
“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”― Henry David Thoreau

At their peak in 1950, there were roughly seven hundred Tunnel of Love rides operating in the US. As public displays of affection and unchaperoned dates became more socially acceptable, they gradually disappeared. Their numbers were down to single digits as of 2022.
