Howdy! I’m Mod Betty, a gal with a passion for finding and photographing cool old places and things from the past. I created Retro Roadmap, and The Retro RoadMAPS to make it easy to visit these vintage places, whether they’re down the street or across the country!
If you hang around Retro Roadmap a while you’ll meet the cast of characters who accompany me on many of my adventures:
My loveable Retro Roadhusband, always ready to help try out a new roadside food stand or vintage eatery (even if it means waiting ’til I take a photo of it!)
The rambunctious Retro Roadkids – my nieces and nephew, who know when I come to visit that we’ll probably eat in a diner, have pancakes for lunch, go candlepin bowling and maybe have an ice cream too!
And lastly Retro Roaddog, who keeps me company back at Retro Roadmap HQ as I type up my notes on the cool old places I want to share with you!
Retro Roadmap is my labor of love, my way of doing my part in celebrating these authentic places that have managed to survive and keep their original charm.It is my dream to have tons of locations listed in every state and beyond, so there’s always a resource handy to find the recommended authentic and vintage alternatives to the chains out there!
I hope that by making it easy to find these unique and independent places it will help them survive a bit longer, so everyone can enjoy this slice of American history.
Thanks for swinging by Retro Roadmap!
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I’m so glad I stumbled upon your site! I love it and am so excited to visit these cool historical places!!
Thank you!
Aw, Melly – all I can say is Thanks! Have fun checking out the Retro Roadmap worthy places we’ve been able to get to so far, and keep your eyes peeled for ones that can be added to the maps!
I am so glad I stumbled upon your website. We must have lived and traveled in a lot of the same places as I’m familiar with many of the places you’ve listed. I’m from PA, but I lived in the Boston area for many years including a few years in Hull! I will definitely be checking out the places I didn’t know about before.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Jessica- I’m so glad you stumbled upon Retro Roadmap too! Glad that I’ve hit some of the spots familiar to you – if you know of any others that fit in, feel free to share the wealth!
I’m having trouble getting your email link to work, but I’ll keep trying. In the meantime, I wanted to tell you how great I think RetroRoadmap is. I’m sure we’ll plan many trips with information from your site.
I have a great hamburger joint for your list, as well as a couple of spots to see Isamu Noguchi sculptures in Fort Worth, TX. My son-in-law also owns a mid-century store in Dallas, TX, but he’s moving to a new location in a couple of weeks, so I’ll hold off sending information about it till the move is complete.
Hope you’ll stop by my blog!
Dana McGill-Perez
Mid2Mod
Dana- thanks so much for swinging by Retro Roadmap and “oh crap!” and “so sorry!” about the email troubles you encountered. I’ve emailed you separately about ‘em and do apologize as that’s probably not a good first impression to make. In any case, I’m totally looking forward to hearing what you have to share – hard to believe it’s coming up on 1 year since Retro Roadhusband and I made our TX trek to Austin!