COURTESY COFFEE SHOP, BLYTHE, CALIFORNIA

COURTESY COFFEE SHOP, BLYTHE, CALIFORNIA

Blythe sits right on the California-Arizona line, a border town if there ever was one. We pulled in here on a cross-country road trip. Main Street was epic—long, straight, lined with old joints and used car lots. At sunset, the neon signs glowed against that blue-and-gold sky like it was 1953 all over again.

Photographer: Jonas Larsson