Four-week Midwest roadtrip focused on OH, IL, IN, and IA with some other states thrown in.
I uploaded a sampling of the photos to Flickr and the blog each night.
Art Deco:
various buildings (various cities, IA) [additions to the IA page]
various buildings (various cities, IL) [additions to the IL section]
various buildings (various cities, IN) [additions to this page]
Union Terminal (Cincinnati, OH)
various buildings (various cities, OH)
various buildings (various cities, PA) [additions to this page]
Beverage Plants:
Coca-Cola buildings (various cities, IA) [additions to this page]
various buildings (various cities, IL) [additions to this page]
various buildings (various cities, IN) [additions to this page]
various buildings (various cities, OH) [additions to this page]
Car & Tire Showrooms:
Firestone Building (Davenport, IA)
various buildings (various cities, IA)
Firestone Building (Decatur, IL)
Firestone Building (Urbana, IL)
various buildings (various cities, IL)
Firestone Building (Fort Wayne, IN)
various buildings (various cities, IN)
B.F. Goodrich (Lincoln, NE)
former showroom (Nebraska City, NE)
Firestone Building (Toledo, OH)
various showrooms (various cities, OH)
Zeis Brothers (Danville, PA)
Carousels:
Richland Carrousel Park (Mansfield, OH) [new photos]
Tuscora Park Carousel (New Philadelphia, OH)
Diners:
various diners (various cities, IA)
trolley car (Gardner, IL)
various diners (various cities, IN) [additions to this page]
Sawyers (Harrisburg, PA) [new photos]
various diners (various cities, OH)
Dinosaurs:
Sinclair Dinosaur (Wilmington, IL)
Dinosaur (Petersburg, KY)
Dinosaurs (Cincinnati, OH)
Drive-ins:
Blue Moonlight Drive-in (Galesburg, IL)
various drive-ins (various cities, IN)
various drive-ins (various cities, OH)
Eateries:
A&W Drive-in (Sheldon, IA)
various restaurants (various cities, IA) [additions throughout the IA section]
Tastee-Freez (various cities, IA, IL & IN)
Jarling's Custard Cup (Champaign & Danville, IL)
Krekel's Custard (Decatur & Springfield, IL)
Dairy Queen (Hoopeston, IL)
Mister Donut (Joliet, IL)
Sandy's Hamburgers headquarters (Kewanee, IL)
Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop (Macomb, IL)
Dairy Queen (Paxton, IL)
Dog N Suds (various locations, IL & IN) [additions to this page]
Frisch's Big Boy (Anderson, IN)
Dairy Queen (Austin, IN)
Minute Man Drive-in (Elkhart, IN)
Zesto (Fort Wayne, IN)
Ritter's Frozen Custard (Franklin, IN)
McCord Candies (Lafayette, IN)
Original Frozen Custard (Lafayette, IN)
McDonald's (Muncie, IN) [new photos]
B&K Root Beer Drive-ins (various cities, IN)
Penguin Point Drive-ins (various cities, IN)
various restaurants (various cities, IN) [additions throughout the IN section]
Dari Crest (Covington, KY)
Donutville USA (Dearborn, MI)
hamburger stands (Detroit & Westland, MI)
Chip's (Waterford, MI)
Heap Big Beef (Westland, MI)
Mark Twain Dinette (Hannibal, MO)
Bohemian Cafe (Omaha, NE)
Zesto (Omaha, NE)
Roy Rogers (Cincinnati, OH)
Zip Dip (Cincinnati, OH)
White Towers (Dayton, OH) [new photos]
Golden Points (Dayton & Elyria, OH)
Jigg's Drive-in (Defiance, OH)
Sweet Shop (Doylestown, OH)
Dairy Dream (Dunkirk, OH)
Tastee-Freez (Hillsboro, OH)
Stewart's Root Beer (Mansfield, OH)
Benny's Pizza (Marysville, OH)
Dixie Dairy Dreem (Moraine, OH)
White Castle (Orient, OH)
East Coast Custard (Parma Heights, OH)
Dairy Queen (Richfield, OH)
B&K Root Beer Drive-ins (Sidney & Van Wert, OH)
Peanut Shoppe (Springfield, OH)
Bidinger's Ice Cream (Wadsworth, OH)
Dairy Queen (Wilmington & Worthington, OH)
Heap Big Beef (Youngstown, OH)
Dairy Isle (various cities, OH)
Frisch's Big Boy (various locations, OH)
various restaurants (various cities, OH)
Dutch Pantry (DuBois, PA)
Gas Stations:
various stations (various cities, IA) [additions throughout the IA section]
various stations (various cities, IL) [additions throughout the IL section]
Standard Oil station (Lafayette, IN) [new photos]
various stations (various cities, IN) [additions throughout the IN section]
Hi-Speed station (Detroit, MI)
Standard Oil station (Grosse Pointe Park, MI)
various stations (various cities, NE) [additions throughout the NE section]
various stations (various cities, OH) [additions throughout the OH section]
Pure Oil station (Berwick, PA)
Giants:
