Sign of the Month for September 2021 -South Beach, Miami, FL
John Margolies’ image of this iconic mid-century hotel in South Beach from 1979 is one of the best in his collection from South Florida. The…
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Kowloon Closure – the end of an era in Saugus, MA
When I was a kid, I remember driving down Route 1, heading to my Grandparents’ house in Ipswich, MA, and passing by a building that…
Ida Floods Route 1 in Lawrenceville, NJ
Even though Hurricane Ida was reduced to a tropical storm as it moved up the East Coast, it still hit New Jersey hard. The amount…
Bridgeport Then & Now
When I travel on Route One, I like to imagine what the road looked like in the 1920’s when it became the nation’s first interstate…
Yo-Yo’s Star is Rising in Bath, ME
Meet Yo-Yo, the front man at Yum-Mee Restaurant in Bath. He agreed to be filmed at work because he really wants to go viral. I…
A Big Sandy Stretch with Changing Seascapes in Georgetown, ME
Below the small hamlet of Georgetown, ME, at the South end of the Island, Reid State Park is a 770 acre wild area with an…
R. J. Loock Auto Parts
R.J. Loock & Co. not only distributed parts, they patented and created them and also operated a retail storefront in Baltimore. While there is very…
A Seasonal Venue that Rocks!
The Casino Ballroom in Hampton Beach, NH, is so much bigger on the inside. This venue is located in a fantastic tourist getaway town, right…
Enter the Cheese Wheel and Be Amazed!
Once upon a time, front desk clerks knew how to treat their guests. Just up the road from the sandy, white beaches of Ogunquit, stood…
Hardees Hamburgers – West Columbia, SC
Another throwback image from John Margolies, taken in 1979. You can still get Hardees Hamburgers in Columbia, but this location, alas, has disappeared. No longer…