Brian Butko

The Lincoln Highway was the first continuous road to connect the coasts, allowing newly motorized Americans to cross the country by car. This book allows readers to travel across 100 years of the highway, from New York City to San Francisco, with stops at historic landmarks, bridges, taverns, movie palaces, diners, gas stations, ice cream stands, tourist cabins, and roadside attractions. Color maps and stories of the highway take readers through 14...

Historian Brian Butko follows the highway across 14 states. Memoirs and historic landmarks come to life in full color.

In this fascinating book-liberally illustrated with vintage postcards, photos, and blueprints-author Brian Butko weaves together interviews and surviving documents to tell the eight-decade story of this beloved icon of the road, that was also, a monument to grand ideas, whimsy, and good old hucksterism.

From Lucy, the colossal elephant-shaped building on the Jersey Shore, to the grand donut atop Randy's in Los Angeles, this full-color guide profiles the commercial giants that loom over America's highways. Created to sell products and promote tourism in a big way, they can be, found all over the United States. The authors have traveled far and wide to bring readers the world's largest duck in Long Island, an enormous Amish couple in Pennsylvania Dutch...

• Revised and updated edition of the best-selling first edition • 239 classic diners identified • All-new, full-color photographs and vintage postcards • Color maps pinpoint locations and diner highways • Complete directories with location, food, and hours • Detailed information on styles, vintages, and manufacturers