15 for ’26 Ride #12: Cadillac Ranch
Amarillo, TX
Image by Heidi Kaden
Check-in Location
Cadillac Ranch, 13651 Interstate-40 Frontage Rd., Amarillo, TX 79124
A monument to the golden age of automotive tail fins, Cadillac Ranch is perhaps one of Route 66’s most well-known attractions. Ten vintage Cadillacs, manufactured between 1949 and 1963 are buried in a straight line at a 60-degree angle, nose-down, tail-up, in an Amarillo field. The installation was created in 1974 by a group called the Ant Farm, an art collective based in San Francisco. An eccentric local millionaire provided the inspiration, land, and funding for the project.
Its graffiti-covered automobiles are a constantly changing riot of colors, thanks to the hordes of visitors who bring spray paint to add their own artistry to the exhibit. Rather than being considered an act of vandalism, spray-painting the vintage Caddies is encouraged, but visitors are requested to spray only the cars—not the surrounding property—and to properly dispose of empty spray cans.
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