Pima County is home to 40 of them, mostly in mid-century neighborhoods built around Tucson’s angled arteries — Aviation Parkway, Benson Highway, the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and ...

As you drive east on Benson Highway from Kino Parkway/Campbell Avenue today, there are more signs than motels: The Wagon Wheel, Redwood Lodge, Western Star, Lariat, Howdy Manor Motel, Eagle's Nest ...