@starrytraveler.bsky.socialMapleview Liquor in neon : Vintage sign still brings in the regulars
Shot with the Pentax K3 mkIII Monochrome
Austin, MN
#vintagesigns #neonsign #fadedamericana #neon #ClassicMono #roadsideamerica #blackandwhitephotography #signhunters #vintageneon #liquorstore #shootPentax
@lopaw.bsky.socialSimba and I visited the World's Largest Frying Pan in Rose Hill, North Carolina! 🍳🐾 Built in 1963 for the town's…
#WorldsLargestFryingPan #RoseHillNC #GiantFryingPan #NorthCarolina #LifeOnPawsAndWheels #RoseHill #GiantSkillet #RoadsideAttraction #RoadsideAmerica
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@sammi-in-nomadland.bsky.socialThe Original McDonald’s Site and Museum in San Bernardino marks where Richard and Maurice McDonald opened their restaurant in 1940 and introduced their streamlined “Speedee Service System” in 1948. 🍔
#route66 #sanbernardino #california #roadsideamerica
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@sammi-in-nomadland.bsky.socialA lineup of restored Muffler Men and other giant fiberglass advertising figures at the American Giants Museum in Atlanta, Illinois!
#route66 #atlantaillinois #roadsideamerica
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@sammi-in-nomadland.bsky.socialCars on the Route in Galena, Kansas occupies a restored 1934 Kan-O-Tex station. Its 1951 tow truck, “Tow Tater,” helped inspire Mater in Pixar’s Cars. 🚗
#route66 #galenakansas #kansas #roadsideamerica
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@sammi-in-nomadland.bsky.socialOne of the bison at Cherokee Trading Post near Clinton, Oklahoma, where bison graze beside the historic Route 66 stop. 🦬
#route66 #oklahoma #bison #roadsideamerica
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@sammi-in-nomadland.bsky.socialThe Tower Conoco Station and U-Drop Inn opened in Shamrock, Texas in 1936. Its Art Deco tower later helped inspire Ramone’s Body Shop in Cars. 🚗
#route66 #shamrocktexas #texas #roadsideamerica
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@sammi-in-nomadland.bsky.socialThe Leaning Tower of Britten in Groom, Texas was deliberately tilted to catch the attention of Route 66 travelers and advertise a nearby truck stop. 🛣️
#route66 #groomtexas #texas #roadsideamerica
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@sammi-in-nomadland.bsky.socialDream Maker Station in Adrian, Texas sits near the Route 66 midpoint, filled with vintage gas pumps, signs, and roadside memorabilia. 🛣️
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@sammi-in-nomadland.bsky.socialThe Route 66 Midpoint in Adrian, Texas marks the halfway point between Chicago and Los Angeles: 1,139 miles in either direction. 🛣️
@beachtv.bsky.socialApparently, this is where GPS gives up. End of the Road.
#BlackAndWhitePhotography #EndOfTheRoad #FineArtPhotography #RoadsideAmerica #VisualStorytelling #MichiganPhotography #MoodyPhotography
@joshuarubinphoto.bsky.social@sammi-in-nomadland.bsky.socialThe Sandhills Curiosity Shop in Erick, Oklahoma occupies the town’s oldest brick building, originally the City Meat Market. Harley and Annabelle Russell filled it with Route 66 memorabilia. Despite the name, nothing is actually for sale!
@joshuarubinphoto.bsky.social@sammi-in-nomadland.bsky.socialThe Ariston Cafe in Litchfield, Illinois first opened in 1924 and moved to this Route 66 location in 1935 after the highway was realigned. The building still retains original neon signs, booths, and light fixtures. 💛
@sammi-in-nomadland.bsky.socialThe Rainbow Bridge over Brush Creek near Riverton, Kansas was built in 1923, three years before Route 66 was officially established. It later became part of the highway and is the only surviving Marsh Rainbow Arch bridge on Kansas Route 66. 🌈🛣️
@sammi-in-nomadland.bsky.socialLarry Baggett began building this Trail of Tears Memorial near Jerome, Missouri in the 1970s, using concrete and local stone. The folk-art site sits along an old stretch of Route 66 and is still being restored today. 🪨
@sammi-in-nomadland.bsky.socialThe Cotton Boll Motel opened along Route 66 in Canute, Oklahoma in 1960, with 16 rooms, air conditioning, and a TV in every room. The motel is now private property, but its fantastic neon cotton-boll sign still survives as a Route 66 landmark. 🛣️
