- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- Roadside America - http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
Travel guide to offbeat attractions, tourist traps, weird vacations, and roadtrips. Includes tourism news.
- 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.
- Lost America Night Photography - http://www.lostamerica.com/lostframe.html
A collection of night photography by Troy Paiva of the abandoned roadside west - buildings, signs, vehicles and scrapyards.
- NY Roadside - http://webnow.com/nyroadside
A gallery of expandable thumbnail photographs of the vernacular roadside attractions of New York State highways.
- Roadside Architecture - http://www.agilitynut.com/roadside.html
Debra Jane's extensive 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.
- 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.
- Motel Americana - http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/motel/
A celebration of a fading part of Americana: the motel.
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