Buckingham Fountain is located in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois.

Built in 1927, just one year after the establishment of Route 66, this fountain is the symbolic starting point for Route 66.

It's design is based on a Versailles Palace fountain. It contains 134 water jets which pump 14,100 gallons of water per minute. The fountain is one of the largest in the world with a capacity of 1.5 million gallons of water and a diameter of 280-feet.

During the summer, Buckingham Fountain shoots water 150-feet in the air for 20 minutes every hour on the hour.