Help Us Find a Script House Number – Could You Check Your Local Hardware Stores Please?

Script House Numbers RetroRoadmap.com

We’re doing some “retro – renovations” to the Hacienda this year, and one thing I’ve wanted to do for ages is to add our house number in script, in addition to our actual number (surrounded by a fabulous vintage palm tree frame that came with the house- we LOVE that!) (One of the reasons we [...]

Boot & Saddle Sign Broad Street, Philadelphia – Vintage Neon In The News

Boot and Saddle Neon Sign Broad St Philadelphia PA 2012

One of Philadelphia’s more distinctive vintage neon signs – the Boot & Saddle sign on Broad Street is in the news, as it may be revitalized if the property it is attached to gets reopened. (UPDATE! 5/1/2012 looks like the project is moving forward, according to this City Paper’s Meal Ticket post: Broad Street’s Boot & [...]

Vintage Inspired Fun with the Retro Road Kids! Boston Suburbs Edition

Retro Roadkids at Larz Anderson Auto Museum Brookline MA

The Retro Roadkids have the upcoming week off from school, and Retro Roadsis will have her hands full for sure!  Here are some retro road tips for fun with kids from Mod Betty / “Auntique” Beth from our quick visit home to the Boston area last winter. Larz Anderson Antique Auto Museum, Brookline MA I [...]

Dublin Ireland’s Why Go Bald Neon Sign – Retro Roadmapping Across The World

Why Go Bald Neon Sign Dublin Ireland

You can take the Retro Roadmapping gal out of her natural habitat, but you can’t stop her from looking for cool old vintage things and places, even when she’s in…Ireland! Though I was surrounded by buildings and statues that were so old they make my niche of a timeline (vaguely 1900-1970s) look positively new-born, I [...]

Maryland Fried Chicken Winter Garden FL – Neon Sign & Vintage Graphic “Delite”

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I realized I technically “posted” about this when we actually were in Florida, but I wanted to share some more snapshots of this roadside find! Forgive me Retro Roadmap Readers for I have sinned. Yes – when we first landed in Florida I ate at a fast food restaurant, not knowing that Maryland Fried Chicken [...]

Stardust Motel Wallace ID – A Retro Roadmap Reader Recommendation and Our First Idaho Entry!

Sign Stardust Motel Wallace ID Martin Murphy RetroRoadmap.com

You never know who knows what is “Retro Roadmap worthy” until you chat with them, and that’s how I randomly found out about a number of cool old places from Martin Murphy of the Museum of Missing History. The Stardust Motel in Wallace Idaho is just one of the places he was kind enough to [...]

Hatch Show Prints Nashville, TN – One of The Oldest Operating Letterpress Shops in the USA

Hatch Show Print Night Nashville TN Neon Sign

In my mind a trip to Nashville isn’t complete without a visit to Hatch Show Print, one of the oldest working letterpress print shops in America. And if you’re getting into town later than you thought you would arrive, don’t miss their great neon sign!

Beale Street Memphis, TN – Vintage Signs and Sights Night and Day

Schwab Store Beal Street Memphis TN | RetroRoadmap.com

Day or night your visit to Memphis is not complete without an amble down historic Beale Street.  Here are some snapshots from our all too short visit to this famous thoroughfare to inspire you: Blues Hall and Juke Joint – you just don’t hear those phrases much anymore, do you? Same with Drinks to Go-!

Cool Vintage Palisades Park Poster at Jimmy’s Grill Dewey Beach DE

Vintage Palisades Amusement Park Poster | RetroRoadmap.com

I had to wait until Retro Roadhusband and his brother ( The Hillis Brothers ) finished playing to snap this photo. They were hiding that voluptuous bathing beauty! Sent from the Retro RoadPhone

Kruger’s Jewelers Congress Street Austin TX – Mid Century Fabulous Facade and Vintage Signs!

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Now I’m not in the market for jewelry – but if I was in Austin TX I’d head to Kruger’s Jewelers to buy my baubles, just to say thank you to them for keeping their vintage signage and facade so glorious!

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