30 Nostalgic Photos Of Main Street In Towns Across America
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30 Nostalgic Photos Of Main Street In Towns Across America
There's nothing more Americana than a row of antique stores, ice-cream parlors, boutiques and cafes flanked by neon signs and brick facades along a tree-lined street. Take an afternoon jaunt down one of these idyllic, time-capsule boulevards and you're sure to be wooed by the charm of small town life. After all, you don't really get to know a town until you've strolled down Main Street.
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Telluride, Colorado
Telluride's main street (technically named Colorado Avenue) is one of the most beautiful in the country, nestled snugly between the peaks of the San Juan Mountains.
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Franklin, Tennessee
Franklin, Tennessee, a town just south of Nashville, claims the title of "America's favorite Main Street."
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Virginia City, Nevada
Walking down Main Street in Virginia City, Nevada feels like you just stepped onto a Western movie set.
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Silver City, New Mexico
Silver City was founded on the heels of a silver-mining boom in the present-day Gila Wilderness (the world's first wilderness area, dedicated in 1924). The town's main street maintains the original Pueblo Revival architecture.
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Old Salem, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
A mere mile away from downtown Winston-Salem, Main Street in Old Salem, North Carolina is a preserved historic district that has remained largely unchanged since the eighteenth century.
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Park City, Utah
Main Street in Park City, Utah, is known for it's bustling winter scene, nestled right between Deer Valley and Park City Mountain ski resorts.
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Bar Harbor, Maine
Bar Harbor, Maine, serves as the gateway to Acadia National Park.
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Beacon, New York
A short train ride from New York City, Beacon, New York is many city dwellers' go-to weekend getaway.
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Staunton, Virginia
Staunton, Virginia is home to a bustling small business community of over 80 specialty boutiques and 30 restaurants.
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Galena, Illinois
Main Street in Galena Illinois is better-known by it's memorable nickname: Helluva Half-Mile.
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Guthrie, Oklahoma
Main Street in Guthrie, Oklahoma is known for its marquees, murals, and ghost signs.
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New Hope, Pennsylvania
New Hope, Pennsylvania, is known as one of America's most LGBTQ-friendly small towns. Main Street is proliferated with rainbow flags.
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Woodstock, Vermont
Woodstock, Vermont embodies quintessential New England charm.
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Solvang, California
Solvang, California is known as "The Danish Capital of America." Mission Drive, the town's Main Street, is even home to a Dutch windmill.
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Mackinaw City, Michigan
Great Lakes destination Mackinaw City, Michigan is located at the tip of the state's southern peninsula on the Straits of Mackinac, connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.
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Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah, Kentucky was founded by William Clark during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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Seward, Alaska
Sweard is home to one of the oldest and most picturesque Main Streets in Alaska.
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Bentonville, Arkansas
Bentonville, Arkansas is known as the birthplace of Walmart. The original storefront, Walton's 5&10, is still located on Main Street today.
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Deadwood, South Dakota
Deadwood, South Dakota, was founded as a Gold Rush town and is still home to trading posts and gambling haunts today.
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Manitou Springs, Colorado
Manitou Springs, Colorado gets it's name from mineral water springs located throughout the town.
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Pella, Iowa
Pella, Iowa, another historically Dutch settlement, brings a little bit of Solvang to the Midwest.
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Located at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers, Harper's Ferry is a quintessential Appalachian Mountain town (the Appalachian Trail even runs through it!).
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Montpelier, Vermont
Montpelier, Vermont, is the smallest capital in the United States, with a population of just over 7,000.
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Wallace, Idaho
Wallace, Idaho, at the base of the Bitterroot Mountains, is one of only four cities in the United States that is entirely listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Jacksonville, Oregon
Jacksonville is located in the heart of Oregon's Rogue Valley wine country.
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Georgetown, Texas
Georgetown is known for having the "most beautiful town square in Texas."
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Northampton, Massachusetts
Northampton, situated in the wooded hills of western Massachusetts's Pioneer Vally, is home to many scholars and a vibrant art scene, thanks to it's proximity to the Five Colleges (Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst).
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Abingdon, Virginia
Abingdon, Virginia is home to the historic Barter Theatre, the country's longest-running professional theatre.
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Placerville, California
Placerville is a California gold rush town, named after the gold deposits found in its river beds,
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Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Main Street in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, snakes through the town's hilly terrain.
These charming small towns will take you back in time.