Get your kicks on Route 66! Just west of Amarillo, Texas along Interstate 50 (old Route 66), lies Cadillac Ranch. A line of ten Cadillacs sits in the middle of a wheat field as homage to the American Dream and the outrageous evolution of the Cadillac tail fin.

In May 1974, Ant Farm, a group of artists from San Francisco drove and hoisted the Cadillacs nose first into chronological order, facing west, from the 1949 Club sedan to the 1963 Sedan de Ville. Funded by wealthy Amarillo businessman Stanley Marsh III, Ant Farm bought the Cadillacs from local junk and used car shops averaging $200 each.

In August 1997, Builders Square, Circuit City and, ironically, a Cadillac dealership were encroaching on Cadillac Ranch. The ranch was moved two miles down the road to keep its place along the horizon.

Cadillac Ranch had been popularized in modern culture through a song by Bruce Springsteen and advertisements created by Chrysler, Lincoln, and GE Plastics.

Podcast Written and Narrated by Kelcie Lloyd, Public History Student at the University of West Florida.