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1. America's Landmark: Under the Orange Roof
Unofficial site documenting former and current Howard Johnson's restaurants and motels.
http://www.orangeroof.org/
2. 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.
http://www.americandinermuseum.org
3. 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.
http://www.highwayproject.org/
4. 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.
http://www.gethep.net/road/
5. Blue Roof Chasers
Dedicated to the photographic preservation of the Stuckey's architectural legacy.
http://www.geocities.com/pangaeascape/
6. Commercial Archaeology
Aaron Marcavitch takes a scholarly look at amuseument parks, diners, drive-ins, gas stations, motels and hotels.
http://members.tripod.com/~RWUHP/ca/
7. Diner City
Online directory of roadside architecture featuring photos of classic diners, motels, gas stations, route 66, googie coffee shops, and highway history
http://www.dinercity.com
8. HoJoLand
Tribute site to Howard Johnson's Restaurants. Includes history and directory of existing locations.
http://hojoland.homestead.com/
9. Judy's Diner Place
A personal tribute to the American diner, with exterior and interior photographs.
http://www.geocities.com/jagdinerplace/
10. 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.
http://www.lhhc.org
11. Lost America Night Photography
A collection of night photography by Troy Paiva of the abandoned roadside west - buildings, signs, vehicles and scrapyards.
http://www.lostamerica.com/
12. Minnesota's Roadside Architecture
David W. Nystuen's project to photograph all the roadside attractions in the state.
http://www.mnhs.org/places/other/roadside/
13. Motel Americana
A celebration of a fading part of Americana: the motel.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/motel/
14. NY Roadside
A gallery of expandable thumbnail photographs of the vernacular roadside attractions of New York State highways.
http://webnow.com/nyroadside
15. Roadside America
Travel guide to offbeat attractions, tourist traps, weird vacations, and roadtrips. Includes tourism news.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
16. 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.
http://www.agilitynut.com/roadside.html
17. Roadside Online
Magazine with news articles about related features. Online version offers a weblog.
http://www.btwmagazine.com/
18. 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.
http://www.roadsidepeek.com/
19. RoadsideFans
Glenn Wells tours roadside diners and charts the rise and fall of Howard Johnson's restaurant chain. Includes an e-mail discussion group.
http://www.roadsidefans.com
20. Society for Commercial Archeology
SCA is devoted to the study and preservation of American 20th-century roadside architecture.
http://www.sca-roadside.org/
21. 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.
http://www.theamericanroadside.com
22. Yahoo! Groups -- AmericanDinerMuseum
E-mail discussion group about the diner and its new museum.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmericanDinerMu...


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