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Roadside Ephemera

Roadside Inn – Dine – Dance – Ojo Caliente, NM

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Featured Fade – Schaefer Ad – East Islip, LI – Fuzzygalore @ Roadside Galore

 

Our Hand Has Never Lost Its Skill © Roadside Galore

Long overdue, this amazing find is on the side of Montauk Highway on the way to the Eastern tip of Long Island. Go to Roadside Galore and read about the saga of preserving this ad.

Cow Skulls, Ristras & Roadrunners – Tucson to Tombstone AZ & Alamogordo NM

Tombstone, AZ © Frank H. Jump

Roadside Stand in Tucson AZ © Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Roadside Stand in Tucson AZ © Frank H. Jump

Roadside Stand, Tucson AZ © Frank H. Jump

Alamogordo NM © Frank H. Jump

Alamogordo NM © Frank H. Jump

Fowl Tucson Roadkill

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Dunmore Shuttle – Rte 307 Exit Rte 380 – Moscow, PA

Dunmore Shuttle - Moscow, PA

Dunmore Shuttle - Moscow, PA

Dunmore Shuttle - Moscow, PA
© Frank H. Jump

Eccentric Roadside – Gunnar & Sherry

© Eccentric Roadside
© Eccentric Roadside

When you come to a fork in the road – take it!

This blog is devoted to old fashioned American roadside attractions… the wonderfully big, bizarre, crazy, wacky, quirky, weird, funny, unique and mundane sites you see travelling cross-country by car in the USA, where getting there really is all the fun! – Gunnar & Sherry, Rhode Island, USA

Montani Semper Liberi – Mountaineers Are Always Free – Off Bartonsville Exit on Route 80 in Northeastern PA

Montani Semper Liberi
© Frank H. Jump

Montani Semper Liberi

Views from the Gowanus Expressway 2005

Frankels

New Utrecht Fuel Oil

Puglia Restaurant

Wemple Windows
© Frank H. Jump

Maple Motel Derelict Neon – Rte 307 S, Maple Lake – Tooley Corners, PA

Maple Motel Derelict Neon - Rte 307 S, Maple Lake - Tooley Corners, PA

Maple Motel Derelict Neon - Rte 307 S, Maple Lake - Tooley Corners, PA

Maple Motel Derelict Neon - Rte 307 S, Maple Lake - Tooley Corners, PA

Maple Motel Derelict Neon - Rte 307 S, Maple Lake - Tooley Corners, PA

Maple Motel Derelict Neon - Rte 307 S, Maple Lake - Tooley Corners, PA

Maple Motel Derelict Neon - Rte 307 S, Maple Lake - Tooley Corners, PA

Maple Motel Derelict Neon - Rte 307 S, Maple Lake - Tooley Corners, PA

Maple Motel Derelict Neon - Rte 307 S, Maple Lake - Tooley Corners, PA

Maple Motel Derelict Neon - Rte 307 S, Maple Lake - Tooley Corners, PA
© Frank H. Jump

With Vincenzo patiently waiting in the car after pointing out the sign. He’s NOT a silent partner.

Derelict Thomas Rug Cleaning Truck – Down the Road from a Nuclear Reactor – Berwick, PA

Down the Road from a Nuclear Reactor - Berwick, PA

Down the Road from a Nuclear Reactor - Berwick, PA

Down the Road from a Nuclear Reactor - Berwick, PA

Inside the Derelict Thomas Rug Cleaning Truck

Inside the Derelict Thomas Rug Cleaning Truck

Thomas Rug Cleaning Truck Dashboard

Down the Road from a Nuclear Reactor - Berwick, PA

Down the Road from a Nuclear Reactor - Berwick, PA
© Frank H. Jump

After passing the Berwick PA’s Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant, this derelict truck was spotted on the road toward Nanticoke. Perhaps it is a derelict dwelling as well.