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45 Plates, Two Unicorns: Hunting License Plates Across New Mexico & Colorado

A family road trip through New Mexico and Colorado turned into a 45-state license plate hunt — including incredible Hawaii and Alaska finds in the final hours.

New Mexico + ColoradoAugust 28, 2026
7 min readRead story
From the road

The Handwritten Cardboard Plate I Spotted on the Grand Central Parkway

Somewhere between New Jersey and JFK, a Jeep handed me the strangest plate I’ve ever seen: a North Carolina temp tag handwritten on cardboard.

Grand Central Parkway, Queens, NYSeptember 29, 2026
3 min readRead story