Giant Chicken Army: Bird House – Page, Arizona
This big ole bird is the quintessential giant chicken army vet. Look at him in his perfect white livery with red comb and yellow kickers. You and I both know if he felt like...
Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn – Pennsylvania
When I see a vignette like this scene with the lovely Mail Pouch barn and the carefully placed old cars, it is hard not to imagine that the caretaker doesn’t want to share this...
Two Mile Landing Sea Captain – Wildwood, New Jersey
Peg leg, hook hand, dead-eyed thousand yard stare? Salty sea captain perfection! I had never head about this guy before seeing him on my way between Cape May and Wildwood, New Jersey. you know...
Snapshots from the Bent Door on Route 66 – Adrian, Texas
This photo was snapped outside of the now defunct Bent Door Café in Adrian, Texas. The town of Adrian itself marks Route 66’s midway point between Chicago, Illinois and Santa Monica, California.
Totah Theater Marquee – Farmington, New Mexico
Farmington, New Mexico wasn’t a place I specifically set out to visit. Instead, it was one of those places I just happened to be passing through on my way somewhere else. But, I consider...
Ghost Sign: Drink Coca-Cola – Dayton, Tennessee
This ghost sign wall in Dayton, Tennessee offers a two for one punch with the remnants of Mansfield’s Coffee Shoppe floating above a Drink Coca-Cola mural featuring a glass bottle design.
WOFE and WUFX Old Radio Station Building – Rockwood, Tennessee
As I prefer to do, I skipped taking the interstate on my way back towards Knoxville from Dayton, Tennessee. Invariably it takes longer to get anywhere this way, but passing through small towns and...
Iconic Knoxville Neon Sign – Mac Auto Loans
Since the spring of 2025, I’d seen the Mac Auto Loans neon sign sitting in a sign yard which I drove by often. Seeing it off in the distance as I zipped by for...
Giant Chicken Army: Royal Farms Yellow Bird – New Jersey
This big yellow bird crossed my path unexpectedly when I needed to stop at a gas station after visiting Nitro Girl and the Magnolia muffler man. I pulled in to the Royal Farms and...
Inner Thoughts on Life’s To Do Lists
One of the best things about making bucket, wish, or to do lists is actually, you know, doing the things on it. Whatever the reason something found its way on to your list –...
World’s Largest Teapot – Chester, West Virginia
After languishing on my life’s To Do list for some time, I’d made my way out to Chester, West Virginia and saw the world’s largest tea pot in the summer of 2015. At that...
The World’s Largest Big Mac – North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
There are moments in your life when something crosses your path that you didn’t know you’d want to see until the moment you actually see it. This giant Big Mac falls squarely in that...
Three Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco Ghost Signs – NY/PA
These three Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco ghost signs are all within a radius of about 20 miles of one another. If you happen to be out ghost hunting, here are three pins for your...
Photo: Hey, It’s Me and Some Hole in the Ground
Like everyone else who’s been there, I have a mountain of photos which I’d snapped during my visit to the Grand Canyon. The struggle with sharing those pictures is that the canyon is so...
White Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn – Dillonvale, Ohio
In early 2024, I shared a post about trying to relocate a white barn which I’d seen years before in Pennsylvania ~ Mail Pouch Barn: My White Whale a Decade Later. At the time...
Muffler Man: Waving Big Indian Brave – Parkersburg, WV
Over the last 20 years, I’ve logged a few miles roadtripping east of the Mississippi River. In all that time, somehow though I knew of its existence, I’d never stopped to visit the Muffler...
Motoporium at Route 66 Souvenirs – Seligman, Arizona
It would be understandable if you had some level of decision fatigue when you travel on Route 66. In some towns like Seligman, Arizona you might feel like you can’t go inside every single...
Welcome to Vega, Texas – Route 66 Shield Mural
When I pulled into the town of Vega, Texas I was looking forward to packing it in for the day. Based on a cursory glance on my phone, the town didn’t seem to have...
Route 66: Here It Is Billboard – Joseph City, Arizona
It’s funny how things worm their way into your consciousness and set up camp. Sights along Route 66 fall do this for me. The romantic sway that the Route holds over me has mysterious...
Arby’s Cowboy Hat Neon Sign – Fountain City
This Arby’s big cowboy hat neon sign is one of four found in Knoxville, Tennessee. You’ll find this one on N. Broadway in Fountain City. Of all the signs around town, I pass this...