Even though the town was crowded with busloads of tourists from as far away as Japan, Seligman's "Return to the 50's" museum was closed the day we were there. One can only wonder if this place really exists or is, like so much of Seligman, a nostalgic fantasy. Although the museum itself was shut down, its façade offered a fascinating mélange of messages. The big red sign is designed very much in the graphic style of that era. It offers time travel, while the museum itself is downplayed, appearing as an after thought (along with the gift shop), in almost invisible brick red letters to the right of the door. We see two signs of closure, a random poster showing a large bottle of Coca Cola, and a smaller add for Power-Lube Motor Oil. And in very small white letters, as another afterthought, the important words “Route 66” appear. Experiencing the historic road would be the whole point of being in Seligman in the first place.