On Kansas’s tiny 13-mile stretch of Route 66 in Galena, the restored Kan-O-Tex Service Station tells a classic roadside revival story: opened in 1934 and originally tied to the Kanotex Refining Company, it declined after Route 66 was rerouted off Main Street in 1979 before being rescued in 2007 by four local women—Betty Courtney, Melba Rigg, Renee Charles, and Judy Courtney—who reopened it as Four Women on the Route, later rebranded as Cars on the Route. Its greatest draw is the weathered 1951 International boom truck outside, nicknamed “Tow Tater,” which Pixar’s Joe Ranft spotted during research for Cars and used as the inspiration for Tow Mater, with director John Lasseter also seeing it on that trip; cartoon eyes were even added to help visitors recognize the resemblance. Now operating as a café and gift shop filled with Route 66 and Cars memorabilia, the station anchors a cluster of movie-themed attractions that make Galena feel like a real-world echo of Radiator Springs.