Posts by Tin Sheets
Day 88 Travel
You love to travel. We love to travel. We want to help you plan your next trip and discover the backroads, vintage motels, diners, and quirky roadside attractions! We are very excited to introduce our newest endeavor, Day 88 Travel. For years, we’ve been researching routes throughout the US and now we want to share our discoveries with you. From a…
Read MoreSign Seeker: White Sands Motel, Alamogordo, NM
The White Sands Motel in Alamogordo, NM is conveniently located just 12 miles from White Sands National Park. The well-maintained sign is most likely from the 1960s and the motel recently renovated with positive reviews. It’s definitely a good option when visiting White Sands National Park, which is one of the coolest places we’ve visited…
Read MoreSign Seeker: Los Ojos Bar, Jemez Springs, NM
Along the beautiful Jemez Mountain Trail National Scenic Byway, the small town of Jemez Springs, NM has some treasures, including the Los Ojos Bar. What was originally built as a mercantile in the late 19th Century, become the Los Ojos Bar in 1947. Throughout the years, the building has served as many different businesses, but…
Read MoreSign Seeker: The Win Place Show Bar, Ruidoso, NM
The Win Place and Show Bar in Ruidoso, NM has been in business since 1956. Not just a bar, the Win Place and Show also has live music, axe throwing, and package liquor sales. We’re unsure of the age of the sign, but did learn it once had neon which was removed, and the sign…
Read MoreTwo-Lane Tidbit: Stations of the Cross, San Luis, CO
Sitting atop La Mesa de la Piedad y de la Misericordia (the Hill of Piety and Misery) in San Luis, CO, the oldest town in Colorado, is the Shrine of the Stations of the Cross. Fifteen bronze statues created by local artist Huberto Maestas depicting the Stations of the Cross, the final hours of Jesus’…
Read MoreTwo-Lane Tidbit: Mexican Canyon Railroad Trestle, Cloudcroft, NM
Near Cloudcroft, NM is the Mexican Canyon Trestle, a portion of the former Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway. Constructed in 1899 and in use until 1947, it stands 52 over the valley floor, runs 323 feet in length, and was one of 58 trestles built on a 32-mile track from Alamogordo to numerous timber areas…
Read MoreTwo-Lane Tidbit: Smokey Bear Historical Park, Capitan, NM
Everyone is familiar with Smokey Bear and his important message about preventing wildfires, but did you know that Smokey Bear was a real bear? The longest-running public service announcement advertising campaign in American history, Smokey first appeared in 1944. The famous “Remember…only YOU can prevent forest fires” slogan was created in 1947 and used until…
Read MoreTwo-Lane Tidbit: Lodgepole Opera House, Lodgepole, NE
Built in 1911, the Lodgepole Opera House in Lodgepole, NE was constructed as a garage on the first level and an opera house on the upper floor. Sitting along the route of the Lincoln Highway, it was built at a time when opera houses were springing up across Nebraska, their popularity a result of rural…
Read MoreSign Seeker: Driftwood Motel, Denver, CO
The Driftwood Motel sits just off Denver’s Colfax Ave/US Highway 40, “the longest, wickedest street in America”. It looked like a pretty hopping place in the 60s based on postcards; however, we are unable to find any other history, with the exception of the less than stellar more recent happenings of explosion and barricade situations.
Read MoreTwo-Lane Tidbit: State Line Truck Stop and Cafe, Pine Bluffs, WY
The former State Line Truck Stop and Cafe sits along the Lincoln Highway straddling the Nebraska-Wyoming border just outside the town of Pine Bluffs, WY. Closed and abandoned since the early 1990s, this one has been on our bucket list for quite some time. It was one of the most prominent stations along the 1913…
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