The Flash Nites' Archives

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“Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.”  ― EROL OZAN . . . The biggest blow to Route 66 — 2,448 miles of highways and byways from Chicago to LA — was in the mid-20th [...]

“Ah ha, hush that fuss, everybody move to the back of the bus.” ~OutKast Sometimes a little adventure into the frigid winter turns into some Knowledge Dropped. Such was the case when [...]

“Owanka the City of Promise • Near where the Box Elder Flows We hope someday will be famous • Who can tell? Nobody knows.” ~ “Boost for Owanka,” Lottie Gorman CHAPTER TWO It’s an oddly warm late [...]

“Prairie wind the chatter of the corn husks on the old school road” ~Haiku, Michael McClintock CHAPTER ONE It’s Halloween night. Chris and I pull into Mitchell, South Dakota, wrapping up our [...]

“Please consider my chariot, the shotgun seat is free The radio reads kilohertz, but girl that’s all we’ll need The taillight’s busted, the fender’s rusted, the gears they [...]

“If this isn't Photoshop, then how do you do it?”

We get a lot of questions about our work, but this is the most asked, by a landslide. We answer with [...]

It's already been five years since we launched Fading Nostalgia. Read about how it all began...what we've tackled this last half decade...and our dreams of what's to come.

In the vast reaches of rural America lie boarded, abandoned farmsteads and homes - more than one could possibly imagine. How did they get this way? Why are we actively seeking them out?

Did you know there truly is an Enchanted Highway? I like to think that, metaphorically, the highway we travel to escape our ho hum, day-to-day life is enchanted, but there is only one truly by [...]