Entry No. 61 — the Oklahoma City file — filed under: giant-sculpture
POPS 66
A 66-foot neon-lit soda bottle looming over Route 66, fronting a diner stocked with 700+ rare and exotic glass-bottle sodas from around the world. More Warhol fever dream than rest stop.
The story
Route 66 is littered with dusty mid-century nostalgia, but POPS 66 flips that script entirely. Designed by Oklahoma City architect Rand Elliott, the structure is a cantilevered glass box sitting along Highway 66 in Arcadia. Looming directly in front of the station is a 66-foot-tall steel soda bottle sculpture—a towering pop-art monument that looks less like a gas station pit stop and more like a fever dream sitting on Oklahoma red dirt.
Inside, floor-to-ceiling glass shelves are stacked with more than 700 varieties of glass-bottle sodas arranged strictly by color spectrum. Light passes through thousands of bottles, turning the interior into a glowing rainbow of carbonation. The inventory spans regional craft sodas, obscure international brews, and unhinged novelty bottles flavored like bacon, pickle, and birch beer. It functions as a working gas station and diner, but the main ritual is grabbing a hand carton and pacing the aisles to curate a custom six-pack.
What it's like
Expect a expansive parking lot filled with everything from cross-country RVs to local motorcycles. The interior diner gets busy during peak weekend hours, but the line to select sodas moves steadily. The move here is all about timing: arrive just before dusk, pick your six-pack (ask at the register and they'll pop the cap on any bottle you want to drink immediately), and take a table at the diner. By the time you finish, the sun will have set and the 66-foot exterior bottle will be firing off its LED color-changing light show against the night sky.
The move: Each dare the other to pick the weirdest soda flavor (bacon, pickle, birch beer), eat at the diner overlooking the bottle, and stay until it lights up.
📍 Before you go It is a working gas station with a big lot that fits anything from motorcycles to RVs, a short drive northeast of OKC along old Route 66 — and the 66-foot bottle out front is LED-lit, so it only does its color show after dark; time your arrival for dusk. Inside, the cantilevered glass building (by OKC architect Rand Elliott) is shelved wall-to-wall with bottles arranged by color; you can build a custom six-pack, and they will pop the cap at the register if you are drinking it now. The Arcadia Round Barn sits barely half a mile west on the same stretch of 66 — the two are an obvious pairing.
- 📍 Arcadia (near OKC)
- 💸 Free
- ⚡ Up for anything
- 🌗 Outdoors
Where: 660 W Highway 66, Arcadia, OK 73007
Hours: Added 2026-06-09 — confirm current hours before you go.
Pair it with
- Gandini's Circus Ruins — Contrast the sleek neon-and-glass roadside spectacle of POPS with the overgrown, rusted circus cages rusting away just eight miles west in Edmond.
- American Pigeon Museum & Library — Pair a wall of 700 rare glass-bottle sodas with North America's only museum dedicated entirely to pigeons, roughly ten miles back toward the city.
- Factory Obscura: Mix-Tape After Hours — Trade the glowing LED giant soda bottle for an immersive, neon-drenched art maze down in Automobile Alley.
Good to know
What kind of sodas can you actually buy there?
They stock over 700 exotic and rare glass-bottle sodas, ranging from traditional craft root beers and birch beers to odd novelty flavors like bacon and pickle.
Can you drink your sodas on site?
Yes. When you take your sodas to the register, the staff will pop the cap for you so you can drink them in the diner or out by the sculpture.
When does the giant soda bottle light up?
The 66-foot bottle sculpture relies on LEDs, so its multi-color light display only activates after dark. Aim to arrive right around dusk.
What else is right next to POPS on Route 66?
The historic Arcadia Round Barn sits barely half a mile west on the exact same stretch of Highway 66.
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Further reading: Official site · travelok.com · visitokc.com · Yelp
last checked: 2026-06-09