The motel, a word born in California, turns 100 this year. And for road trip adventurers, there have never been more options. You might stay at the legendary pink palace that is the Madonna Inn. Or ...

Some travelers like to stay in five-star resorts. Others prefer some grit with their lodging – motels with fun history, quirky charm and plenty of “character”(that’s what they call those mysterious ...

The United States is arguably the spiritual home of the road trip and California's striking coast offers motorists some of ...

California invented the motel. More specifically: As automobile ownership skyrocketed in the 1920s and entrepreneurs rushed to open tourist camps and motor courts to house traveling families, a ...

For old-school design with a touch of Hollywood glamour, the Golden State’s nostalgic motels deliver in spades. Many of them hark back to another era, whether it’s a retro motor lodge from the 1940s ...

Listen. That's the low hum of the highway you hear behind me, offset by the rumble of the ice machine down the breezeway. We gather today to celebrate the motel, a uniquely American creature, ...