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

NPR | By Jey Born

Published November 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM HST

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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