Roadside Americana, by Eric Peterson

Eric Peterson's new Roadside Americana is delight for anyone who loves roadside attractions. I have been fortunate enough to visit at least half of the tourist attractions he profiles, but this collection of photographs is the best assemblage of the truly amazing oft-called "tourist traps" I have ever seen. Since I have been to so many of the places the author visited and thought I knew everything there was to know about them, I was quite surprised to learn some of the interesting factoids that he presents in the accompanying text descriptions. Until I read this book, I never knew that the Hollywood sign in the hills above Los Angeles was originally spelled Hollywoodland and was used as a real estate promotion...[Read more]