Sebak: THERE IT IS -- THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

ESTABLISHED IN 1913, IT WAS TO BE THE FIRST IMPROVED, HIGH QUALITY, DIRECT AND EFFICIENT PAVED ROAD ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, FROM NEW YORK CITY TO SAN FRANCISCO.

Hay: I THINK THE FUN OF DRIVING ON ANY HISTORIC HIGHWAY, ESPECIALLY THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, IS THE SENSE OF, "WHAT AM I GONNA SEE THIS TIME?"

Ruth: IT GOES COMPLETELY FROM ONE COAST TO THE OTHER.

THERE'S NO END TO IT.

WE THINK THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY IS FIRST AND THE BEST AND THE LONGEST AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT... Jay: BEFORE THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, YOU JUST DIDN'T JUMP IN YOUR CAR AND TAKE OFF ANY DISTANCE.

Butko: THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY IS REALLY A GREAT WAY TO LEARN ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHY AND THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

Gilger: I THINK IT'S THE SECOND-BIGGEST THING ON EARTH.

WELL, IT'S THE LONGEST THING IN AMERICA.

I THINK IT'S A NATIONAL TREASURE, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE PRESERVED AND PROMOTED.

Kim: I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS 30 -- ROUTE 30.

THAT IS WHAT IT IS, ISN'T IT?

Bob: IF I FIND A SMALL PIECE OF LINCOLN HIGHWAY, I'LL DRIVE ON IT JUST FOR CURIOSITY'S SAKE.

Man: THIS WAS A VERY RUGGED PART OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS PRETTY DESOLATE.

TO ME, IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT YOU GET TO MEET, AS WELL.

LOVE A GOOD ROAD, LOVE A GOOD PATH.

JUST TRAVEL THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY AND FORGET THE INTERSTATE.

♪ GOIN' ALL THE WAY ON THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY ♪ ♪ GOIN' ALL THE WAY-AY-AY ON THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY ♪ ♪ ON THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY ♪ Sebak: SO, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A RIDE ALONG THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, AND WE WON'T SEE EVERYTHING THIS TRIP, BUT WE'LL SEE A LOT, AND WE HOPE WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE HIGHWAY TOMORROW.

THERE'S A LOT MORE TO SEE IF YOU FOLLOW THE OLD LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

I LIKE NEBRASKA A LOT.

"A RIDE ALONG THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY" WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

Sebak: THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY IS THAT IT NEVER WAS ONE SIMPLE ROAD.

IT WASN'T A HIGHWAY BUILT ACROSS AMERICA.

IT WAS A DESIGNATED ROUTE, MOSTLY ON EXISTING ROADS, THAT YOU COULD TAKE IF YOU FOLLOWED THE MARKERS, IF YOU HAD THE RIGHT GUIDEBOOKS.

THE ORIGINAL LINCOLN HIGHWAY WAS LAID OUT IN 1913, WHEN THERE WERE VERY FEW PAVED ROADS IN AMERICA AND ESSENTIALLY NONE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI TILL YOU GOT TO THE CITIES OF CALIFORNIA.

THE FOUNDERS OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY WANTED THE STRAIGHTEST AND FASTEST ROUTE.

Butko: THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, THERE'S OFTEN DIFFERENT GENERATIONS THAT YOU CAN TAKE -- THE ORIGINAL, AND THEN MAYBE THEY REROUTED IT A BLOCK OR TWO AWAY, AND THEN A FEW BLOCKS AWAY.

AND SO I'VE BEEN AT IT NOW FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, AND I SURELY CAN GO ANOTHER 20 AND NOT SEE EVERYTHING THERE IS TO SEE.

Sebak: BRIAN BUTKO IS A HIGHWAY HISTORIAN WHO LIVES IN PITTSBURGH.

HE WROTE THE BOOK CALLED "GREETINGS FROM THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY."

I THINK A LOT OF US WANT TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING ELSE THAN THE GENERIC SIDE OF THE INTERSTATES, TO GET ON THE OLD TWO LANES AND EXPERIENCE THE ROAD GOING OVER THE LANDSCAPE, THAT IT'S LAID ON THE HILLS, NOT THROUGH THEM.

