America Unloved: Beauty in Decay | American road trip adventures | Peter Thody

Cadillac Coupe De Ville and Chevrolet Caprice, Dickinson, North Dakota

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:19:53 +0000

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This photograph is one in a series of iconic American road trip photos by Peter Thody from 2009 USA road trip from Chicago to San Diego, via Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, California. Photos include Church of LDS in Ovid, Amboy School, Airstream Trailer, Buick Roadmaster, Castle Ghost Town, New Auburn, Amargosa, boarded-up church, Bowling sign, Tony's Garage, Barns, No Trespassing signs, abandoned Motel, broken windshield in Ely, Tracks on the Plains, Gas Pump Loma school house, Cadillac Coupe De Ville, Abandoned / Derelict North Dakota Homesteads, Route 66, Lennep Mercantile. Prints are available for purchase. Please contact Peter Thody.

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Old Schoolhouse, South of Loma on Highway 87, Montana

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:31:56 +0000

Minnesota Chrysler

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:31:56 +0000

Minnesota 781-984 Collector - old Chrysler for sale by the side of the road (actually in Wisconsin)

Amboy School Sign, Route 66, California

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:31:56 +0000

Wind Blown Barns, North Dakota

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:28 +0100

Barns left to the mercy of the elements on North Dakota's plains

Water Tower near Amboy, Route 66

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:28 +0100

Water tower, trailer and truck by the side of Route 66, near Amboy

Truck and Bowl, Ely, Nevada

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:28 +0100

60s sign outside an old bowling alley and Lounge - "Family Fun" - with rusting truck

Whiting Brothers Gas Station, Newberry Springs, Route 66

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:28 +0100

Derelict gas station - Whiting Brothers, Route 66, California

Red Carpet Staircase, Abandoned Property, North Dakota

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:28 +0100

70s decor in a rapidly collapsing property, North Dakota

Plains House and Tracks, North Dakota

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:28 +0100

Tracks across the plains; photograph of an old school house in North Dakota

This photograph is one in a series of iconic American road trip photos by Peter Thody from 2009 USA road trip from Chicago to San Diego, via Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, California. PPhotos include Church of LDS in Ovid, Amboy School, Airstream Trailer, Buick Roadmaster, Castle Ghost Town, New Auburn, Amargosa, boarded-up church, Bowling sign, Tony's Garage, Barns, No Trespassing signs, abandoned Motel, broken windshield in Ely, Tracks on the Plains, Gas Pump Loma school house, Cadillac Coupe De Ville, Abandoned / Derelict North Dakota Homesteads, Route 66, Lennep Mercantile. Prints are available for purchase. Please contact Peter Thody.

No Trespassing, Mineworkings, California

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:27 +0100

No Trespassing - old mining buildings in California

This photograph is one in a series of iconic American road trip photos by Peter Thody from 2009 USA road trip from Chicago to San Diego, via Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, California. PPhotos include Church of LDS in Ovid, Amboy School, Airstream Trailer, Buick Roadmaster, Castle Ghost Town, New Auburn, Amargosa, boarded-up church, Bowling sign, Tony's Garage, Barns, No Trespassing signs, abandoned Motel, broken windshield in Ely, Tracks on the Plains, Gas Pump Loma school house, Cadillac Coupe De Ville, Abandoned / Derelict North Dakota Homesteads, Route 66, Lennep Mercantile. Prints are available for purchase. Please contact Peter Thody.

Motel, Montpelier, Idaho

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:27 +0100

Peeling paint on a long since closed motel building in Montpelier, Idaho

Motel with Free TV, Route 66, California

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:27 +0100

Another photograph of an abandoned motel - with sign offering Free TV - on Route 66, California

This photograph is one in a series of iconic American road trip photos by Peter Thody from 2009 USA road trip from Chicago to San Diego, via Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, California. PPhotos include Church of LDS in Ovid, Amboy School, Airstream Trailer, Buick Roadmaster, Castle Ghost Town, New Auburn, Amargosa, boarded-up church, Bowling sign, Tony's Garage, Barns, No Trespassing signs, abandoned Motel, broken windshield in Ely, Tracks on the Plains, Gas Pump Loma school house, Cadillac Coupe De Ville, Abandoned / Derelict North Dakota Homesteads, Route 66, Lennep Mercantile. Prints are available for purchase. Please contact Peter Thody.

Lennep Mercantile, Martinsdale, Montana

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:27 +0100

White-washed windows at Lennep Mercantile, with Lennep church in the distance

House With Crow, Route 66

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:27 +0100

Skeleton of an abandoned wooden home alongside Route 66, California

Stone Homestead Abandoned to Nature, North Dakota

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:27 +0100

Empty window frame in abandoned stone-built homestead, North Dakota

GEB 801, Motel, Dickinson

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:27 +0100

Gas Pump, Ely, Nevada

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:27 +0100

Yellow Erie gas pump in Ely, Nevada

Derelict Motel, Newberry Springs, Route 66