The Sioux City Journal‘s Tim Gallagher drove US 20 recently to check out a motel being torn down near Correctionville, and mentioned one planned for US 20/59 at Holstein.
Mom-and-pop motels are nowhere near as prevalent as they used to be, often limited to intersections not worth even a Super 8 and large tourist traps (Wisconsin Dells, Orlando).
Elsewhere on the SCJ’s site is a much more entertaining story/photo collection: Cats in Hats!