Sebak: IT CAN BE A HANDSOME ROAD.

YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY WAS FOUNDED BY SEVERAL MEN INVOLVED IN THE WORLD OF AUTOMOBILES AND RELATED INDUSTRIES.

THE MAIN MAN WAS CARL FISHER, WHOSE PREST-O-LITE COMPANY MADE HEADLIGHTS.

HE ALSO FOUNDED THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 AMONG OTHER THINGS.

THERE WAS ALSO HENRY JOY, THE PRESIDENT OF PACKARD MOTORS AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION.

THERE WERE TIRE PEOPLE AND CEMENT MAKERS AND MANY OTHER BUSINESSMEN WHO ALL SAW THE WISDOM OF A TRANSCONTINENTAL ROAD.

Butko: I THINK THEY WERE TRULY INTERESTED IN MAKING AMERICA A BETTER PLACE, BUILDING ROADS THAT -- THEY WERE ADVENTURERS -- THEY COULD DRIVE ON.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD FORGET THAT, IN THE END, IT WAS GENIUS TO BUILD A HIGHWAY SO THAT THEN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO GO DRIVE ON AFTER THEY BOUGHT YOUR CARS AND PARTS.

AND INSTEAD OF JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGHWAY, BUILD ONE THAT FIRES THEIR IMAGINATION TO GO DRIVE 3,000 MILES -- ONE WAY.

Sebak: ONE DAY, WE MET BRIAN IN WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, AT PEPPI'S DINER, A LOCAL ROADSIDE LANDMARK.

IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE STOPS ON THE ROAD, REALLY.

IT'S A GREAT SANDWICH SHOP.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY RARE NATIONAL BRAND DINER.

IT WAS BUILT IN NEW JERSEY IN 1939.

IT'S EVERYTHING YOU WANT AN OLD DINER TO BE.

Sebak: NOW, MANY PEOPLE CONSIDER ROUTE 30 TO BE THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA, BUT PEPPI'S IS ON A BUSY STRETCH OF PENN AVENUE, A MAIN ROAD IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA.

IT'S THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

AND THAT'S THE HARD THING FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, THAT THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING.

YOU CAN'T CALL IT "27" OR "ROUTE 30" OR "ROUTE 1," LET ALONE I-80.

IT'S ITSELF.

IT'S A NAMED HIGHWAY FROM THE TEENS.

AND ONCE THE HIGHWAYS WERE NUMBERED IN THE 1920s, THAT IDENTITY HAS BECOME SO STRONG THAT WE'RE ALWAYS TEMPTED TO WANT TO SAY, WELL, "THAT'S ROUTE 30," OR "IT'S ROUTE 40."

AND, CERTAINLY, AT TIMES IT IS, BUT ONLY AT TIMES.

SO, RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR WINDOW HERE, THAT WAS THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

I WOULD SAY IT STILL IS THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

IT WAS ROUTE 30, BUT NOW ROUTE 30 GOES AROUND PITTSBURGH.

Sebak: SO, DISCOVERING AND FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL ROUTE OF THE HIGHWAY IS LIKE A GAME.

YOU CAN USE OLD AND NEW GUIDEBOOKS.

YOU CAN EXPLORE.

YOU CAN FOLLOW SIGNS IN SOME STATES.

Hay: OTHER STATES HAVE LITTLE ZIGS AND ZAGS.

THEY MAY HAVE SOME INTERESTING DETOURS AND SPURS.

INDIANA IS ONE OF THE FEW STATES ON THE HIGHWAY THAT HAS TWO DISTINCT ROUTES, AND WE LOVE AND CELEBRATE BOTH OF THEM.

Sebak: YEP.

IN INDIANA, YOU CAN TAKE ROUTE 30 ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE.

THAT'S THE 1928 ROUTE.

OR YOU CAN FOLLOW THE ORIGINAL ROUTE OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY NORTH TO SOUTH BEND, WHERE WE MET DAVID HAY, WHO WAS WORKING FOR THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION THERE.

HE TOOK US FOR A LITTLE RIDE WEST ON ROUTE 20, WHICH IS STILL CALLED "LINCOLNWAY" IN TOWN.

