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Part of the ongoing project: Route 66 – Fading America
On the Texas–New Mexico border along Route 66 sits Glenrio, a town that never quite disappeared.
The abandoned Motel Café in Glenrio, New Mexico, once a stop along historic Route 66.
Glenrio - Ghost Town
Glenrio sits directly on the Texas–New Mexico border along historic Route 66.
For decades the town served travelers moving across the plains, with gas stations, motels, and roadside businesses lining the highway. When Interstate 40 bypassed the town in the 1970s, traffic disappeared and the businesses slowly closed.
Today Glenrio remains one of the most atmospheric ghost towns along Route 66, where abandoned buildings still stand beside the empty highway that once carried thousands of travelers.
“Too Late.” Graffiti layered over the cinderblock walls of the abandoned Motel Café in Glenrio.
Through a shattered window, the abandoned interior of the Motel Café in Glenrio remains exposed to time and weather.
Layers of graffiti cover the tiled walls inside the abandoned Motel Café in Glenrio, Route 66.
Rusting heater and peeling paint inside the abandoned Motel Café in Glenrio, Route 66.
Inside the abandoned Motel Café in Glenrio, where graffiti now covers the walls along historic Route 66.
Graffiti-covered wall inside the abandoned Motel Café in Glenrio, Route 66.
Graffiti detail inside the abandoned Motel Café in Glenrio, Route 66.
Graffiti and broken windows inside the abandoned Motel Café in Glenrio along Route 66.
Motel Café interior filled with windblown debris — Glenrio, Route 66.
Graffiti-covered exterior wall of the abandoned Motel Café in Glenrio along Route 66.
Abandoned service station and rusting car in Glenrio along Route 66.
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