One of the bizarre attractions alluring tourists to get their kicks on Route 66 was The Amboy Shoe Tree, located a quarter-mile east of Amboy, CA. I say was, because the surreal tree is no more. On January 4, 2011, Wendy H. wrote on her website My Scenic Byway, “The tree had died last year. [...]
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“Hello. The Mojave Phone Booth, Richard speaking.” Similarly, during the 1990s,that is how most people answered the continuous calls to the public payphone, situated 14-miles off of I-15, in the heart of the Mojave National Preserve. Its meteoric rise to fame was also the cause for its demise. Both the payphone and booth were unceremoniously ripped away and silenced. Through an unannounced [...]
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