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Roadside Peek
A tour of 1950s roadside signage and buildings. Includes sections on the futuristic Googie style and its Polynesian-influenced cousin - the Tiki look.
www.roadsidepeek.com/
Society for Commercial Archeology
SCA is devoted to the study and preservation of American 20th-century roadside architecture.
www.sca-roadside.org/
Minnesota's Roadside Architecture
David W. Nystuen's project to photograph all the roadside attractions in the state.
www.mnhs.org/places/other/roadside/
Commercial Archaeology
Aaron Marcavitch takes a scholarly look at amuseument parks, diners, drive-ins, gas stations, motels and hotels.
members.tripod.com/~RWUHP/ca/
Diner City
Online directory of roadside architecture featuring photos of classic diners, motels, gas stations, route 66, googie coffee shops, and highway history
www.dinercity.com
Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor
Aims to identify, conserve, promote, and interpret the cultural, historical, natural, recreational, and economic resources along the historic Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania.
www.lhhc.org
Roadside America
Travel guide to offbeat attractions, tourist traps, weird vacations, and roadtrips. Includes tourism news.
www.roadsideamerica.com/
Yahoo! Groups -- AmericanDinerMuseum
E-mail discussion group about the diner and its new museum.
groups.yahoo.com/group/AmericanDinerMuseum/
Back On Tack
A collection of roadside attractions, road art and diners. Self-confessed tackaholic Steve takes a historical and humorous look at the culture of roadside kitsch.
www.gethep.net/road/
NY Roadside
A gallery of expandable thumbnail photographs of the vernacular roadside attractions of New York State highways.
webnow.com/nyroadside
Roadside Architecture
Debra Jane's listings with photographs of historical eateries, giant structures, lodging, miniature golf, advertisement signs, and gas stations across the USA. Listed by category and by state.
www.agilitynut.com/roadside.html
RoadsideFans
Glenn Wells tours roadside diners and charts the rise and fall of Howard Johnson's restaurant chain. Includes an e-mail discussion group.
www.roadsidefans.com
Motel Americana
A celebration of a fading part of Americana: the motel.
www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/motel/
Roadside Online
Magazine with news articles about related features. Online version offers a weblog.
www.btwmagazine.com/
America's Landmark: Under the Orange Roof
Unofficial site documenting former and current Howard Johnson's restaurants and motels.
www.orangeroof.org/
HoJoLand
Tribute site to Howard Johnson's Restaurants. Includes history and directory of existing locations.
hojoland.homestead.com/
American Highway Project
Uses photography to document vanishing Americana such as motels, billboards, service stations, highway signs, tourist attractions, drive-in theatres and diners. Site also includes news.
www.highwayproject.org/
The American Roadside
Includes photographs, news, memories and musings on diners, drive-ins, motels, cafes and other remnants of the American roadside. Members may create their own photograph galleries.
www.theamericanroadside.com
Judy's Diner Place
A personal tribute to the American diner, with exterior and interior photographs.
www.geocities.com/jagdinerplace/
Lost America Night Photography
A collection of night photography by Troy Paiva of the abandoned roadside west - buildings, signs, vehicles and scrapyards.
www.lostamerica.com/
Blue Roof Chasers
Dedicated to the photographic preservation of the Stuckey's architectural legacy.
www.geocities.com/pangaeascape/
American Diner Museum
A non-profit organization established in 1996 to recognize the diner's cultural and historical significance as well as its national importance.
www.americandinermuseum.org


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