Rolando Pujol (The Retrologist)
@rolandopujol.bsky.social
Author, “The Great American Retro Road Trip.” Pre-order wherever you buy books!
The @empirestatebldng.bsky.social is decked out tonight in honor of Good Morning America’s 50th anniversary!
November 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The @empirestatebldng.bsky.social is decked out tonight in honor of Good Morning America’s 50th anniversary!
Johnny Carson was born 100 years ago today! Here’s one place you can visit and pay tribute in “beautiful downtown Burbank.”
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Heeeeere’s Johnny! The once and forever King of Late Night Johnny Carson was born 100 years ago today.
One month before he hosted his final “Tonight” show in “beautiful downtown Burbank” and disappea...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Johnny Carson was born 100 years ago today! Here’s one place you can visit and pay tribute in “beautiful downtown Burbank.”
Ever stop at Roadside America on I-78 in Pennsylvania? The miniature village closed five years ago, but you can now scoop up memorabilia from it at an auction. More in my latest jam-packed newsletter:
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September 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Ever stop at Roadside America on I-78 in Pennsylvania? The miniature village closed five years ago, but you can now scoop up memorabilia from it at an auction. More in my latest jam-packed newsletter:
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Traces of the lost Twin Towers around NYC: open.substack.com/pub/rolandop...
September 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Traces of the lost Twin Towers around NYC: open.substack.com/pub/rolandop...
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From gas station food to motels to unique landmarks, Journalist @rolandopujol.bsky.social discusses all aspects of road trips in new book.
Journalist explores all facets of roadside Americana in new book
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September 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
From gas station food to motels to unique landmarks, Journalist @rolandopujol.bsky.social discusses all aspects of road trips in new book.
Merci beaucoup!
Lecture de fin de vacances scolaires qui comble ma soif des roadside attractions grâce à la plume enthousiaste de @rolandopujol.bsky.social .👍
August 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Merci beaucoup!
MetroCard not going down without a fight!
August 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
MetroCard not going down without a fight!
Now you can not only visit McDonaldland again, you can WEAR it! My latest nostalgic adventure here:
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The return of McDonaldland: Nostalgic campaign includes festive apparel and merch collab with Pacsun
The surprise comeback of the McDonaldland characters has now extended onto the shelves of Pacsun stores. I take you on a tour.
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August 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Now you can not only visit McDonaldland again, you can WEAR it! My latest nostalgic adventure here:
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It was a once-in-a-lifetime invite, like receiving the Golden Ticket to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. I was told, quite simply, to “get myself ready for a trip to McDonaldland."
Nostalgic trip: Visit a McDonaldland reunion decades in the making
A McDonald's in Times Square was converted into McDonaldland ahead of the release of the McDonaldland Meal on Aug. 12.
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August 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It was a once-in-a-lifetime invite, like receiving the Golden Ticket to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. I was told, quite simply, to “get myself ready for a trip to McDonaldland."
Definitely a pinch-me moment: It was an honor to appear on the @atlasobscura.com podcast with Dylan Thuras to discuss roadside attractions and my book, "The Great American Retro Road Trip." www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pod...
A Quest to Capture America’s Greatest Roadside Attractions
For decades, Rolando Pujol has traveled across the country to photohraph historic roadside attractions. These are some of his favorites.
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August 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Definitely a pinch-me moment: It was an honor to appear on the @atlasobscura.com podcast with Dylan Thuras to discuss roadside attractions and my book, "The Great American Retro Road Trip." www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pod...
Love Lucy? You'll love her hometown of Jamestown, New York! Let's take a Retrologist tour on what would have been her 114th birthday! rolandopujol.substack.com/p/exploring-...
August 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Love Lucy? You'll love her hometown of Jamestown, New York! Let's take a Retrologist tour on what would have been her 114th birthday! rolandopujol.substack.com/p/exploring-...
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I need to plan the second half of my August to align with McDonald's bringing back some classic McDonaldland.
@mcdonaldsuss.bsky.social bites into nostalgia with new McDonaldland Meal campaign, with the characters, first launched in 1971, all back for the first time in decades.
McDonald's brings back classic McDonaldland characters as part of nostalgic meal and shake campaign
McDonald's will be taking us on a "trip through McDonaldland" with its McDonaldland Meal that will include merch and more starting Aug. 12.
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August 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I need to plan the second half of my August to align with McDonald's bringing back some classic McDonaldland.
So well done!
They even redid that one poster from 1972 (second pic).The attention to detail for this campaign is insane.
August 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
So well done!
@mcdonaldsuss.bsky.social bites into nostalgia with new McDonaldland Meal campaign, with the characters, first launched in 1971, all back for the first time in decades.
