From the weird to the wonderful

Find a slice of Americana roadside on Route 66

By Corbin Crable

From the quirky to the downright bizarre, there’s plenty of roadside fun to be had on a drive along Route 66 this summer.

Burgers and the aliens who love them

One out-of-this-world experience is the Inter-national UFO Museum, located right outside of the town of Winslow, New Mexico. There you’ll find government conspiracy theories and alien autopsy exhibits, among other features. If you’re out hunting for the infamous 1947 Roswell crash site, brace yourself for a bit of frustration – no one really knows where the exact site is anymore, and the area in general is located on private property...

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Features

Smack Dab in the Middle

Good Eye

Covering Quilts

Memory Lane Musings

Mid-America News

Books for Collectors

Vintage Discoveries

Feature Articles

A Message From Our Editor

Cutting the mystery (meat) out of school lunch programs

by Corbin Crable

It’s about time to hang up the swimsuit and draft your list of back-to-school supplies. If you were like other kids headed back to the classroom, that also meant picking out your new lunchbox – or even looking forward to some of your favorite school-provided lunch items, served by women in hairnets (sometimes kindly, sometimes surly) who wielded ice cream scoops

A while back, we covered vintage school lunch boxes, but I’ve always enjoyed those meals supplied to hungry kids thanks to school lunch programs. These programs are likely older than you’d expect – we can trace their beginnings to the late 19th,...