On the Road Again

I've been photographing along some of the vestiges of old highway 40 again, primarily between Marshall Junction and Kingdom City.  This is a very well-preserved garage in Callaway County.

Room 27

A very vacant room at Lay's Motor Lodge, or the remains thereof, in Kingdom City.  At the junction of old route 40 and highway 54 in Callaway County.

Williamsburg, MO

We were driving back from Graham Cave a couple summers ago, on our way to a stop at Crane's Country store in Williamsburg, when I found this old building and knew that it must be photographed.  The far-stretching cornfields and blue Missouri sky were the ideal context for such a perfect example of midwestern, roadside architecture.