• Main Street Grill, Rt. 52, Hillsville, VA

    The Main Street Grill, located in Hillsville, VA on Rt. 52 in Carroll County along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Originally built in the early 50’s as a Dairy Queen, it was reopened and converted to burger joint in 1988. The place, sadly, closed in September 2008.

  • Snow-Cap Drive-In, Sleigman, AZ

    On one of my adventures out driving around the country looking for my “Vanishing American Icons”, I was driving down Route 66 in Arizona.  The section of 66 had been turned into Interstate for a large section in Arizona, but I noticed a small town on the old road map I was using as reference. …

  • The Garden Drive-In, Hunlock Creek, PA

    So many of the places I photographed have “vanished” into the landscape of memories now, but some have managed to hang in there. The Garden Drive-In is one of those. Still operating in the season as a drive-in and making some extra coin as a flea market on Sundays, this classic car hump is still …

  • Patterson Drive-In, Richmond, VA

    The Patterson, located on VA Rt. West 6,  opened in 1966 in Richmond, VA and was a state-of-the-art drive in at that time. The problem, it turned out, they built it on swampy land. Oops. In the early 70’s, the area suffered major flooding and added to the water problem. I understand the mosquitoes would …