39 Items Tagged

Gas Station

Kleinmachnow, Germany

Tugendamt und Pizzarand (Virtue Office and Pizza Crust)

A witty art installation in an abandoned gas station that became obsolete due to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Spring Hill, Florida

Sinclair Dinosaur Gas Station

A 110-foot concrete dinosaur once sold fossil fuel from its belly.

Sponsored By Florida's Adventure Coast

Lancashire, England

Pennine Tower

This abandoned Brutalist tower looming over the M6 Motorway once featured a restaurant.

Sachkhere, Georgia

Gas Station Mosaic

This old Soviet gas station is in perfect condition, one of the best-preserved mosaics in the country.

Beaufort, Australia

Cyril Callister Museum

Housed in a refurbished gas station, this small museum is a tribute to the inventor of Vegemite.

Joshua Tree, California

The Station Joshua Tree

Meet 'Big Josh,' the 20-foot-tall muffler man.

Venice, Florida

Belki's Cuban Deli

Fill your car with gas and your belly with mouthwatering Cuban cuisine at this takeaway inside a Citgo station.

America’s Grandest Gas Stations

A cross-country journey through 13 unique service stations.

Jonathan Carey November 17, 2023

Tulsa, Oklahoma

The Blue Dome

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Reighard's Gold Star Service Station

A full-service gas station known as the oldest in America.

Good Luck Gas Station

Good Luck Gas Station

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

Lamar, Colorado

Petrified Wood Building

Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.

1929 Phillips 66 Station

This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.

Podcast: Buck Atom on Route 66

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team July 25, 2022

Little Czech Bakery

A Culinary Tour of American Gas Stations

A tiring road trip doesn't have to mean tiring food.

Sam Lin-Sommer July 15, 2022

Little Czech Bakery

Czech Stop & Little Czech Bakery

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Franklin, North Carolina

Caffé REL

Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.

Hollow Mountain

Hanksville, Utah

Hollow Mountain

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.