Hay: THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY FOLLOWS, IN MANY RESPECTS, AN OLDER PATH, AN OLDER CORDUROY TURNPIKE CALLED THE MICHIGAN ROAD, WHICH ITSELF FOLLOWED AN INDIAN TRAIL CALLED THE SAUK TRAIL.

SO, MANY OF THESE ROADS WERE BUILT ON TOP OF OLDER PATHS OR WAGON ROUTES.

NOW, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS SLIGHT JOG ON WHAT'S CALLED OAK KNOLL ROAD, AND THIS IS, IN FACT, THE ORIGINAL ROUTE OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

AND THIS IS QUITE COMMON ALONG THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

THERE WILL BE THESE OLD TURNOUTS, THESE ROADS THAT, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, THE HIGHWAY WAS BUILT TO EITHER STRAIGHTEN A CURVE, MAKE IT SAFER, IMPROVE THE LINE OF SIGHT.

BUT THEY REMAIN USABLE ROADS.

Sebak: YOU DO FIND THESE INTRIGUING LITTLE SEGMENTS OF OLD HIGHWAY IN MANY STATES, SOMETIMES WELL-MARKED, SOMETIMES NOT.

WHAT'S EXTREMELY UNIQUE ABOUT THE STATE OF INDIANA IS A VERY SPECIAL SEGMENT OF THE HIGHWAY NEAR DYER, INDIANA, RIGHT NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER.

THAT'S CALLED THE IDEAL SECTION, AND THAT IDEAL SECTION WAS THE WAY THAT THE VISIONARIES OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THE WHOLE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTED -- FOUR LANES, LIGHTED AT NIGHT, WITH GREEN SPACE, WITH A WALKING TRAIL.

IT WAS REALLY A REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT THE HIGHWAY COULD BE IF FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE.

THE REAL TRAGEDY OF IT IS, YOU CAN'T STOP AND LOOK AT THE IDEAL SECTION BECAUSE IT'S IN AN EXTREMELY CONGESTED AND BUSY SECTION OF U.S.

HIGHWAY 30, AND TO GET OUT AND LOOK AT THE IDEAL SECTION MONUMENT -- THERE'S A BENCH THAT'S BEEN BUILT, COMMEMORATING AN EARLY STAFF MEMBER OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY WHO WAS KILLED LITERALLY ON THE ROAD, ON THE JOB -- HENRY OSTERMANN.

BUT IF YOU WENT TO LOOK AT IT, YOU TOO WOULD BE KILLED ON THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY BECAUSE IT IS SO BUSY.

Sebak: ONCE YOU GET THROUGH THE IDEAL SECTION, HEADING WEST, YOU'RE IN ILLINOIS.

AND IN ILLINOIS, THERE ARE LOTS OF SIGNS THAT SHOW YOU HOW TO FOLLOW THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY ON CITY STREETS AND COUNTRY ROADS, EVEN WHEN THE WEATHER'S TERRIBLE.

AND WHEN YOU GET TO FRANKLIN GROVE, ILLINOIS, THERE'S AN OLD BUILDING, BUILT IN 1860 BY A COUSIN OF ABE LINCOLN.

AND FOR MANY YEARS NOW, THAT BUILDING HAS SERVED AS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE NEW LINCOLN HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION.

SO, YOU FOUND WHAT YOU NEEDED?

YEAH.

LYNN ASP VOLUNTEERS HERE AND KNOWS A BIT ABOUT THE HIGHWAY.

THE BEGINNINGS OF IT WERE NOT VERY ROMANTIC.

IT WAS "FOLLOW THE MONEY."

THE MEN WHO STARTED IT MADE PACKARD CARS AND GOODYEAR TIRES AND PREST-O-LITE BATTERIES, AND THEY NEEDED YOU OUT, USING UP THEIR PRODUCT, OR THEY WEREN'T GONNA MAKE ANY BUSINESS.

SO, THAT WAS THE BEGINNING, BUT WHAT EVOLVED FROM THAT WAS A WHOLE CULTURE.

Sebak: SOME OF THE CULTURE OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY IS ON SALE INSIDE THAT OLD LINCOLN BUILDING.

