Adrian (Texas)

Adrian is in Oldham County, approximately 14 miles from Vega (Texas).

Access is by highway. Adrian is on Route 66, a once-famous US Highway which was bypassed long ago by Interstate 40. In the Texas Panhandle, the old road still exists in the individual towns as "Interstate 40 BUS" but otherwise was "upgraded in place" (or replaced) by mainline I-40.

• Adrian Lion's Club Farm and Ranch Museum

  phone: +1 806 267-2828
  address: East Route 66
  Collection of antique farm equipment and machinery includes a 1930s Caterpillar combine, horse-drawn equipment, early tractors and a vintage windmill. Descriptive signs for self-guided tour.

• Giles HotelVintage hotel from the 1930s, abandoned and now in disrepair.

• Bent Door Café

  phone: +1 936 615-7730
  address: 104 W Historic Rt 66
  Former roadside café and trading post built in 1947 from World War II surplus, incorporates portions of a decommissioned wartime air traffic control tower. The tower windows originally slanted toward the runway so the door is bent to match. Under common ownership with the Fabulous 40 motel. A 1920s Phillips 66 cottage-style fuel station has been moved to the Bent Door property from Vega (Texas) for eventual use as a souvenir shop.

• Sunflower Station

  phone: +1 806-538-6380
  address: Route 66
  Antique and vintage store in 1930s service station.

• MidPoint Café

  phone: +1 806 538-6379
  address: 305 West Historic Route 66
  1928 roadside café which operated 24 hrs/day in Route 66's heyday. Antique and souvenir shop. Fran Houser, proprietor from 1990 until retiring to Sunflower Station in 2012, is the basis for Flo of "Flo's V-8 Diner" in Cars (film).

• Fabulous 40 Motel

  phone: +1 806 538-6215 (landline), +1 936 615-7730 (mobile)
  address: 301 W Historic Rt 66 (I-40B)
  Small 20-room motel established 1967 (when I-40 first came to town), closed 2004 (after the founders died) and partially reopened in October 2016 under new management. Continental breakfast in the rec room each morning with fresh coffee and tea bar; toaster, microwave, refrigerator available for use.

• Midpoint Route 66 Campground

  phone: +1 806 344-6530
  address: 100 Route 66
  Caravan park with RV hookups, wi-fi, showers, propane.