Reno, like Vegas, was once awash in neon signs, and while some still stand, there’s a concern about preserving those that don’t — or those that soon won’t — as Holly Hutchings of KUNR recently report...
As you top a rise near Powell, Tennessee, you’ll see the former Nickle filling station, a building in the shape of an airplane that has been the subject of a recent preservation effort. The Nickle br...
My parents’ 1937 Nash LaFayette took me on my first vacation. We stayed at a motel—actually, a long string of lakeshore cabins—in 1949. The lake and our cabin smelled of dead fish. Photo by Mark J. M...
Jaywalking simply didn’t exist before the automobile, so how did it — both the term and the crime — come about? According to this deep dive into the history of jaywalking, it was actually a concerted...
Reader Greg Beaulieu forwarded this website that captures the golden age of American Motels, each a different example of mid-century architectural design and tourist trap aesthetic. They’re catalogue...