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'It was an adventure': Brothers remember growing up in an original Route 66 motel

NPR | By Jey Born
Published November 13, 2026 at 3:42 AM CST

The Sunset Motel in Moriarty, New Mexico, is the last original Route 66 motel owned and operated by the family that built it.

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