A Scottish Pineapple
J.K. Gillon's illustrated description and discussion of the inspiration for the Dunmore Pineapple garden folly, built in 1761. |
Giant Shoe
Roadside America takes a look at houses shaped like giant shoes in Pennsylvania and California: history, description and images. |
Hat 'n Boots
History of the Hat and Boots gas station in Seattle plus news and updates on preservation, restoration and relocation to a neighborhood park. |
Longaberger Office Building
Glass, Steel and Stone provides a photograph and brief description of this 1997 building in Newark, Ohio, in the shape of a basket, headquarters of a firm that makes baskets. |
Lucy the Elephant
Photograph and brief history of this timber-built elephant in New Jersey from the Boardwalk catalog. |
Oakley Interplanetary Headquarters
America Hurrah hosts photographs of this extraordinary building in California designed by company president Colin Baden with a spaceship-like centrepiece. |
Statue of Liberty
An illustrated history, statistics and visitor information from the US National Park Service for this landmark designed by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and completed in 1886. |
The Big Duck
An illustrated history from Roadside America of the roadside farmstand in Long Island, United States, shaped like a duck to advertise that ducks and duck-eggs were sold there. |
The Big Duck
Illustrated description and history by Kathy Biehl of this building shaped like a duck on Route 24, in the care of Friends of Long Island's Heritage. |
The Pottstown Cup
Levengood Dairies of Pottstown built three milk and ice cream retail stores shaped like cups with straws protruding from their tops. Amazingly, all three survive. |
The Shoe House
Brief illustrated history and description by Kathy Biehl of a house shaped like a shoe built by a shoe magnate in 1948 in Hallam, Pennsylvania. |
Wigwam Motel
Boasts unique 'americana' architecture in the form of concrete teepees. Includes pictures, history, and typical motel information. Rialto, California. |
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