Mike's Neon Madness

06/16/2026

Sights and sounds in Loomis, Ca

This is a very large eye catching outdoor sign with lots of s***k it is a fun local kick ass roadhouse bar in the town of Loomis near Auburn

06/05/2026

You never know where you’re gonna find a small corner bar or tavern. this place “Bobs Club“ in old town Elk Grove, didn’t have the iconic cocktail glass out front but it still caught my eye for at least a five minute stop, which turned into an 1 hr stop the bartender Janice was lots of fun and so were the locals.

06/03/2026

One of my most favorite items to hunt & photograph are freestanding, or can mounted double-sided, Martini and Cocktail glasses.

They’re always so multi~colored very figural so iconic and you rarely see them mass produced every tube bender made a special custom shape, size, color combinations, for each specific location such as seen on so many neighborhood Bars, Clubs, Taverns, Lounges, Saloons, Dance Halls.

05/27/2026

05/27/2026

here’s a good old vintage large outdoor sign with a chaser bulb arrow and 2 colors of Neon

i’m posting a night and day version of this sign its a pretty popular location It was right across the street from ASU campus and freshman dorms.LoL

05/26/2026

Part #2

My visit to Ignite Sign Art Museum in Tucson, Arizona

AKA. “Argon Alley”

05/26/2026

Part #1

Ignite Sign Art Museum
Tucson, Arizona

Hello my fellow, Neon sign enthusiast, collectors and followers sorry It’s been such a long time since I posted just been busy with life. i’m still photographing and chasing vintage signage all the time. I was currently just in Tempe, Arizona for my nephew‘s graduation from ASU university and a good friend of mine. Bruce Suba told me that I should check out this Neon Museum in Tucson, which was about two hours away from where we were staying. So the next day we headed out there and arrived at the location of Ignite Sign Art Museum in Tuscan. Sadly they just had a fire about 6 months ago and lost about 50% of their signage displays. the place was all boarded up but the boneyard behind it had a graveyard of vintage outdoor signage and as I was reaching my camera up over the fence line trying to get some shots of all the vintage signage. A gentleman walked out and asked if he could help me ? I laughed said sure how would I get into this place does the owner happen to be around so i could photograph all these great signs he goes how did you find out about us? I said my good friend Bruce Suba, from California told me i need find you guys. He goes, I know Bruce, and that was the beginning of about a three hour visit the gentleman that inquired if he could help me was actually the owner Jude Cook and he said let me open up the gate so you don’t have to climb the fence and during our conversation we found out we had about 15 friends in common. Jude was very friendly and hospitable and I was excited like a little kid in a candy store wondering around the boneyard actually it’s called the “Argon Alley “ asking all kinds of questions he could barely able keep up with all my questions . I was having so much fun. He still had a great display of large outdoor Neon sign cans but most of the smaller signs, the smaller one of a kind prized possessions got melted away by the fire.

here’s some great photos. I snapped that day. Hope you guys enjoy and make sure you follow the progress of this place when he has his re-opening party. here is a link to his website.

Ignite Sign Art Museum preserves, restores and displays a collection of historic signs from Tucson, the Southwest and around the country. The Museum is dedicated to the art and history of signage. More than 100 years of sign history will be on display, t