Ghosts on Wheels: Forgotten Cars Along the Mother Road
Driving Arizona’s stretch of Route 66, we explored the desert’s forgotten roadside relics.
Dispatches from the road — personal essays, travel stories, and observations from two decades of exploring America's overlooked corners.
Driving Arizona’s stretch of Route 66, we explored the desert’s forgotten roadside relics.
I love exploring old highways for something new and unique—especially places like the Kozy Corner Trailer Court in Antares, Arizona.
Founded in 1926, Whiting Brothers built over 100 gas stations along U.S. highways—many on Route 66.
Fort Wingate’s history is deeply entwined with U.S. efforts to manage, suppress, and later reconcile relations with the Navajo people.
Tucked into the Grand Canyon, the Bat Cave Mine once held the promise of immense fortune through the extraction of bat guano.
On a rainy, overcast day in Frankfort, Kentucky, I joined Todd Wilson for a tour of historic bridges and tunnels along the Kentucky River…
We were in town for work but carved out time one pleasantly cool evening to explore the southern fringes of the Las Vegas Strip…
Bordering the Colorado Air and Space Port lies an abandoned farmstead that drew my attention following a night spent camping at a nearby ranch.
Travelers journeying westward along Colorado's Eastern Plains once found a captivating stop in Genoa: the World's Wonder View Tower.
Washington Square Mall in Indianapolis opened in 1974 as a major retail hub but declined over the decades.
Washington Mall in Pennsylvania, once a bustling shopping center, is being redeveloped into a new retail hub featuring Costco.
Nanty Glo, located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, grew from a small lumber camp into one of America's prominent coal mining communities.