Directory of Roadside Resources

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Diners and other structures serving the American motorist.

Subcategories

• Googie

Resources in This Category

• America's Landmark: Under the Orange Roof

  http://www.highwayhost.org/Orangeroof/
  Unofficial site documenting former and current Howard Johnson's restaurants and motels.

• American Diner Museum

  http://www.americandinermuseum.org/
  A non-profit organization established in 1996 to recognize the diner's cultural and historical significance as well as its national importance.

• American Highway Project

  http://www.highwayproject.org/
  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

  http://hojoland.homestead.com/
  Tribute site to Howard Johnson's Restaurants. Includes history and directory of existing locations.

• Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor

  http://www.lhhc.org/
  Aims to identify, conserve, promote, and interpret the cultural, historical, natural, recreational, and economic resources along the historic Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania.

• Lost America Night Photography

  http://www.lostamerica.com/
  A collection of night photography by Troy Paiva of the abandoned roadside west - buildings, signs, vehicles and scrapyards.

• Minnesota's Roadside Architecture

  http://www.mnhs.org/places/other/roadside/
  David W. Nystuen's project to photograph all the roadside attractions in the state.

• Motel Americana

  http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/motel/
  A celebration of a fading part of Americana: the motel.

• Roadside America

  http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
  Travel guide to offbeat attractions, tourist traps, weird vacations, and roadtrips. Includes tourism news.

• Roadside Architecture

  http://www.roadsidearchitecture.com/
  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

  https://roadsidenut.wordpress.com/
  Documenting buildings, signs, statues.

• Roadside Peek

  http://www.roadsidepeek.com/
  A tour of 1950s roadside signage and buildings. Includes sections on the futuristic Googie style and its Polynesian-influenced cousin - the Tiki look.

• RoadsideFans

  http://www.roadsidefans.com/
  Glenn Wells tours roadside diners and charts the rise and fall of Howard Johnson's restaurant chain. Includes an e-mail discussion group.

• Society for Commercial Archeology

  http://www.sca-roadside.org/
  SCA is devoted to the study and preservation of American 20th-century roadside architecture.

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