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Travel
Amanda Hancock

Colorado's once-forgotten, rundown motels are getting another chance to be cool

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — In the first episode of the series “Schitt’s Creek,” a suddenly broke family has to leave their lavish mansion to begrudgingly live in a rundown motel.

By the finale in April 2020, the made-over motel turned into something the fictional family — and viewers of the hit show — adored.

The motel’s redemption story mirrored a trend happening beyond the television screen: Forgotten roadside stays were getting a second chance at the spotlight.

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