Monte Vista, Flagstaff, Arizona
The Hotel Monte Vista opened on New Year's Day 1927, funded by a public stock offering that raised $200,000 from Flagstaff residents who wanted a first-class hotel on Route 66.
The Hotel Monte Vista opened on New Year's Day 1927, funded by a public stock offering that raised $200,000 from Flagstaff residents who wanted a first-class hotel on Route 66.
September 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
📍 Hotel Monte Vista, Flagstaff, Arizona
The Hotel Monte Vista opened on New Year's Day 1927, funded by a public stock offering that raised $200,000 from Flagstaff residents who wanted a first-class hotel on Route 66.
The Hotel Monte Vista opened on New Year's Day 1927, funded by a public stock offering that raised $200,000 from Flagstaff residents who wanted a first-class hotel on Route 66.
📍 Navajo Bridge, Marble Canyon, Arizona
Navajo Bridge spans the Colorado River at Marble Canyon about 75 miles north of Flagstaff and was the only place between Moab and Needles where a vehicle could cross the river when it opened in 1929.
Navajo Bridge spans the Colorado River at Marble Canyon about 75 miles north of Flagstaff and was the only place between Moab and Needles where a vehicle could cross the river when it opened in 1929.
September 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
📍 Navajo Bridge, Marble Canyon, Arizona
Navajo Bridge spans the Colorado River at Marble Canyon about 75 miles north of Flagstaff and was the only place between Moab and Needles where a vehicle could cross the river when it opened in 1929.
Navajo Bridge spans the Colorado River at Marble Canyon about 75 miles north of Flagstaff and was the only place between Moab and Needles where a vehicle could cross the river when it opened in 1929.
📍 The Rusty Bolt, Seligman, Arizona
The Rusty Bolt sits on Route 66 in Seligman and does exactly what a good roadside stop is supposed to do — it gives you a reason to slow down and stay a while.
The Rusty Bolt sits on Route 66 in Seligman and does exactly what a good roadside stop is supposed to do — it gives you a reason to slow down and stay a while.
September 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM
📍 The Rusty Bolt, Seligman, Arizona
The Rusty Bolt sits on Route 66 in Seligman and does exactly what a good roadside stop is supposed to do — it gives you a reason to slow down and stay a while.
The Rusty Bolt sits on Route 66 in Seligman and does exactly what a good roadside stop is supposed to do — it gives you a reason to slow down and stay a while.
📍 Montezuma Castle National Monument, Camp Verde, Arizona
About an hour south of Flagstaff, Montezuma Castle is a five-story, twenty-room cliff dwelling built by the Sinagua people around 1100 AD into a natural limestone alcove ninety feet above Beaver Creek.
About an hour south of Flagstaff, Montezuma Castle is a five-story, twenty-room cliff dwelling built by the Sinagua people around 1100 AD into a natural limestone alcove ninety feet above Beaver Creek.
September 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
📍 Montezuma Castle National Monument, Camp Verde, Arizona
About an hour south of Flagstaff, Montezuma Castle is a five-story, twenty-room cliff dwelling built by the Sinagua people around 1100 AD into a natural limestone alcove ninety feet above Beaver Creek.
About an hour south of Flagstaff, Montezuma Castle is a five-story, twenty-room cliff dwelling built by the Sinagua people around 1100 AD into a natural limestone alcove ninety feet above Beaver Creek.
📍 Rock Art Ranch, Holbrook, Arizona
About twenty miles south of Route 66 near Holbrook, Rock Art Ranch sits on a working cattle ranch that happens to contain one of the most significant petroglyph sites in the American Southwest.
About twenty miles south of Route 66 near Holbrook, Rock Art Ranch sits on a working cattle ranch that happens to contain one of the most significant petroglyph sites in the American Southwest.
September 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
📍 Rock Art Ranch, Holbrook, Arizona
About twenty miles south of Route 66 near Holbrook, Rock Art Ranch sits on a working cattle ranch that happens to contain one of the most significant petroglyph sites in the American Southwest.
