Diners and other structures serving the American motorist.
Subcategories 1
Related categories 3
Sites 14
- 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.
- HoJoLand Tribute site to Howard Johnson's Restaurants. Includes history and directory of existing locations.
- 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.
- Roadside America Travel guide to offbeat attractions, tourist traps, weird vacations, and roadtrips. Includes tourism news.
- Motel Americana A celebration of a fading part of Americana: the motel.
- 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.
- Society for Commercial Archeology SCA is devoted to the study and preservation of American 20th-century roadside architecture.
- Minnesota's Roadside Architecture David W. Nystuen's project to photograph all the roadside attractions in the state.
- 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.
- RoadsideFans Glenn Wells tours roadside diners and charts the rise and fall of Howard Johnson's restaurant chain. Includes an e-mail discussion group.
- Lost America Night Photography A collection of night photography by Troy Paiva of the abandoned roadside west - buildings, signs, vehicles and scrapyards.
- America's Landmark: Under the Orange Roof Unofficial site documenting former and current Howard Johnson's restaurants and motels.
- 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.
- Roadside Nut Documenting buildings, signs, statues.