Roadside attractions are a part of the weft and warp of Americana, coming of age during the fertile days of long-distance car travel in the 1930s. No single U.S. road may be as connected to the idea ...
On a summer day in 1974, a group of experimental architects completed an unusual art installation in a Texas city that would later become one of the nation’s most iconic roadside attractions. This ...
A new exhibition, "The Cadillac Ranch at 50," is on display now through Aug. 25 at the Amarillo Museum of Art (AMoA), located at 2200 South Van Buren on the Washington Street campus of Amarillo ...
There are faster ways to get from Chicago to Los Angeles, but none have the allure or cultural cachet of Route 66. To John ...
From painted Cadillacs and legendary roadside stops to working ranch culture and the unexpected wonder of Palo Duro Canyon, ...
Motorists traversing Interstate 40 near Amarillo, TX—the old Route 66—often gape at the sight of ten Cadillacs protruding tail-end out of the desert. The San Francisco-based architectural collective ...
Texans You Should Know is a series highlighting overlooked figures and events from Texas history. My distant cousin Doug Michels, a brash and enthusiastic futurist who, as a member of Ant Farm, helped ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amarillo will soon have its second car ranch, matching the iconic Cadillac Ranch on the west side, with the relocation of the Slug ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many interested folks gathered at the infamous Cadillac Ranch Friday, April 25 to help spray paint the iconic caddies blue and ...
AMARILLO, Texas — Two other men had come before him that Thursday night in June. Both failed. But 37-year-old Clint Gee of Lawton, Oklahoma, was confident heading into The Big Texan Steak Ranch’s ...