Cool Springs camp and service station opened its doors to Mother Road travelers in the 1920s, offering a warm meal, gas for your car, and eight cabins for guests to spend the night. 

vintage postcard of cool springs station that reads "cool springs the only tourist mart on U.S. Highway 66 20 miles west of Kingman Arizona"

The gas station burned down in 1966. After 25 years of being abandoned, interest in Cool Springs renewed in the 1990s. First, actor Jean-Claude Van Damme came here to film several scenes from his movie Universal Soldier which concluded with a massive explosion along the side of the highway. Yes, the movie crew rebuilt the gas station here and then proceeded to blow it up.

Then, in 2001 a Chicago man named Ned Leuchtner bought Cool Springs and returned the historic property to its former glory.

Today, Cool Springs Station offers plenty of unique Route 66 and Cool Springs memorabilia for sale, with artifacts and photos of the original Cool Springs on display.