Asp: EACH STATE THAT THE HIGHWAY GOES THROUGH HAS A STATE CHAPTER AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THEY'RE ALL WELCOME TO BRING IN ANY MERCHANDISE THEY WANT OR THINGS FOR DISPLAY, SO WE SELL ALL KINDS OF MERCHANDISE.

WE ALSO HAVE A GENERAL STORE HERE.

Sebak: SO, LYNN KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THE ROAD BUT ADMITS SHE'S LEARNED MOST OF IT RIGHT HERE.

I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT ANY LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

YOU LIVE IN ILLINOIS, SOMETHING'S CALLED LINCOLN -- WHY WOULDN'T IT BE?

AND, SO -- BUT THAT'S HOW I GOT HERE.

Sebak: BUT THE NAME CAME FROM THE BUSINESSMEN WHO FOUNDED THIS HIGHWAY.

Butko: THEY WERE PRETTY SERIOUS ABOUT HONORING LINCOLN, AS TO MAKING THIS A MEMORIAL THAT WOULD BE REMEMBERED 100 YEARS LATER.

Sebak: THAT MEMORIAL INCLUDES STATUES IN MANY TOWNS, LIKE WILKINSBURG, P.A., AND OUT IN WYOMING, AT THE EXIT 323 REST AREA, THE HIGHEST POINT ON INTERSTATE 80, WHERE A SAD AND STERN LINCOLN LOOKS DOWN ON THE ROADWAY BELOW.

Butko: ONE OF THE GREAT MONUMENTS TO VISIT IS OUT NEAR SCRANTON, IOWA, ON THE OLD HIGHWAY.

YOU WON'T FIND IT IF YOU'RE JUST FOLLOWING ROUTE 30.

A CIVIL WAR VETERAN NAMED J.E.

MOSS -- HE TOOK THE EXTRA STEP OF BUILDING A COUPLE MONUMENTS ON ONE OF THE CORNERS OF HIS FARM.

ACTUALLY, IT'S THE CORNER WHERE THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY BENDS THERE, BECAUSE, UNLIKE THE EAST, WHERE THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY FOLLOWS CURVES, IN THE MIDWEST, IT FOLLOWS ALL THE SECTION LINES AROUND FARMS.

Sebak: THERE ARE ALSO BUSINESSES STILL NAMED FOR LINCOLN ALL ALONG THE ROUTE THAT ARE LIKE A SECONDARY SET OF MARKERS, HONORING HONEST ABE AND REMINDING YOU WHAT HIGHWAY YOU'RE ON.

WE WERE JUST OFF THE HIGHWAY, AT A BOOK SIGNING, WHEN WE MET TWO GUYS NAMED MICHAEL, WHO TOGETHER CREATED THE 2007 BOOK TITLED "THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY."

MICHAEL WALLIS ALSO WROTE THE 1992 ROADSIDE BESTSELLER CALLED "ROUTE 66."

THE OTHER GUY IS MICHAEL WILLIAMSON, A PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER.

Wallis: MICHAEL WILLIAMSON, WHO IS A MICHELANGELO WITH THAT CAMERA OF HIS, HAS BEEN PHOTOGRAPHING THE LINCOLN FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

SO HE BROUGHT THAT LOVE AND PASSION TO IT.

I BROUGHT MY LOVE AND PASSION FOR THE ROAD AND THE PEOPLE TO THE PROJECT.

Williamson: 'CAUSE I WAS CONCENTRATING ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE RESEARCH AND ACQUIRING THE VINTAGE POSTCARDS.

I SPENT YEARS ON THAT STUFF.

IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF MERGING MY WORDS AND HIS INCREDIBLE IMAGES IN PRODUCING WHAT I GUESS I WOULD UNABASHEDLY CALL A LOVE LETTER TO THE HIGHWAY AND THE PEOPLE.

I ALWAYS HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN I TELL PEOPLE -- I TALK ABOUT LOVE OF THE ROAD, LOVE OF BEING IN THE CAR, DRIVING ACROSS AMERICA.

DO I ACTUALLY LOVE DRIVING?

AM I ACTUALLY IN LOVE WITH THAT BIG PIECE OF CEMENT, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, GOING RIGHT BY US?

NO!

I'M IN LOVE WITH THE STUFF YOU SEE ON IT AND THE PEOPLE YOU MEET.

