Postcard of the Day

[fflo]

This attraction was a famous spot on the Lincoln Highway.  The gimmick was that it was a ship on the side of a mountain.

Here are some other images (click for bigger):

 the gift shop interior:                                                the dining room:
  

 

(Dig those pants.)

 

 

It burned down in 2001, when it looked like that last shot & had been abandoned for a bit.

I love this card of the gas station that was across the street:

Some more recent pictures of what became of that little building:

   

Goodbye, Grand View Point Ship Hotel!

 

Comments

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Not far from the route I used to take when I went to DC every few years for rocket research at various archives...

I kind of miss those adventures.