Retro Roadtrip: Blue Swallow Motel, Tucumcari, NM
You are driving your vintage Cadillac, traveling the open New Mexican stretch of Route 66 with your canine companion. The sun starts creeping below the
Featuring Quirky Lodging, Mom-and-Pop Motels and more! Not just mid-century, but amazing places to stay the night on your Retro Roadtrip!
You are driving your vintage Cadillac, traveling the open New Mexican stretch of Route 66 with your canine companion. The sun starts creeping below the
I LOVE it when I get feedback from my readers that means you not only GET it! You’re in it with me! I got a
Phoenicia Lodge has been on our Mid-Century Motel directory for a long time – so when we planned a trip through upstate New York, we
Taken at the “Holiday Inn” in Canyon City Colorado, we loved the carport design! If you have any photos you’d like our readers to see,
This photo, taken by a friend of mine (Studio Whimsy) – is of the Apache Motel in Moab Utah – great sign and apparently a
Immortalized in the anthem penned by Bobby Troup, Kingman in western Arizona is a bit of an enigma. On the map, it appears to be
Lurking on my favorite Route 66 group, I’ve found some interesting and fun news! First, always wanting to encourage preservation, it appears the Historic Minnetonka
Sad news for Googie Fans. Here are several retrospectives and Obituatries: LA Observed, Kevin Roderick, editor Southern California Public Radio Mercury News LA Times –
One of our favorite parts of Mid-Century travel is finding those fabulous out of the way motels for an affordable price. One of our biggest
A fantastic Mid-Century Motel located in Alamogordo, NM! As always, leave a link to your Mid-Century Photo in the comments below!
The fun thing about having a website like this is when your friends travel – they send you photos. This one was taken by my
Continuing our spring break tour, we were excited to hit Williams, Arizona and especially happy to check in to the Canyon Motel and RV Park!
Opened in 1941, the El Cortez Hotel & Casino is one of Las Vegas’s oldest operating casinos — and one of its most authentic. In
A favorite stop along Route 66 is the Blue Whale. Folk art stops like this make Route 66 fun to travel – but you have
I realize this motel was built in 1939, which technically makes it out of our realm for 50’s motels, but it’s along the famed Route
Eight years ago, Brian and Sara, two Brooklynites, stumbled upon an old roadside lodge where the paint had faded, the floors were cracked, and most of
Permanently Closed You have to give owners credit when they change the name of a motel, and yet keep the cool Googie sign. The new
We have had the Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, NM in our Motel Directory for a long time.It’s as much of an icon along Route
Traveling over the holidays, we made a point to stop at the Cimarron Heritage Center Museum & Information Center in Boise City, Oklahoma.Why you may
From one of our posters on our newest Flickr Group – Mid-Century Motels! This fantastic Googie Sign pictures is one of “Pam’s Pics” on flickr
We’re off on another Retro Roadtrip – this time to give some support to the communities around Colorado Springs our moral and financial support after
The good folks at the City of Kingman, Josh Noble, the tourism director, Ray Cullison and the Kingsmen, and the volunteers who labored so hard
What we love about Mid-Century travel is feeling you’ve been thrown back in time to a period where motor travel was cool, lounging by the
Here at Mid-Century Style, as we researched the good and the “needing-renovation” of 1950’s motels, one name kept coming up over and over. The Shady
I’ve been slow about posting, but interested to know how you all do on this route 66 Quiz: How Stuff Works: Vintage Route 66 Businesses