Wallis: IT'S A ROAD TRIP YOU CAN TAKE, AND IT COULD BE JUST PURELY CULINARY.

IT COULD BE JUST MUSIC.

IT COULD BE HISTORY.

IT COULD BE ARCHITECTURE.

IT'S SO MANY THINGS, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE ACTUAL LITERAL ROAD HISTORY.

Williamson: I DID A TRIP A COUPLE YEARS AGO WITH MY GIRLS.

THEY WERE LIKE 6 AND 8.

34 DAYS ON THE ROAD -- THE LINCOLN OUT AND BACK.

Wallis: YOU DON'T HAVE TO LITERALLY STAY ON EVERY ALIGNMENT OF THE ROAD.

ALL OF PHILADELPHIA, ALL OF PITTSBURGH, ALL OF OMAHA, ALL OF CHEYENNE IS A LINCOLN HIGHWAY CITY.

Williamson: I WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD'S LARGEST SHOE HOUSE.

I WANT TO SEE THE WORLD'S LARGEST BALL OF YARN.

I'M STOPPING TO SEE THAT SWIMMING POOL FROM THE 1920s -- THE STUFF THAT I'VE CONVINCED THEM IS REALLY COOL.

WE NEVER SPENT A DIME AT A NATIONAL CHAIN RESTAURANT OR MOTEL.

WE MET THE OWNER 85% OF THE TIME AT EITHER THE MOTEL OR THE RESTAURANT THAT WE STOPPED AT.

Wallis: SOMETIMES THE PROCESS OF GETTING LOST BRINGS YOU THE GREATEST ADVENTURES AND THE GREATEST MEMORIES OF ALL.

Williamson: THAT ROAD IS SO CHANGING, SO FAST.

I WOULD TAKE A TRIP OUT TO SAN FRANCISCO, TURN AROUND AND COME BACK, AND THERE'D BE FOUR OF THE FIVE THINGS THAT I PHOTOGRAPHED ALREADY GONE.

I TOOK MICHAEL ON A MONTHLONG TRIP LAST YEAR.

I WANT TO SHOW HIM PARK'S MOTEL, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF PITTSBURGH -- CLASSIC LITTLE AUTO COURT.

GUY OWNED IT SINCE RIGHT AFTER WORLD WAR II.

WE LITERALLY DROVE BY IT.

IT WAS BEING TORN DOWN BEFORE OUR EYES.

THE BULLDOZERS WERE RAZING THOSE LITTLE CABINS.

NOW, FORTUNATELY, IN PENNSYLVANIA, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER GREAT OLD AUTO COURTS YOU CAN STILL STAY AT.

Sebak: RIGHT.

AND MAYBE THE BEST-PRESERVED OLD MOTOR COURT IS ABOUT 100 MILES EAST OF PITTSBURGH, NOT FAR FROM BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

IT'S CALLED THE LINCOLN MOTOR COURT, BUILT AROUND 1945.

THE ALTIZER FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1983.

BOB FIXES STUFF.

DEBBIE DOES THE CLEANING.

AND THEIR GROWN-UP DAUGHTERS NOW HELP ONLY OCCASIONALLY.

THIS IS CARISSA.

Carissa: I GREW UP LEARNING HOW TO MAKE BEDS.

BY THE TIME I WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 6, I KNEW HOW TO DO A HOSPITAL CORNER, WHICH A LOT OF KIDS CAN'T SAY.

I'VE HEARD THAT WE ARE THE ONLY OPERATING MOTOR COURT ON THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY FOR OVERNIGHT GUESTS.

AT ONE TIME, THERE WERE 13 OF THESE COTTAGE SETS IN BEDFORD COUNTY ALONE.

IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL HOLIDAY INN OR HAMPTON INN OR ANYTHING ELSE.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN GO INTO A ROOM AND KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

EACH ONE IS DIFFERENT, AND EACH ONE IS SPECIAL, AND, OF COURSE, I HAVE MY FAVORITES.

Bob: WHAT MAKES IT A MOTOR COURT IS THE FACT THAT THE COTTAGES ARE COTTAGES.

THEY ARE NOT CONNECTED TOGETHER.

