A Place Just Like Every Other Place. Only Not. (NY Times)

From The New York Times:

By Dan Barry
Published: December 23, 2007

U.S. Route 1 stretches 2,000 miles from Maine to Florida. For much of the way it is distinctive for its lack of distinction. But amid the fast-food chains, discount stores and parking lots of its strip malls lies the occasional exception.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/us/23land.html