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Grants, NM
Grants is about 78 miles west of Albuquerque and was bypassed by I-40
in the 1970s. Santa Fe Avenue is the original alignment of Route 66 here.
 1960s
TraveLodge Building
1204 E. Santa Fe
This was a TraveLodge until the mid-80s at least. Sean Penn starred
in the 2003 movie 21 Grams in which the motel ... read
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Franciscan Lodge
1101 E Santa Fe Ave.`
The neon sign with its very cool arrow over the front door beckoned
travelers to stop for a nights rest in this 1950s ... read
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South West Motel
1000 E. Santa Fe Ave.
The former Lariat Lodge started life in the late 1950's. Along the
way it was also known as the South West Lodge for a time ... read
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Grants Cafe Sign - Gone
920 E. Santa Fe Ave.
The Grants Cafe sign stood guard over a parking lot next to the
Sailfish Lounge building. The sign was ... read
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Wayside Motel
923 E. Santa Fe Ave.
The sign still hangs out front on the Wayside Motel Building across
the street from the Grants Cafe. Only the office building l ...
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West Theater
118 W. Santa Fe. Ave.
Built in 1959 the West has seen its ups and downs, but the very
neat sign still hangs out front ... read
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Roaring 20's SpeakEasy
218 W. Santa Fe Ave. at 3rd St.
Check out the sign from the now gone Roarin' 20s! SpeakEasy. The
sign came from the former Roarin' 20s in .... read
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Pat's Lounge
304 W. Santa Fe Ave.
I like the tall neon sign and tile work that adorns the front of
Pats Lounge, maybe a nice photo op ... read
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 1920s
Church Building
422 W. Santa Fe Ave.
This former church has been standing on the Mother Road since the
1920s. It's done time as a church, theater, coffee house and ...
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 Hub
of History Sculpture
500 W. Santa Fe Ave.
This cool sculpture featuring a large Zia is in the park next to
the San Jose Rio. The Zia is the New Mexico state ... read
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 Uranium
Cafe
519 W. Santa Fe
The Uranium Cafe had formerly been The Golden 50's Cafe. The neon
sign ... read more |
 Monte
Carlo Restaurant
721 - Santa Fe
Escolastico Mazon founded the Monte Carlo Restaurant in the late
1940s and operated the former cafe for ... read
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Lux Theatre
1018 W. Santa Fe Ave.
The original theatre opened in the late 1920s and closed in 1930.
It reopened as the Lux Theatre in 1937 ... read
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Los Alamitos Motel Sign
1322 (?) W. Santa Fe Ave. at Acoma Street.
Next to Charlie's was the Los Alamitos Motel, it's long gone, but
the remnants of it's neon sign were still there in ... read
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Historic
Rt 66 (Western Host) Motel 
Sands
Motel and Sign
Route
66 Neon Drive Thru
Hollywood Drive in Diner
Charlie's
Radiator Service & Star Cafe
About Us We started traveling Historic U.S. Route 66 as a destination in 2009. It's like a 2,400 mile long drive back in time from Chicago to Santa Monica! more
Did
You Know: Many parts of the old 4 lane Route 66 were reverted to a 2 lane
road after 66 was realigned to the interstate. In many places the abandoned
lanes are still there.