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Wigwam Motel
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Boasts unique 'americana' architecture in the form of concrete teepees. Includes pictures, history, and typical motel information. Rialto, California.
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A Scottish Pineapple
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J.K. Gillon's illustrated description and discussion of the inspiration for the Dunmore Pineapple garden folly, built in 1761.
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Giant Shoe
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Roadside America takes a look at houses shaped like giant shoes in Pennsylvania and California: history, description and images.
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Hat 'n Boots
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History of the Hat and Boots gas station in Seattle plus news and updates on preservation, restoration and relocation to a neighborhood park.
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Longaberger Office Building
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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.
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Lucy the Elephant
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Photograph and brief history of this timber-built elephant in New Jersey from the Boardwalk catalog.
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Oakley Interplanetary Headquarters
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America Hurrah hosts photographs of this extraordinary building in California designed by company president Colin Baden with a spaceship-like centrepiece.
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Statue of Liberty
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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.
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The Big Duck
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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.
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The Big Duck
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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.
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The Shoe House
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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.
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