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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..

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..

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..

America's Landmark: Under the Orange Roof - Unofficial site documenting former and current Howard Johnson's restaurants and motels..

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..

Blue Roof Chasers - Dedicated to the photographic preservation of the Stuckey's architectural legacy..

Commercial Archaeology - Aaron Marcavitch takes a scholarly look at amuseument parks, diners, drive-ins, gas stations, motels and hotels..

Diner City - Online directory of roadside architecture featuring photos of classic diners, motels, gas stations, route 66, googie coffee shops, and highway history.

HoJoLand - Tribute site to Howard Johnson's Restaurants. Includes history and directory of existing locations..

Judy's Diner Place - A personal tribute to the American diner, with exterior and interior photographs..

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..

Lost America Night Photography - A collection of night photography by Troy Paiva of the abandoned roadside west - buildings, signs, vehicles and scrapyards..

Minnesota's Roadside Architecture - David W. Nystuen's project to photograph all the roadside attractions in the state..

Motel Americana - A celebration of a fading part of Americana: the motel..

NY Roadside - A gallery of expandable thumbnail photographs of the vernacular roadside attractions of New York State highways..

Roadside America - Travel guide to offbeat attractions, tourist traps, weird vacations, and roadtrips. Includes tourism news..

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 Online - Magazine with news articles about related features. Online version offers a weblog..

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..

RoadsideFans - 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 - SCA is devoted to the study and preservation of American 20th-century roadside architecture..

Yahoo! Groups -- AmericanDinerMuseum - E-mail discussion group about the diner and its new museum..

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