The former Merced Mall neon sign sits on the ground floor of the Merced County Courthouse Museum in Merced, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. The sign was removed from one of the mall’s entrances in ...

It’s always been a ‘sign of the times.’ The Cotton Boll Motel opened with much fanfare in 1960 as the dream of Woodrow and ...

Alabama cities may not have the glitz and glare of Times Square or Las Vegas but that doesn’t mean we can’t rock a cool neon sign when one is called for. Some in Alabama are easily recognizable, such ...

Tom Duck would be proud. Duck was the founder and president of Ugly Duckling Rent-A-Car, which had a location on East Fremont Street back in the 1990s. Today, Duck’s iconic and whimsical neon sign ...

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 ...

Neon signs aren't as popular as they used to be, but that's not stopping a craftsman in Ohio from creating the vintage lighting. Neon signs used to line highways and Main Streets across America. Now, ...

PROTECT A TREASURED EXAMPLE OF AMERICANA. THE GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, KNOWN AS THE CHAIR CITY. BUT NOW IT MIGHT JUST BE ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING THE NEON SIGN CITY. WELCOME TO A PLACE WHERE ...

For decades, the iconic neon sign outside Katz’s Delicatessen on the Lower East Side has been drawing in hungry, late-night partiers like moths to a pastrami-sandwich flame. It is one of the few ...

Dave Eames and Ben Wine of Fossil Forge want to keep Kansas City’s glowing history on public display. In addition to recreating the 10-foot Katz Drug Store logo, they also plan to restore and display ...

To a speaker of English, a sign asking ‘Was?” may not make much sense. In German, however, the question is a more thought-provoking “What?” That’s exactly the point of this faux-neon sign created by ...

The saying goes, “Bright Lights, Big City” — and classic neon signs are a shining beacon of that legacy. But due to rent increases that are shuttering old-school establishments and cheap LED ...

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