About twenty miles south of Route 66 near Holbrook, Rock Art Ranch sits on a working cattle ranch that happens to contain one of the most significant petroglyph sites in the American Southwest.
📍 Old Trails Museum, Winslow, Arizona
The Old Trails Museum in downtown Winslow sits in a 1921 building that started life as a bank and holds one of the most focused collections of Winslow and Route 66 history in Arizona.
The Old Trails Museum in downtown Winslow sits in a 1921 building that started life as a bank and holds one of the most focused collections of Winslow and Route 66 history in Arizona.
September 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
📍 Old Trails Museum, Winslow, Arizona
The Old Trails Museum in downtown Winslow sits in a 1921 building that started life as a bank and holds one of the most focused collections of Winslow and Route 66 history in Arizona.
The Old Trails Museum in downtown Winslow sits in a 1921 building that started life as a bank and holds one of the most focused collections of Winslow and Route 66 history in Arizona.
📍 Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona
About an hour south of Flagstaff in the Verde Valley, Tuzigoot is a Sinagua pueblo built on a limestone ridge between 1000 and 1400 AD.
At its peak the village held around 225 people in 110 rooms stacked two and three stories high.
About an hour south of Flagstaff in the Verde Valley, Tuzigoot is a Sinagua pueblo built on a limestone ridge between 1000 and 1400 AD.
At its peak the village held around 225 people in 110 rooms stacked two and three stories high.
September 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
📍 Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona
About an hour south of Flagstaff in the Verde Valley, Tuzigoot is a Sinagua pueblo built on a limestone ridge between 1000 and 1400 AD.
At its peak the village held around 225 people in 110 rooms stacked two and three stories high.
About an hour south of Flagstaff in the Verde Valley, Tuzigoot is a Sinagua pueblo built on a limestone ridge between 1000 and 1400 AD.
At its peak the village held around 225 people in 110 rooms stacked two and three stories high.
📍 Boundary Cone Butte, Arizona
Boundary Cone Butte a volcanic neck rising sharply above the desert floor just east of the California state line along Route 66. Long before automobiles existed, this butte guided Indigenous travelers, miners, and surveyors through the foothills of the Black Mountains
Boundary Cone Butte a volcanic neck rising sharply above the desert floor just east of the California state line along Route 66. Long before automobiles existed, this butte guided Indigenous travelers, miners, and surveyors through the foothills of the Black Mountains
September 3, 2026 at 8:58 PM
📍 Boundary Cone Butte, Arizona
Boundary Cone Butte a volcanic neck rising sharply above the desert floor just east of the California state line along Route 66. Long before automobiles existed, this butte guided Indigenous travelers, miners, and surveyors through the foothills of the Black Mountains
Boundary Cone Butte a volcanic neck rising sharply above the desert floor just east of the California state line along Route 66. Long before automobiles existed, this butte guided Indigenous travelers, miners, and surveyors through the foothills of the Black Mountains
📍 Mohave Museum of History & Arts, Kingman, Arizona
The Mohave Museum of History and Arts on Beale Street in Kingman is one of the most complete local history collections in northwestern Arizona.
The Mohave Museum of History and Arts on Beale Street in Kingman is one of the most complete local history collections in northwestern Arizona.
September 2, 2026 at 4:40 PM
📍 Mohave Museum of History & Arts, Kingman, Arizona
The Mohave Museum of History and Arts on Beale Street in Kingman is one of the most complete local history collections in northwestern Arizona.
The Mohave Museum of History and Arts on Beale Street in Kingman is one of the most complete local history collections in northwestern Arizona.
📍 Tucumcari Mountain, New Mexico
Tucumcari Mountain rises about a thousand feet over the plains just south of the Route 66 town that borrowed its name, and it was a landmark long before there was a highway to name after it.
Tucumcari Mountain rises about a thousand feet over the plains just south of the Route 66 town that borrowed its name, and it was a landmark long before there was a highway to name after it.
