This vintage sign outside the former Aqua City Motel along Lyndale Avenue in south Minneapolis is up for auction, as Hennepin County, which now owns the property, converts the building to affordable ...

I am a photo fellow at the L.A. Times, and recently spent three days photographing for the Motel California project at the Skyview Los Alamos. What immediately struck me was how tucked away in the ...

Piece by piece, the Prescott Valley Motel neon sign that glowed for decades was taken down by a crane this month, making way for a Circle K gas station to open where the motel once stood. The people ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Hennepin County has come up with a unique fundraiser that will entice antique collectors, home improvers and people who just appreciate cool stuff. County officials are auctioning off ...

As the holiday season ends, busy streets and neighborhoods go dim, with homeowners and business people pulling the plug on their colorful displays. What’s left to shed some light? A smattering of neon ...

Summer is the season for road trips, when families, couples and groups of friends head out to explore the far reaches of the USA from behind the wheel. Individually owned roadside motels, which once ...

‘I see motels as pop-culture symbols of freedom and escapism,’ says Seymour. Her fascination began after watching Ridley Scott’s (1991) Thelma & Louise, the ultimate road movie. ‘I was in awe of these ...

The ongoing Roadside Relics project documents the fading presence of neon art on Texas’ highways and byways hether it was visits to Snapka’s Drive Inn for hamburgers in her hometown of Corpus Christi, ...

Vintage neon signs have become a rare and treasured thing in the Valley. In fact, local preservationists estimate there are only around three dozen old-school illuminated displays still in operation ...

GIVEN AWAY. KANSAS CITY IS FILLED WITH SIGNS IDENTIFYING EVERYTHING FROM RESTAURANTS TO OUR FAVORITE STORES. BUT SOMETIMES WHEN A BUSINESS DISAPPEARS, A PIECE OF KANSAS CITY HISTORY GOES WITH IT. AS ...