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Route 66 West of Tucumcari: Montoya and Newkirk
Leaving Tucumcari headed westbound, you have no choice but to hop onto I-40 between exits 329 and 321. A remnant ... -
Glenrio, Texas: A Route 66 Ghost Town
There’s something about Route 66 border towns. I first noticed it along the Oklahoma/Texas border, at Texola, Oklahoma. There was ... -
Alanreed, Texas: 66 Super Service Station
Alanreed is yet another ghost town along Route 66 in the Texas panhandle. Just like McLean and Shamrock, it boomed ... -
Texola, Oklahoma Ghost Town
Maybe, just maybe, there is someone who still lives in Texola. I think it’s pretty unlikely, though. As I drove ... -
Depew, Oklahoma
Depew is tiny. It’s old. And from the looks of things, it just barely still exists. But the tiny community ... -
Burlington, WV
If you’re not passing through Burlington, West Virginia in late September or early October, there’s not much of a reason ... -
Ardmore, South Dakota (Ghost Town) and Route 71
Don’t expect a big welcome as you cross the state line from Nebraska into South Dakota. In fact, your arrival ... -
Old Valdez, Alaska Townsite
The city of Valdez isn’t where it used to be. The entire town had to relocate, following the devastating 1964 ... -
Hiking the Mineral Creek Trail, Valdez
Valdez offers several great hiking trails, most of which begin just a few minutes from downtown. I’d argue that the ... -
Goldwell Open Air Museum at Rhyolite, Nevada
What’s the deal with that line of ghostly figures standing in the middle of the desert? What about that blocky woman ...
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