Retro Roadmap - Your Source for the Vintage, Retro and Cool Old Places worth visiting!
Your source for the Vintage, Retro and Cool Old Places worth visiting!
The Alamo Motel in Ocean City Maryland has a great old neon sign, and the place looks like it used to be a charmer. (I have not stayed there myself, but you might want to read the online reviews about this place if you are thinking of staying there. Just sayin!) The Alamo Motel Sign [...]
I am happy to report that the Clayton Theatre in Dagsboro DE looks better than ever! The only single screen movie theater in the state of Delaware, it also has a glorious vintage neon sign which is beautiful to behold when lit up. Here’s what I wrote about it back in 2003, in my very [...]
I am thrilled to report that two of the places I wrote back in the day about for my Bystander Unchained column are still going strong! First up we have the vintage costume jewelry and accessories mecca, The Millsboro Bazaar in Millsboro Delaware. I was in luck today when owner Dave Mayer was behind the [...]
The Milford Diner has a kickin’ diner sign! ( I just wish they didn’t cover over the diner!) Milford Diner Sign 1042 N Walnut St Milford, DE 19963-1222 (302) 422-6111 View DE – Delaware Retro RoadMAP in a larger map
Driving down Route 113 in Ellendale Delaware I caught a glimpse of stainless steel and red behind the foliage. I turned the car around immediately and honestly didn’t see the Keep Out sign as I pulled in the driveway for a closer look – I only see it now from across the highway as I [...]
Alas this is the final entry from our all too short stay in the south. I would not have been able to cover as many cool places in such a short amount of time if it wasn’t for the “insider skinny” provided by local folks Pat at Charlotte Eats ,Matt Brunson of Creative Loafing and [...]
If you’re like me, a sign like the one at South 21 in Charlotte NC will make you change all sorts of plans when you see it- even if you’re speeding down the highway towards another destination: We were en route from one side of Charlotte NC to the other when I saw this sign [...]