John Houghtaling was never a household name. In Fort Pierce, the town he adopted late in life, there are no streets, parks, or community centers named in his honor. There's no file on him at the St.

My first vacation with my parents was at Beech Bend Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Our motel was one of those creepy motor lodges, the kind where fly-by-night guests leave fake names at the register ...

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Owner Susan Leelike has been accumulating vintage clothing, costume jewelry and ephemera for over 30 years, and Magic Fingers houses the sum of her lovingly curated collection. There are items at this ...

Life, death, crime, kitsch, nostalgia, immigrant aspirations and witty design — all of these elements converge in the world of motels, which didn't exist before 1925. Here are five facts and phenomena ...