Roadside Wonders

Sine’s 5 & 10 Cent Store 236-240 West Broad Street Quakertown, Pennsylvania submitted by: “wendyvee” I initially added Sine’s to my “to do” list when Mod Betty (Proprietress of Retroroadmap.com and maven of all things cool & retro) posted about doing her Christmas shopping there last year. A few weeks ago, she mentioned that they were celebrating their 100th Anniversary August...

Milbee Radio & TV 100 Winnemore Alley Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania submitted by: “wendyvee” Here is something that you don’t see very often anymore … an honest-to-goodness television repair shop that’s still in business! I initially found Milbee’s when I made a wrong turn after visiting the Elizabethtown Moose marquee last winter. I decided to stop by and visit again...

Calvary Baptist Church (former home of the Elvis Is Alive Museum) 419 Warren Avenue Wright City, Missouri submitted by “Kamikaze” and “Butterfly” (Steve & Amanda) wendyvee: My friends Steve and Amanda are fantastic “wonder-spotters” … and this particular wonder is just beyond the beyond. I love it! The contents of the one-time Elvis Is Alive Museum, formerly housed in this building,...

Elvis Presley Birthplace 306 Elvis Presley Drive Tupelo, Mississippi submitted by: TNAero (Eddie P.) wendyvee: Eddie was kind enough to share some images from the Elvis Presley Birthplace. The EPB includes the house where Elvis was born, a museum, and a park dedicated to the King of Rock and Roll. Birthplace Vernon Presley (along with his brother Vester and father Jesse) built the house in late 1934 in anticipation...