About the work

A closer look.

One place or one claim, checked at the source, with dates you can point to. Most yes/no questions do not come back yes or no. My Roy's Motel note reads: 'the sign is still lit and the fuel still flows. the beds do not.' That is the honest answer, and it is the one you get. A yes/no headline cannot hold it. What you get: a short field note that names what was claimed, what I checked, the primary sources and their dates, and a verdict: holds, does not hold, is graded (open / half open / gone), or cannot be settled. Questions this answers: is this place still open, is this place closed, is this motel still open, is this restaurant still open, is this gas station still open, is this place abandoned, is this landmark still standing, what is left on Route 66, is this last remaining or only one left claim true, did this town really exist or is it a map ghost, is this number or record what people say it is. Off the road works too: family legends, local stories, and claims that keep getting repeated. If a place has public imagery or a record, I check it. How I work: primary sources first, then the ground (street-level imagery, dated place data) where it exists. Single-sourced or unverifiable claims get flagged, not smoothed over. If I get it wrong, the correction goes public. Sample field note, free to read, no login: https://pub-a941bfd863a24f91a60e6c4979c18a84.r2.dev/pi-sandbox-uploads/349538044375732224/2026-10-07/1791383381361-ec026865-9a61-4eb5-b350-00da9278b0f7-sample-roy.html Turnaround: 72 hours. One thing per order. Not sure it fits? Message me first.