Tag: roadside relics
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Neon Ghost on the Forgotten 66 – Nite Spot Café, Fairmont City, IL
A Hidden Café in My Own Backyard I’ve lived in St. Louis my whole life, just across the river from Fairmont City, Illinois. Somehow, I never knew this café was here. The Nite Spot Café was exactly the kind of old roadside gem I’d happily drive hours to find. Yet it had been hiding in
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The Abandoned Security State Bank of Mounds, Illinois
The words Security State Bank etched above the doorway, a quiet reminder of when business still flowed through these streets. Photographed May 20, 2020 © RJL Creative LLC. Use without permission is strictly prohibited. A gray sky and a hunch I wasn’t planning on stopping in Mounds that afternoon. However, the back roads of southeastern
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