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Fiberglass Animals Signs & Trademarks is located outside of Tomah, Wisconsin and manufactures the sorts of figures seen on roadsides all across America.  Molds and finished items awaiting pick-up pass the time in the fields surrounding the
The Geographic Center of the United States is located in a field near Lebanon, Kansas.  Picture made in 1997.
A thunderstorm approaches the Hi-Lite Drive-in East of Aurora, Illinois in 2002. The theater was demolished in 2005 to make way for townhouses.
Big Boy restaurants are still found primarily in Michigan and California. The location in Burbank, California, built in 1949 is arguably the best, preserving the original drive-in ambiance.  This picture was made in 1998.
Rob’s Malibu, Austin Texas, 1992.
The Hollywood Star Lanes was featured in the Big Lebowski.  It was torn down in 2003 to make way for a new elementary school.  This picture was made in 1999.  At one point just before it closed, the fiberglass seating units
This building in Sprott, Alabama was photographed by Walker Evans in 1935 and has become an icon of social documentary photography.  Sprott was where the families documented in Evans’ book with James Agee, “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men” lived.
In 1949 the legendary designers Charles & Ray Eames built their home and studio in Pacific Palisades, California using elements straight out of an industrial fabricators catalog.  This icon of mid-century modern design was Case Study House
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The  Chandelier Tree   is a 315-foot tall  coast redwood  tree located in the privately-owned Drive Thru Tree Park in Leggett, California.  It was carved in the 1930s, and there are two other such trees nearby.  P
Lava from Mount Kilauea covers a highway on the big island of Hawaii.  Picture made in 2004.
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The steel mill in Weirton, West Virginia is located on the banks of the Ohio River and was opened in 1909.  It has been owned by different steel companies over the years, and is now part of Arcelor Mittal.  The town and the mill were
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San Francisco’s Cliff House has been a tourist destination since 1858, and the Camera Obscura there was built in 1946.  The Camera’s image is projected down into a reflective parabolic screen by a rotating mirror that sweeps a 360 degree view
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Leon’s Frozen Custard in Milwaukee, 2004.  Leon’s, which is still operating, opened in 1942, selling the dessert as well as sloppy joe’s, which are listed as ‘spanish hamburgers’ on the menu.  Frozen custard, popular in Wisconsin, is made
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