Links
About these links: If you love the American roadside, these web sites, mostly non-commercial and enthusiast-run, are sure to interest you.
RoadsideFans does not participate in “link exchange” programs to increase the number of links – sometimes more is not better. None of these web sites are affiliated with RoadsideFans, and may in some places contain outdated or other inaccurate information which is beyond our control.
| American Sign Museum | A museum of the history of the sign industry, located in Cincinnati, Ohio. |
| America’s Landmark | Rich Kummerlowe’s extensive photo documentation of the Howard Johnson’s chain. |
| Cinema Tour | Photos and information about cinemas, past and present, from around the world. |
| Culinary Arts Museum | News from the Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson & Wales University (Richard J. S. Gutman, director) |
| Dead Malls | A tribute to good shopping centers gone bad. |
| Diner Hotline | Larry Cultrera’s news and views on diners, drive-ins, and other roadside stuff. |
| Diner Hunter | Photos and information from Spencer Stewart’s roadside travels. |
| Hojoland | Walter Mann’s tribute to the Howard Johnson’s restaurant chain. |
| John Baeder | The web site of the artist whose paintings fueled a diner appreciation movement. |
| Kansas State Historical Society | Comprehensive information on Valentine diners, made in Wichita, Kansas. |
| Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor | The organization representing the Pennsylvania portion of the historic auto route. |
| Lincoln Highway News | News regarding America’s first coast to coast highway, from Brian Butko. |
| NY Diners | Mike Engle’s listings of upstate New York diners, with many excellent photographs. |
| Pleasant Family Shopping | A look back at supermarkets and discount stores of the past. |
| Recent Past Preservation Network | An organization devoted to preserving the architecture of the recent past. |
| Retro Roadmap | Beth Lennon’s source for all the Retro, Vintage & Cool Old Places worth visiting |
| Roadside America | An entertaining guide to offbeat roadside attractions nationwide. |
| Roadside Architecture | Over 2,000 pages of photos & info about buildings, signs, statues & more from Debra Jane Seltzer. |
| Roadside Peek | A treasure trove of images of roadside architecture from all across America. |
| SCA-Roadside | The Society for Commercial Archeology, devoted to studying roadside architecture. |
| Vanishing Roadside | Mary Anne Erickson is an avid road-tripper and artist whose work documents the vanishing American roadside. |
| Stuckey’s | Relax, refresh, refuel! The official Stuckey’s web site has an interesting history section. |
| Zippy the Pinhead | Bill Griffith’s comic strip frequently uses actual diners as settings for Zippy and friends. Read today’s strip |
