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!
While we had planned plenty of stops planned for our Retro Roadweekend away, we hadn’t planned on seeing the bright neon signs of the Amherst Diner in Winchester, VA. But as soon as we did we knew where we were eating breakfast the next morning! Not a diner in the strict “built off-site in a [...]
Mod Betty isn’t the only internet hepcat who digs a retro roadtrip! Thanks to our online mid century modern pal Mr. ModTomic for letting us sit in the back seat and tag along on his vintage travel tour of the US. Isn’t this a gorgeous neon sign? Read about his stay at The Pink Motel [...]
Just got the sad news from Brian Butko’s Lincoln Highway News blog that the Hi Way Drive In Theatre in Latrobe PA is going to be demolished and replaced by a CVS. So sad!
Here are some quick tips for vintage and retro roadmap worthy places in Atlanta GA – we wish we could’ve spent more time with ‘em – but check them out for us next time you’re in the area! The Majestic Diner The interior of the Majestic has been recently re-done and the food was standard, [...]
Closed for the season when we drove by on a Saturday morning, Bill’s Belmont Drive In in Belmont NC has been providing the greater Charlotte area with that classic summer drive in movie experience for over 50 years. With room for almost 300 cars, they offer two first run shows, full service snack bar and [...]
Thanks to a post on American Road Magazine’s facebook page I found out that some meanies broke into the Chief Drive-in movie theatre in Chickasha, OK trashed the place and stole a buncha stuff. The Chief Drive In was built in 1949 and is one of the last standing Drive-Ins in the state of Oklahoma. [...]
By popular request here is the Circle Drive-In Movie Theatre, located in Dickson City PA (just north of Scranton). Thanks to all of the Retro Roadmap Readers who wanted to hear about this place, it’s a good excuse to bump this seasonal business to the top of the writing list, since drive in days are [...]
Shankweiler’s Drive In of Orefield PA had already made it onto the Retro Roadmap as America’s Oldest Drive In Movie Theatre (since 1934), but I couldn’t resist sharing a few photos from the visit Retro Roadhusband and I made this past weekend. Now that we’ve been there personally I totally recommend the drive-in, as a [...]
I thought one post might be the easiest way to get the info out about 3 drive in movie theaters in MD, NY and PA since the drive in season is so short. And who can resist a some vintage intermission film enticing us to head to the snack bar? Not me! Bengies Drive In [...]