McDonald's brings back classic McDonaldland characters as part of nostalgic meal and shake campaign
McDonald's will be taking us on a "trip through McDonaldland" with its McDonaldland Meal that will include merch and more starting Aug. 12.
rolandopujol.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
@mcdonaldsuss.bsky.social bites into nostalgia with new McDonaldland Meal campaign, with the characters, first launched in 1971, all back for the first time in decades.
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Take a retro road trip with roadside Americana expert @rolandopujol.bsky.social as we talk about his new book, exploring the country, and some nostalgic roadside pit stops. open.substack.com/pub/american...
July 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Take a retro road trip with roadside Americana expert @rolandopujol.bsky.social as we talk about his new book, exploring the country, and some nostalgic roadside pit stops. open.substack.com/pub/american...
The Roll N Roaster in Brooklyn celebrates its 55th annivesary. If you’ve never been … go! Start by reading my Substack and peeping my pics. This place is a gem.
Roll N Roaster, the 'not so fast' fast-food restaurant, celebrates 55th anniversary
Roll N Roaster has been an institution in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, since 1970.
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July 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The Roll N Roaster in Brooklyn celebrates its 55th annivesary. If you’ve never been … go! Start by reading my Substack and peeping my pics. This place is a gem.
The Grand Canyon Lodge has been destroyed in a North Rim wildfire. Designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood, the lodge was the second one on the site, finished in 1937 to replace the 1928 original, also by Underwood and also destroyed in a blaze, in 1932. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/u...
Grand Canyon Lodge and Multiple Other Structures Are Destroyed by Wildfires
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July 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The Grand Canyon Lodge has been destroyed in a North Rim wildfire. Designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood, the lodge was the second one on the site, finished in 1937 to replace the 1928 original, also by Underwood and also destroyed in a blaze, in 1932. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/u...
This Ronald McDonald statue has been kidnapped. (Officer Big Mac clearly not on the job.)
Officer Big Mac clearly not on the job as Ronald McDonald statue is kidnapped from Pennsylvania McDonald’s; Hamburglar not a suspect
The theft Sunday afternoon was caught on video.
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July 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This Ronald McDonald statue has been kidnapped. (Officer Big Mac clearly not on the job.)
Another part of old New York, going in 3, 2 ...
Hector's Cafe, a Meatpacking District mainstay since 1949, set to close amid redevelopment plans
Plus, fire guts art deco 7 Up plant in Bakersfield; Sacramento's Jim-Denny's closes -- again. And more roadside headlines.
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July 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Another part of old New York, going in 3, 2 ...
Thank you, Saturday Evening Post, for the kind words about my book!
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News of the Week: New Books, How to Keep Cool, and the Music of Lalo Schifrin | The Saturday Evening Post
In the news for the week ending July 4, 2025, are reading something, buying nothing, and the states where the most psychopaths live.
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July 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Thank you, Saturday Evening Post, for the kind words about my book!
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Dear friends, this is one of those pinch-me moments, the realization of a dream. I walked by The Strand Book Store tonight off Union Square and saw an ad for my book signing in the window! I invite you to join me this Wednesday at 7 pm at The Strand www.eventbrite.com/e/rolando-pu...
July 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Dear friends, this is one of those pinch-me moments, the realization of a dream. I walked by The Strand Book Store tonight off Union Square and saw an ad for my book signing in the window! I invite you to join me this Wednesday at 7 pm at The Strand www.eventbrite.com/e/rolando-pu...
Meet me at The Strand Book Store in NYC Wednesday night at 7 for a book signing and chat about “The Great American Retro Road Trip”! Hope to see you. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/rolando-pu...
June 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Meet me at The Strand Book Store in NYC Wednesday night at 7 for a book signing and chat about “The Great American Retro Road Trip”! Hope to see you. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/rolando-pu...
I had the pleasure of appearing on ABC News Live with Phil Lipof to chat about "The Great American Retro Road Trip." Check it out!
Video The great American retro roadtrip
Author and adventurer Rolando Pujol joins ABC News Live to talk this new book "The Great American Retro Roadtrip."
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June 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I had the pleasure of appearing on ABC News Live with Phil Lipof to chat about "The Great American Retro Road Trip." Check it out!
Thank you for this lovely review of my new book!
I wrote on @boingboing.net about journalist @rolandopujol.bsky.social's amazing new book about American roadside attractions.
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Photographer captures America's vanishing roadside treasures in stunning new book
Explore vintage commercial architecture and nostalgic landmarks across the USA in this photo-rich celebration of American roadside culture.
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June 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Thank you for this lovely review of my new book!
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June 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Rainy night, nifty neon make for Manhattan magic | 6/16/25