THIS IS PRE-HOLIDAY INN.

PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER.

BEFORE THIS, THEY CAMPED OUT.

Debbie: THE OUTSIDE IS InsulBrick.

AND WHEN I -- THAT WAS THE ONE THING I HATED THE MOST WHEN I MOVED HERE.

Bob: THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS REPAIRING IT.

IF A PIECE OF IT BREAKS, THEY DON'T MAKE IT ANYMORE.

WHEN WE MOVED HERE, THEY DID NOT HAVE THE SHUTTERS, AND THEY DID NOT HAVE THE WHITE BORDERING ON THE CORNERS.

Bob: INSIDES -- NO PANELING.

IT'S ALL TONGUE-AND-GROOVE KNOTTY PINE, ONE INCH THICK.

Carissa: A LOT OF PEOPLE GET A LITTLE IFFY WHEN THEY STOP BY.

THEY'RE LIKE, "OH, DO YOU GUYS HAVE SHOWERS?

DO YOU HAVE TOWELS?"

Bob: ABOUT 70%, 80% OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE REPEAT.

I MEAN, IT TAKES COURAGE TO STOP THE FIRST TIME, BUT ALMOST EVERYBODY COMES BACK.

AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU THIS ONE.

Carissa: NUMBER 6 IS MY FAVORITE -- THE ANNIVERSARY SUITE.

Debbie: THIS IS OUR SWEETHEART ROOM.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE BED IN THIS ONE -- ONE DOUBLE BED.

AND MOST OF OUR TYPICAL COTTAGES HAVE TWO BEDS.

WE USUALLY HAVE ONE OVER HERE.

OF COURSE, OUR SWEETHEART ROOM, WE HAVE A LITTLE TABLE.

OUR ROOMS ALSO INCLUDE A REFRIGERATOR, MICROWAVE, CABLE TELEVISION.

Bob: TRIED TALKING THE WIFE INTO ELIMINATING THE TELEVISIONS, JUST PUTTING RADIOS IN THE ROOM, BUT THAT DIDN'T FLY.

AND THIS IS OUR AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL 1947 BATHROOM WITH OUR PLASTIC TILE IN BEHIND THE SINK AND IN THE SHOWER.

AND OUR 1947 STAMPED -- COLOR BATHROOM AND TOILET, STAMPED UNDERNEATH.

AND OUR RATES ARE REALLY VERY REASONABLE.

SOME PEOPLE REBUILD ANTIQUE CARS.

WE REBUILT A MOTEL.

Sebak: AND, OF COURSE, THESE CHARMING LITTLE BUNGALOWS ARE RIGHT ON 30, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

Debbie: WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY WAS WHEN WE FIRST MOVED HERE.

DIDN'T REALLY KNOW UNTIL 1992, WHEN BRIAN BUTKO AND A LOCAL ARTIST NAMED KEVIN KUTZ AND THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION POPPED UP.

Bob: THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY PEOPLE CAME THROUGH HERE, STARTED TURNING US ON TO THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION... HI, CAROLE!

...FOUND OUT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ACTUALLY LIKE THIS KIND OF STUFF.

WE HAVE PEOPLE COME THROUGH HERE THAT GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

LIKE, THEY HAVE THEIR JACKETS ON, AND THEY HAVE THEIR LITTLE "LINCOLN HIGHWAY" HATS, AND THEY GET ALL INTO IT, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.

I'VE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE, SO IT'S NOT QUITE AS EXCITING, BUT THEY REALLY GET INTO IT.

ONE LADY HAD A TATTOO ON HER BACK THAT WAS LIKE, "ROUTE 30."

SINCE THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY HERITAGE CORRIDOR STARTED UP ABOUT 10, 12 YEARS AGO, AND THEY'VE BEEN ROLLING ALONG, DOING REALLY COOL THINGS ON THE HIGHWAY, THE TOURISM HAS PICKED UP TREMENDOUSLY.

Bob: IF THIS WOULD BE ANYWHERE OTHER THAN THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'D BE STILL SURVIVING, PUT IT THAT WAY.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM FOR THAT.

Sebak: PENNSYLVANIA'S LINCOLN HIGHWAY HERITAGE CORRIDOR IS A PRIVATE, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESS THROUGH TOURISM.