September 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
📍 Tucumcari Mountain, New Mexico
Tucumcari Mountain rises about a thousand feet over the plains just south of the Route 66 town that borrowed its name, and it was a landmark long before there was a highway to name after it.
Tucumcari Mountain rises about a thousand feet over the plains just south of the Route 66 town that borrowed its name, and it was a landmark long before there was a highway to name after it.
📍 Hilltop Motel, Kingman, Arizona
John Mescheid built this motor court in 1954 on a rise above Andy Devine Avenue, advertising the best view in Kingman and meaning it.
The motel passed through a string of owners over the decades, each one keeping the neon sign lit .
John Mescheid built this motor court in 1954 on a rise above Andy Devine Avenue, advertising the best view in Kingman and meaning it.
The motel passed through a string of owners over the decades, each one keeping the neon sign lit .
August 30, 2026 at 2:47 PM
📍 Hilltop Motel, Kingman, Arizona
John Mescheid built this motor court in 1954 on a rise above Andy Devine Avenue, advertising the best view in Kingman and meaning it.
The motel passed through a string of owners over the decades, each one keeping the neon sign lit .
John Mescheid built this motor court in 1954 on a rise above Andy Devine Avenue, advertising the best view in Kingman and meaning it.
The motel passed through a string of owners over the decades, each one keeping the neon sign lit .
📍 Newcomb Trading Post, New Mexico
Newcomb Trading Post sits on the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border and has been a center of Navajo weaving trade since the early 1900s.
Newcomb Trading Post sits on the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border and has been a center of Navajo weaving trade since the early 1900s.
August 29, 2026 at 5:25 PM
📍 Newcomb Trading Post, New Mexico
Newcomb Trading Post sits on the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border and has been a center of Navajo weaving trade since the early 1900s.
Newcomb Trading Post sits on the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border and has been a center of Navajo weaving trade since the early 1900s.
📍 Valentine, Arizona
The schoolhouse at Valentine, Arizona was built in 1903 as the Truxton Canyon Training School, a boarding school run by the Office of Indian Affairs for Hualapai, Havasupai, Hopi, Navajo, and other children taken from their families and taught to leave their languages behind.
The schoolhouse at Valentine, Arizona was built in 1903 as the Truxton Canyon Training School, a boarding school run by the Office of Indian Affairs for Hualapai, Havasupai, Hopi, Navajo, and other children taken from their families and taught to leave their languages behind.
August 28, 2026 at 5:25 PM
📍 Valentine, Arizona
The schoolhouse at Valentine, Arizona was built in 1903 as the Truxton Canyon Training School, a boarding school run by the Office of Indian Affairs for Hualapai, Havasupai, Hopi, Navajo, and other children taken from their families and taught to leave their languages behind.
The schoolhouse at Valentine, Arizona was built in 1903 as the Truxton Canyon Training School, a boarding school run by the Office of Indian Affairs for Hualapai, Havasupai, Hopi, Navajo, and other children taken from their families and taught to leave their languages behind.
📍 Bearizona, Williams, Arizona
Brothers Sean and Dennis Casey opened this drive-through wildlife park on Route 66 in 2010, following in the footsteps of their parents' South Dakota safari park. Three miles of road wind through 160 acres of ponderosa pine where bears, wolves, bison, and elk roam.
Brothers Sean and Dennis Casey opened this drive-through wildlife park on Route 66 in 2010, following in the footsteps of their parents' South Dakota safari park. Three miles of road wind through 160 acres of ponderosa pine where bears, wolves, bison, and elk roam.
August 26, 2026 at 6:33 PM
📍 Bearizona, Williams, Arizona
Brothers Sean and Dennis Casey opened this drive-through wildlife park on Route 66 in 2010, following in the footsteps of their parents' South Dakota safari park. Three miles of road wind through 160 acres of ponderosa pine where bears, wolves, bison, and elk roam.
Brothers Sean and Dennis Casey opened this drive-through wildlife park on Route 66 in 2010, following in the footsteps of their parents' South Dakota safari park. Three miles of road wind through 160 acres of ponderosa pine where bears, wolves, bison, and elk roam.