The Motel of Mysteries Author:David Macaulay, David Macaulay It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried in many feet of detritus from a catastrophic event that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archaeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site, he felt the ground give way beneath ... more »him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber.« less