Come because you need a place to crash, stay for the in-room disco balls and walk-up diner.
But the golden age ofthe great American road triphad a completely different feel.
But in certain places, like Flagstaff, Arizona, Route 66 has been carefully preserved.
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The design of the hotel is retro with a futuristic feel.
There are 89 vibrant rooms with playful touches, like in-room disco balls and geometric carpeting.
Flagstaffs deep ties to stargazing and astronomy are well-represented at the Americana Motor Hotel.
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Naval Observatory Flagstaff Stationand theLowell Observatory, where Pluto was discovered in 1930.
Less than an hour-and-a-half drive north isGrand Canyon National Park, which isalso a designated dark sky place.
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