The roadside motel is a well charted piece of infrastructure in the United States, with post-War designs specifically catering to motor vehicles and the freedom of road trips. These same … Read more

An overview of American history during the 20th century is hardly complete without mentioning the role of the automobile. Mid-century novelists wrote about the mystics of early engines, federal planners … Read more

Leave the San Francisco Bay Area and follow the Napa River upstream and you’ll arrive in Calistoga 30 miles later, having passed through the greater portion of California’s prized valley. … Read more

Glide into the shade of the beak-like awning at the entrance to The Saguaro, Palm Springs and you might mistake the ping pong table and cruiser bikes as treats of a … Read more

Lifeguard huts, boardwalks and bicycles. These signature seaside items might come to mind when you think about Los Angeles, but they’re specific to the Venice and Santa Monica portion of … Read more