In case you didn’t know already, 2026 is the Centennial year for Route 66. And with this once-in-a-lifetime celebration comes ...

My first visit to the spot that would become the Neon Museum was on July 12, 2001, or so my photo archive tells me. On that day, I went to the Young Electric Sign Company’s (YESCO) “boneyard,” then a ...

Past the towering Strip hotels and bright lights of the Fremont Street Experience lies a boneyard filled with history that comes alive at night. When an old hotel, bar or even flower shop was set to ...

Tom Wartman is standing over a rectangle of blue flame and bending glass in his hands. "This fire is about 1,500 degrees," he says casually. He quickly and deftly moves the glass arc from the flame to ...

“Rainbow Room” faces possible doom. Photo: Andrew Holbrooke/Corbis/Getty Images “Rainbow Room” faces possible doom. Photo: Andrew Holbrooke/Corbis/Getty Images Editor’s note: On December 17, after ...

Randall Ann Homan and Al Barna look both ways before darting across Grant Avenue in San Francisco’s Chinatown and find themselves standing underneath a masterpiece hidden in plain sight. Partly ...

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In a cluttered corner of his New Orleans studio, Nate Sheaffer pulled a glass tube through blue flames, coaxing it with gentle puffs from a blow hose until it curled into cursive letters. Four mounted ...

Vintage neon signs have become a rare and treasured thing in the Valley. In fact, local preservationists estimate there are only around three dozen old-school illuminated displays still in operation ...

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The neon signs that once illuminated Hong Kong have mostly gone dark. The lights were once synonymous with the city, but in recent years, the government has tightened regulations over safety concerns ...