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Cadillac Ranch, Texas
1998
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The Cadillac Ranch is situated west of Amarillo along I-40 and may be difficult to find since there are no signs indicating its location. I visited it in January and the mud was so thick and sticky that it made your feet feel like lead weights! Its removal required a knife of sharp stick.
Quoting from Route 66 - A Guidebook to the Mother Road by Bob Moore & Patrick Grauwels “... make the pilgrimage to the Cadillac Ranch constructed in 1974 by the billionaire Stanley Marsh 3 in homage to the American route. A group of architectural designers from San Francisco planted ten Cadillac’s (models dating from 1948 to 1964) in the ground at the same angle as the Great Pyramid. They are regularly re-sprayed and their bodywork is left to the imagination (or the desire to leave their mark) of all those who stop and cross the field to admire this masterpiece. Possibly (but to each his own) the most appealing place on the route.”
Unfortunately it was evident that some visitors felt free to remove souvenirs -- there are always some who can not just simply appreciate the creation.
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