Research Guides: Roadside Architecture: Online Resources

Online Resources

The American Roadside
The American Roadside blog provides brief articles, news, and photographs of surviving roadside attractions. The blog is accompanied by a flickr group.
The John Lautner Foundation
The John Lautner Foundation features biographical information about the architect, a bibliography, an archive of plans and photographs, and a complete list of his projects.
The National Parks Service: Travel Route 66
A guide to historic locations along US Route 66.
Roadside America: The Decline Of Kitsch?
NPR's Daily Picture Show for April 15, 2010 features images from John Margolies book Roadside America.
Road Trip USA
Road Trip USA provides maps and attraction information for eleven popular road trip routes.
Smithsonian: Googie: Architecture of the Space Age
This Smithsonian article provides background information and explores the critical reception of Googie architecture by contemporaries.
John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive
The John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive is one of the most comprehensive documentary studies of vernacular commercial structures along main streets, byways, and highways throughout the United States in the twentieth century. Digitized access to this collection is provided through the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Collection.