| NEW! 1/2006 When you travel, do you often wonder what happened at "this place" in the past? Who lived here? What were they like? How did they live their daily lives? If that's the case for you, here at Legends of America, you will find content-rich travel destinations of the American West, including Route 66, ghost towns, outlaws, treasure tales, and even a few ghosts that we bump into along the way. |
| Russell Wells was the first Stuckologist I met on the internet. His TRIBUTE SITE was, I believe, the first. (It was online long before the official Stuckey's Corporation website, which maybe they will finish one of these days). Also, Russell was somehow able to obtain a copy of an old Stuckey's radio jingle, which appears on this site. |
| The official STUCKEY'S CORPORATION WEBSITE THE place to go to order candy online or find out where a store is. |
| RECIPE GOLD MINE This site purports to have the EXACT RECIPE FOR MAKING STUCKEY'S PECAN LOG ROLLS! Now, we all know that the recipe must be a carefully guarded secret somewhat akin to the Colonel's "eleven herbs and spices" recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken. So, I am skeptical. If anyone downloads this recipe and actually tries it, please let me know how it turns out. |
| Along Route 66, the "Mainstreet of America" were three classic motels. The "Coral Court" in Missouri was torn down after preservationists failed to save it, the "Wigwam Motel" survives in Arizona, and the BLUE SWALLOW MOTEL endures in Tucumcari, New Mexico. The new owners have renovated and modernized the business, while leaving intact the old roadside highway charm for which it is well known. |
| LOST INDIANA There's some interesting pictures of an abandoned Stuckey's in Indiana at this site. This particular store was built in the era when Stuckey's management went with the store design with the vaulted, cathedral ceiling. If near Summerton, SC. check out the store there; it is the finest example I have found of a well maintained, well preserved, cathedral ceiling style store still in operation. |
| In the town of Abita Springs, Louisiana (near Slidell) can be found the UCM MUSEUM which owner/curator John Preble describes as "perhaps Louisiana's most eccentric museum". StuckonStuckey's begs to differ - It IS Louisiana's most eccentric museum. But that's what our kinda people like, isn't it? While on our January 2002 southern FSB run we took a detour to visit this place which we had heard about from others. We were not disappointed. |
| Howard Johnson's (HoJo's) is another vanishing roadside icon. HOJOLAND.COM is a very comprehensive site (I learned that the weather vane cap on top is called a "cupola") that immortalizes this great American chain, and also tracks the remaining operational locations. |
| The RECENT PAST PRESERVATION NETWORK is a valuable resource for building public education and awareness of an often misunderstood and underappreciated era of design - twentieth century architecture. |
| PROJECT: DENNY'S "And so it was written that at each Denny's restaurant there shall be a worker whose image resembles that of Saint Al of Yankovic.... My goal is to visit as many Denny's as possible before I die" |
| OLDRIDE.COM Good comprehensive site on old cars. |
| BYGONE BYWAYS My story? I accidentally discovered old route 66 while motoring one sunny day along superslab I-40 near Flagstaff, Arizona. I'd heard of it, but it really existed? Wow! From then on, a special interest was born...not just of Route 66, but of the glitz, glamour, and fun of those motels and attractions that I vaguely remembered from childhood trips: albino rattlesnakes, mysterious teepees, greasy spoon diners; and rubber tomahawks. Where had they gone? Squeezed out and replaced by Beanie Babies and the dull, unimaginative economies of scale provided by the mega-corporations. |
| ROADSIDE PEEK is a good site that documents vanishing roadside Americana can be found here. |
| Remember HORNE'S? They were Stuckey's big competitor back in the good ol' days. (Bob Horne got his start working for Stuckey's in the Bayard, Florida area). The chain went belly up years ago, but here is a store still in operation that looks just like it did in 1960! And it's on the old pre-interstate highway, U.S 301. A must stop for any roadside buff. |
| THE AMERICAN HIGHWAY PROJECT uses photography to document vanishing Americana such as motels, billboards, service stations, highway signs, tourist attractions, drive-in theatres and diners. We are a photographic resource for those interested in the history of transportation and architecture. |
| ROADSIDE AMERICA: Something tells me that the type of person who visits this site would like this one. |
| OLD GAS is not a chronic intestinal disorder. It's a great site about old gas stations and related stuff |
| USA YESTERDAY AND TODAY has lots of thumbnail images of Roadside America including a Stuckey's! |
| US-HIGHWAYS.COM This website is intended to be a historical resource, dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the US numbered highway system. |
| A remarkable group is the TRAFFIC CONE PRESERVATION SOCIETY. This UCLA based operation is working tirelessly to prevent the demise of and preserve for all posterity the wondrous species of Conus. |
| John's tribute site to BURGER CHEF, once a giant in the fast food marketplace. Remember Burger Chef Jeff? |
| This site, LENDY'S, attempts to tell the story of a small restaurant in Salem, Virginia that grew to be a chain of over fifty from 1956 to the mid 1970s. The site is divided into five pages to reduce the loading time, it is very graphics intensive. You'll discover the marketing of a fifties phenomenon, Big Boy, photos of Col. Harland Sanders visiting in the local restaurants promoting his newly franchised "Kentucky Fried Chicken", examples of the "Googie" style architecture used in the buildings and you can watch and listen to some of the old T.V. and radio ads for Lendy's. |
| THE AMERICAN SIGN MUSEUM was founded to inform and educate the general public as well as business and special interest groups of the history of the sign industry and its significant contribution to commerce and the American landscape. |
| BURGER BOY is the zine dedicated to 20th century American restaurant culture, focusing on coffee shops, drive-ins, signage, and restaurant collectibles. Although only 8 pages per issue, Burger Boy is more than a newsletter... it is a magazine, albeit a small magazine, with sharply-designed photo features and in-depth articles. Burger Boy is published 3-4 times a year and gives you history, features, and news on vintage American restaurants. |
| U.S. 90 , The Southern Route 66, runs from Florida to Texas. This site details the route through old postcard images and also informs about a historic museum in an old gas station located north of New Orleans. |
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You say the interstate is boring...wife and kids are all snoring...
Why not try... TWO-LANE.COM? |
| 100+ roadside links can be found at... INTERESTING IDEAS |
| A tribute site to the late great Ben Franklin chain can be found HERE |
| The American drive in movie theatre is a rapidly disappearing roadside icon. HERE is where you will find a great site immortalizing this unique American institution. |