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  Roadside America http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
Travel guide to offbeat attractions, tourist traps, weird vacations, and roadtrips. Includes tourism news.
  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.
  Society for Commercial Archeology http://www.sca-roadside.org/
SCA is devoted to the study and preservation of American 20th-century roadside architecture.
  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.
  Diner City http://www.dinercity.com
Online directory of roadside architecture featuring photos of classic diners, motels, gas stations, route 66, googie coffee shops, and highway history
  American Diner Museum http://www.dinermuseum.org
A non-profit organization established in 1996 to recognize the diner's cultural and historical significance as well as its national importance.
  Roadside Online http://www.btwmagazine.com/
Magazine with news articles about related features. Online version offers a weblog.
  Motel Americana http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/motel/
A celebration of a fading part of Americana: the motel.
  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.
  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.
  The American Roadside http://www.theamericanroadside.com
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.
  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.
  Roadside Architecture http://www.agilitynut.com/roadside.html
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.
  America's Landmark: Under the Orange Roof http://www.orangeroof.org/
Unofficial site documenting former and current Howard Johnson's restaurants and motels.
  HoJoLand http://hojoland.homestead.com/
Tribute site to Howard Johnson's Restaurants. Includes history and directory of existing locations.
  Back On Tack http://www.gethep.net/road/
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.
  Commercial Archaeology http://members.tripod.com/~RWUHP/ca/
Aaron Marcavitch takes a scholarly look at amuseument parks, diners, drive-ins, gas stations, motels and hotels.
  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.
  Judy's Diner Place http://www.geocities.com/jagdinerplace/
A personal tribute to the American diner, with exterior and interior photographs.
  Blue Roof Chasers http://www.geocities.com/pangaeascape/
Dedicated to the photographic preservation of the Stuckey's architectural legacy.
  NY Roadside http://webnow.com/nyroadside
A gallery of expandable thumbnail photographs of the vernacular roadside attractions of New York State highways.
  Yahoo! Groups -- AmericanDinerMuseum http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmericanDinerMuseum/
E-mail discussion group about the diner and its new museum.

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