IT'S HIGHLIGHTED THE HIGHWAY THROUGH SIX COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA.

THE HERITAGE CORRIDOR HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.

IT'S A ROADSIDE MUSEUM, 200 MILES OF EXHIBITS AND PLACES TO STOP FOR INFORMATION AND SOME WONDERFUL MURALS THAT REALLY DEPICT THE HIGHWAY AT ITS HEYDAY ON BARNS, AND THERE ARE SOME GREAT ONES IN CHAMBERSBURG AT THE BOWLING ALLEY.

IT SORT OF GOES ON FOREVER AND EVER.

THEY HAVE MARKED THE ROUTE WITH THEIR OWN SIGNS, INCLUDING TAKING YOU OFF THE MAIN ROAD TO SOME ORIGINAL ALIGNMENTS, WHICH IS A LOT OF FUN.

Sebak: THAT'S MINDY CRAWFORD, THE DIRECTOR OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION.

WE MET HER IN HELLAM, P.A., AT THE SHOE HOUSE.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT.

Crawford: IT IS IMPRESSIVE.

YOU COME AROUND THE CORNER, AND THERE IT IS.

AND YOU THINK, "WOW!

THERE'S THE SHOE HOUSE."

MINDY, WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PRESERVATION PENNSYLVANIA, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH CARLEEN FARABAUGH TO GET THE SHOE HOUSE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

CARLEEN AND HER HUSBAND HAVE OWNED THIS UNUSUAL ATTRACTION SINCE 2003.

Farabaugh: IT'S HAD ITS UPS AND DOWNS.

IT'S HAD ITS MOMENTS.

IT'S LIKE ANY BUSINESS.

BUT WE'RE RESTORING IT HISTORICALLY, SO, HOPEFULLY, YEARS FROM NOW, IT'LL STILL BE HERE, AND THAT'S OUR GOAL, SO... Crawford: THE REASON I LIKE IT IS, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY WAS NOT A ROAD-BUILDING PROJECT.

IT WAS A MARKETING PROJECT.

IT WAS A WAY TO USE SIGNS, GET PEOPLE OUT ON THE HIGHWAY, AND HAVE THEM SPEND MONEY.

AND THE SHOE HOUSE WAS BUILT TO BE AN ADVERTISING GIMMICK FOR A SHOE STORE, AND IT WORKS.

HELLO.

WELCOME TO THE SHOE HOUSE.

OH, GREAT.

THANK YOU.

Sebak: THE MAN BEHIND THE SHOE WAS MAHLON HAINES, A PROMINENT LOCAL SHOE MERCHANT.

Farabaugh: I PERSONALLY THINK HE WAS JUST A GREAT PHILANTHROPIST.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE WANTED TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK HE FIGURED IT WOULD LIVE ON LONG AFTER HE WAS GONE, AND IT HAS.

IT'S A WONDERFUL PIECE OF HISTORY, AND THAT'S WHAT I TRY TO CONVEY TO EVERYBODY.

STRAIGHT UP THE STAIRWAY THERE.

Sebak: THE PATH OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY IN PENNSYLVANIA IS PRETTY RICH WITH HISTORY AND ATTRACTIONS, AND WE KNOW ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIMSELF GAVE A SPEECH AT A CEMETERY IN ONE MONUMENTAL TOWN HERE.

Crawford: THE GREAT THING ABOUT LINCOLN IN PENNSYLVANIA IS GETTYSBURG.

YOU CAN STOP AND SEE THE BATTLEFIELD.

IT WAS HERE LONG BEFORE THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY WENT THROUGH, BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL LITTLE TOWN, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S EXACTLY SMALL-TOWN AMERICA, WHICH IS THE VERY THING I LIKE ABOUT THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

Sebak: MINDY ALSO SUGGESTED A FEW OTHER STOPS ON THE ROUTE IN THE OLD KEYSTONE STATE.

Crawford: YOU SHOULD SEE DUNKEL'S GULF IN BEDFORD AND STOP AND GET SOME GAS BECAUSE IT'S STILL BEING OPERATED BY THE SAME FAMILY FOR THREE GENERATIONS.

