The Retrologist by Rolando Pujol

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May 2025

Neat gift alert! Get 6 postcards from my book when you preorder 'The Great American Retro Road Trip'
Already ordered it? No worries -- here's how you can receive your postcards, too!
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Bad news for 'Goodfellas' filming location; new orbit for epic Blue Comet diner sign; Arizona garden's glow up; sad sign in Wildwood …
Plus, a historic theater is demolished in New Jersey -- and one place nearby that's still suitable for framing. (You'll see what I did there.)
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One woman's quest to save a New Jersey diner; Arby's hat set to vamoose; great 'Goonies' news | Roadside Roundup
Plus, a much-anticipated 'sign garden' is set to open and more news from the home of 'The Great American Retro Road Trip'
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April 2025

Let's visit a unique McDonald's that found its 'Classic' essence again after a tragedy
This location reminds us there's always more than meets the eye along the road.
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New! Join The Retrologist's subscriber chat for retro road-trip inspo & more
It's a space for us to connect about nostalgic travel and roadside Americana.
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By jove! Arthur Treacher's opens new store, returning to a former location it built in 1971
The fish-and-chips chain was briefly down to just one standalone location, but it's on the grow again, and has opened a third store, in Cleveland Falls…
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1966 Taco Bell, a rare 'mission' building, to close in Scottsdale as historic status is denied to another classic in Santa Barbara
The mission-style buildings doing business as Taco Bells are now down to 7. (I have a list.) Many former locations survive, a feast for Americana…
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March 2025

Big news! My book, 'The Great American Retro Road Trip,' is available for preorder
The book is a coast-to-coast adventure celebrating roadside Americana!
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'The Great American Retro Road Trip' by Rolando Pujol is available for pre-order, hits stores June 24
Take a Coast-to-Coast Journey of Retro Roadside America with The Retrologist
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A 1947 Dairy Queen's unsettled future; Neon Park's rescue mission; status check on Taco Bell's Numero Uno; a 'peach' of a roadside relic
Plus, I have more bulletins from "The Great American Retro Road Trip."
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Last batch at 1950s Boston donut shop; last call at Wyoming's smallest bar; last gasps for 2 beach motels; hat's all for Arby's sign; cry…
Plus, one good thing these places each have in common -- my upcoming book!
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