This Pasadenan has made a living out of loving motels
• Growing up in Pasadena, Barkev Msrlyan fell in love with the city’s architectural history and the historic…
5 fascinating facts about motels, from murders to Magic Fingers
Life, death, crime, kitsch, nostalgia, immigrant aspirations and witty design — all of these elements converge in the…
The L.A. Times guide to the best motels in California
The motel, a word born in California, turns 100 this year. And for road trip adventurers, there have…
Photos: Vintage matchbooks from Route 66, Southern California motels
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Denise McKinney says she has probably somewhere close to half a million matchbooks tucked away inside…
My epic search for the greatest motels in California
Listen. That’s the low hum of the highway you hear behind me, offset by the rumble of the…
SoCal vintage motels come back to life with new purposes
There were no vacancies beneath the old neon Farm House Motel sign last Saturday — no guest rooms…