YOU SHOULD STOP AT THE GRAND VIEW POINT, WHICH IS WHERE THE SHIP OF THE ALLEGHENIES WAS AT ONE TIME BUT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL POINT ALONG THE HIGHWAY.

YOU SHOULD SEE DUTCH HAVEN IN LANCASTER, STOP AND GET SOME SHOOFLY PIE.

WHO DOESN'T WANT TO STOP AT A LARGE WINDMILL?

AND THEN YOU SHOULD GO ON A LITTLE TREASURE HUNT AND TRY TO FIND THE POQUESSING CREEK BRIDGE IN BUCKS COUNTY NEAR LANGHORNE AND SEE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL LINCOLN HIGHWAY BRIDGES.

Sebak: THIS HANDSOME OLD STONE BRIDGE, DOUBLES ARCHES BUILT IN 1809, WAS ONCE PART OF ONE OF THE BUSIEST ROADS IN AMERICA.

NOW IT'S NEARLY FORGOTTEN IN A STATE PARK.

BUT PEOPLE IN THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION PAY ATTENTION TO SUCH THINGS AND TRY TO PRESERVE THEM.

ON A FRIDAY MORNING IN AUGUST, ALL THESE HIGHWAY ENTHUSIASTS ARE WAITING FOR SCHOOL BUSES.

Kell: WHAT'S GOING ON HERE TODAY IS THE EAST TOUR FOR THE 2008 LINCOLN HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN EVANSTON, WYOMING.

Jan: EACH YEAR, WE GATHER IN A COMMUNITY ALONG THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SECTION OF THE ROAD.

Sebak: THESE FOLKS ARE ALL PART OF THE NEW LINCOLN HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION, STARTED IN 1992.

THE ORIGINAL LINCOLN HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION, STARTED BY CARL FISHER AND THOSE GUYS, REALLY EXISTED ONLY FROM 1913 TILL ABOUT 1930.

THIS NEW GROUP IS A SORT OF GRASSROOTS REVIVAL.

BUT WE'RE ALL ROAD GEEKS, AND WE'RE HISTORIANS, AND WE'RE FRIENDS.

Kell: AND WE'RE HEADING OUT ALONG THE OLD LINCOLN HIGHWAY, MOST OF WHICH PARALLELS OR IS ON CURRENT U.S.

80.

Man: BEFORE I-80 CAME THROUGH, THIS WAS THE ROUTE OF U.S.

30, WHICH WAS ALSO THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY PRIOR TO THAT.

WE HAVE LECTURES, LECTURES ABOUT THE HIGHWAY AND ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP THAT BEGAN THE HIGHWAY.

Gilger: WE'RE ALL NUTS.

WE'RE ALL STANDING THERE LOOKING AT THE PAVEMENT, YOU KNOW.

IS THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY HERE, OR IS IT OVER THERE?

Sebak: TODAY'S TOUR WILL INCLUDE A STOP AT SOME OLD INFRASTRUCTURE.

EVERYBODY GETS A PRE-PRESERVATION LOOK AT SOME VERY COOL OLD TOURIST CABINS.

Todd: THESE TOURIST CABINS WERE REFERRED TO AS THE BLACK AND ORANGE CABINS.

AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE DOOR, YOU CAN SEE, THESE WALLS WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL ORANGE WITH BLACK TRIM.

AND YOU CAN STILL SEE THE COLORS ON THE DOOR HERE.

Sebak: AND AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE BUSES STOP AT A MASSIVE SANDSTONE FORMATION KNOWN AS CHURCH BUTTE, NOW ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

Russell: JUST THINK ABOUT IT TODAY.

THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU WOULD KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THESE OLD ALIGNMENTS UNLESS YOU WENT TO THESE CONFERENCES, WHERE THE LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH.

Rollin: YOU HAVE TO ALMOST KNOW WHERE THE OLD LINCOLN WENT IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.

I THINK IT'S A PRETTY COOL THING TO LEARN ABOUT.

King: WE TOOK THE DIRT ROAD PRETTY WELL ALL THE WAY, AND I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT DIRT ROAD.

AS MANY TIMES AS I THOUGHT I DROVE ON THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, I DIDN'T.

Rollin: IN OUR BUS, THEY WERE --