MILFORD -- For Dave Kuehn, vehicle license plates are a snapshot of history, and collections like his are a timeline tracing the rise of the automobile and the arc of war. When Connecticut began ...

Almost every American household has a few plates laying around in the garage from past cars, and given the rate of car buying in the U.S., this shouldn't come as a surprise. But plate collecting is ...

NEWCASTLE — Wyoming native Collin Townsend has maintained a connection to his roots by collecting Wyoming license plates for more than 10 years, but the hobby has also allowed him to forge new ...

What you see in the garage isn’t even half of it. The walls and ceiling are covered in carefully placed license plates. There are rows and rows of Colorado plates. Easily all of the 50 states.

The Woodlands — Most people have collections of some kind, but few tell the story of their lives as well as the 169 license plates that adorn the wall of 83-year-old John Nanninga’s garage. The plates ...