Steel Rails and the Double Six
Legendary Route 66 is more than America’s most famous highway and its longest attraction. It is also more than a living, breathing time capsule with
Featuring Quirky Lodging, Mom-and-Pop Motels and more! Not just mid-century, but amazing places to stay the night on your Retro Roadtrip!
Legendary Route 66 is more than America’s most famous highway and its longest attraction. It is also more than a living, breathing time capsule with
“The Motels of Route 66”, a project “in the works”, is documentary film and accompanying book about the iconic vintage motels alongside the Main Street
Check out this rockin Lego Mid-Century Motel – it’s really cool: We’re still working on modifications to the site – check back with us often!
Thanks to to Frank Gifford at Route 66 Pix for setting Rand McNally right! Rand McNally misplaced Route 66 for a large section that stretches
You walk into a neon shop expecting nostalgia. You leave thinking about chemistry, electricity, municipal zoning codes, and 1940s craftsmanship. That’s what happened when I
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
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,
Our summer trip began with a place so fun and unique that my 12 year old son now counts it as his favorite place ever.
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!
When you step into the Neon Museum in Las Vegas — known as the “Neon Boneyard” — you step into a glowing archive of the
While traveling the mother road (also known as Route 66) over spring break, we were fortunate enough to find out about a side road –
The Munger Moss Motel promises a charming vintage “vaycay” setting along the rustic Route 66 highway. Located in Lebanon, Missouri the Munger Moss Motel’s brightly
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
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
Our last stop in Colorado Springs was our favorite – architecturally, accommodations AND price (can you get better than that?) For a very reasonable price
If you find yourself in the middle of Missouri – you’re going to want to make sure that Cuba Missouri is a stop on your
A huge update from the Boots Motel website! IMPORTANT UPDATE: August 15th., 2011 The Route 66 Chamber of Commerce is happy to announce that two
The Capitol Skyline Hotel is a hotel located near the United States Capitol in Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Designed by Morris Lapidus, the hotel opened
We love driving Route 66 and each time we find new sites and fun finds and our favorite on the last trip was Pops in
Sad news for Googie Fans. Here are several retrospectives and Obituatries: LA Observed, Kevin Roderick, editor Southern California Public Radio Mercury News LA Times –
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