Full tank. Wandering heart.
One of my favorite parts of roadtripping is seeing something unexpectedly wonderful. That was the case with Maiden Drug Company’s Rexall facade in Williamsburg, Kentucky. While I was on my Christmas-time break, I took...
This multilayered ghost sign on Elizabeth Street in Augusta, Kentucky is one of my favorites that I’ve ever seen. There are so many interesting little details that can be picked out. Some of the...
In 2024, I walked past The Original Freezo on N. Central St. in Knoxville for the first time. They were closed. And each time I’d passed by in the year between December 2024 and...
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rachael (@fuzzygalore) At Christmas time, we went to the parade in downtown Knoxville. I nearly lost my mind with excitement when I saw a familiar...
When it comes to vintage advertising, some people are opposed to restoration that “muralizes” the original piece. This Ivory Soap ghost sign was restored first in 1996, and again 2025. I’m on the fence...
Whenever I research the particulars of something I’ve seen while out exploring, I’m bound to find an interesting little tidbit that makes me say, “Huh. I didn’t know that.” The most recent such instance...
Sometimes you just catch lightning in a bottle. That’s what seeing this See Rock City barn on Rutledge Pike felt like. The spectacular December sunset was the perfect backdrop for this Americana icon. It’d...
The last time I’d seen this rooster, he was rocking a t-shirt like a cool guy. That was seven years prior. All things considered, he isn’t looking too bad. There was definitely some newer...
When I snapped the photos of this formerly two-sided Mail Pouch Tobacco barn on Ohio 7 in Reedsville in October of 2024, it looked as if it would come crumbling down into a pile...
In October of 2024 while I was out wandering around in Ohio, I’d stopped to see a pin on my map which featured a Mail Pouch Tobacco barn. Once I’d snapped my photos, with...
If you’re traveling along I-75 out of Knoxville, about 35 miles north of the city in the town of Caryville, Tennessee a curious sight comes into view. Nestled in a kudzu nest behind a...
The rusty orange color, the fading logo and tag line? These things make for an irresistible stop for me when I’m out bumming around. This building on Jersey Ave in Port Jervis, New York...
In February of ’25, I drove east across the Cherohala Skyway to Robbinsville, NC for lunch. To my surprise, the Rock City barn I’d last photographed there in October 2018 was nothing more than...
This standing Esso Tiger statue at Action Antique Barn waves at the traffic along Winfield Dunn in Sevierville, Tennessee. This joint is a great spot to pick through if you’re in the area. As...
Pal’s Sudden Service, or more commonly just Pal’s is a fast food chain in northeastern Tennessee and a little smidge of Virginia in what’s called the Tri-Cities area. What initially drew me to Pal’s...
After languishing as a lonely star on my Google Map for years, in March of ’25, I made a pilgrimage to see this barn. It’s a lovely two-sided number which features advertising for Ruby...
This photo had been lingering in my camera roll for some time. I passed this Giant Chicken Army Mobile Unit serendipitously while on my way elsewhere. Unfortunately, I never made the effort to jot...
Sometimes it feels like I’m a broken record when I say “stop and take the picture.” If I’m honest, I myself have had many occasions where I sailed right on by something, muttering to...
Throughout 2025, I bounced around here and there roadtripping. Some of my favorite sights during these excursions were the murals featuring large-letter postcard styling or just a greeting welcoming visitors to town. Here are...
