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

American Diner Museum - http://www.americandinermuseum.org
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 - 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.

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.

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

HoJoLand - http://hojoland.homestead.com/
Tribute site to Howard Johnson's Restaurants. Includes history and directory of existing locations.

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.

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.

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.

Motel Americana - http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/motel/
A celebration of a fading part of Americana: the motel.

NY Roadside - http://webnow.com/nyroadside
A gallery of expandable thumbnail photographs of the vernacular roadside attractions of New York State highways.

Roadside America - http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
Travel guide to offbeat attractions, tourist traps, weird vacations, and roadtrips. Includes tourism 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.

Roadside Online - http://www.btwmagazine.com/
Magazine with news articles about related features. Online version offers a weblog.

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.

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.

Society for Commercial Archeology - http://www.sca-roadside.org/
SCA is devoted to the study and preservation of American 20th-century roadside architecture.

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.

Yahoo! Groups -- AmericanDinerMuseum - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmericanDinerMuseum/
E-mail discussion group about the diner and its new museum.

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