Muffler Man & Long Horn Steer (Waukon, IA)
Indian (Champaign, IL) [new photos]
Biker (Decatur, IL)
Papa Burger (Oglesby, IL)
Paul Bunyan (University Park, IL)
various statues (various cities, IL) [additions to the IL section]
Tin Men (various cities, IL, IN, & OH)
various statues (various cities, IN) [additions to the IN section]
Biker Big Boy (Clarkston, MI)
Fisk Tire Boy (Detroit, MI)
Mark Twain (New London, MO)
Papa Burger (Auburn, NE)
Carpeteria Genie, Frisch's Big Boy, Yogi Bear (Cleves, OH)
Uncle Sam (Convoy, OH) [new photos]
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Windsor, OH)
Cowboys (various cities, OH)
various statues (various cities, OH) [additions to this section]
Giant Stuff:
Ice Cream Cone (Clear Lake, IA)
Bullhead (Crystal Lake, IA)
Steer (Davenport, IA)
Cows (Dubuque, IA)
Watermelon Slice (Fruitland, IA)
Cardinal (Leon, IA)
Corn (Lime Springs, IA)
Elephant (Marquette, IA)
Watering Can (Mason City, IA)
Windmills (Orange City, IA)
Coffee Pot & Cup Water Towers (Stanton, IA)
Strawberry (Strawberry Point, IA)
various castles (various cities, IA)
Rooster (Bolingbrook, IL)
Steer (Brookfield, IL)
Dinosaurs (Champaign, IL)
Cigar (Chicago, IL)
Horses (Chicago, IL)
Pumpkin (Danville, IL)
Polar Bear (Homewood, IL)
Cornstalk (Hoopeston, IL)
Windmills (Industry & Lincoln, IL)
Pigs (Kewanee & Moweaqua, IL)
Chicken Mobile (Mount Zion, IL)
Cow (Mount Zion, IL)
Foxes (St. Charles, IL)
Pizza (Austin, IN)
Candles (Centerville, IN)
Bull (Fort Wayne, IN)
Bear and Moose (Griffith, IN)
Rainforest Car Wash (Lafayette, IN)
Bulls (Logansport, IN)
Windmill (Marshall, IN)
Egg (Mentone, IN)
Mushrooms (Middlebury, IN)
Sneakers (New Castle, IN) [new photos]
Ice Cream Cone (North Judson, IN)
Woman's Leg Sundial (Roselawn, IN)
Rooster (Spencer, IN)
Rubber Duck (Vevay, IN)
Sneaker & Jeans (Wabash, IN)
Castles (various cities, IN) [additions to this page]
Wild Turkey Bottle (Covington, KY)
Tigers (Detroit, MI) [new photos]
Hot Dog (Redford, MI)
Paint Can (Omaha, NE)
Bull (Akron, OH)
Castle (Akron, OH)
Elephant (Beverly, OH)
Horseshoe Crab (Blanchester, OH)
Igloo (Brice, OH)
Windmills (Carey & Middle Point, OH)
Rooster (Celina, OH)
Pig (Cincinnati, OH)
Rooster (Cincinnati, OH)
Burger (Columbus, OH)
Cardinal (Columbus, OH)
Coffee Cup (Columbus, OH)
Gavel (Columbus, OH)
Lighthouse (Columbus, OH)
Newspaper (Columbus, OH)
Steer (Columbus, OH)
Deer (Defiance, OH)
Fish (Defiance, OH)
Dancing Hares (Dublin, OH)
Field of Corn (Dublin, OH) [new photos]
Animals & Food (Fairfield, OH)
Catfish (Jackson, OH)
Chicken (Marysville, OH)
Horse & Rider (Pickerington, OH)
Hammer (Toledo, OH)
Twistee Treat (West Chester, OH) [new photos]
Glasses (Xenia, OH)
Hands (Zanesville, OH)
Bowling Pin (Harrisburg, PA)
Mid-Century:
various buildings (various cities, IA) [additions throughout the IA section]
various buildings (various cities, IL) [additions throughout the IL section]
various buildings (various cities, IN) [additions throughout the IN section]
various buildings (various cities, MI) [additions throughout the MI section]
various buildings (various cities, NE) [additions throughout the NE section]
various buildings (various cities, OH) [additions throughout the OH section]
Pet Cemeteries:
Love of Animals Petland (Davenport, IA)
various pet cemeteries (various cities, IL) [additions to the IL section]
various pet cemeteries (various cities, OH) [additions to the OH section]
Mini Golf:
various courses (various cities, IL) [additions to the IL section]
various courses (various cities, IN) [additions to the IN section]
Signs:
Sputnik (Waterloo, IA)
various signs (various cities, IA) [additions to the IA page]
Goodyear Tire (Batavia, IL)
Norge Laundry Village (Rockdale, IL)
various signs (various cities, IL) [additions throughout the IL section]
Neo-Lectra (Elkhart, IN)
Roto-Sphere (South Bend, IN) [new photos]
various signs (various cities, IN) [additions throughout the IN section]
various signs (various cities, MI) [additions throughout the MI section]
various signs (various cities, NE) [additions to the NE page]
Goodyear Tire (Akron & Columbus, OH)
American Sign Museum (Cincinnati, OH)
Norge Ball (Cincinnati, OH)
Dary Delux (Cleveland, OH)
Jolly Pirate Donuts (Grove City, OH)
Don's Donuts (Northwood, OH)
Ellyson Plumbing & Heating (Salem, OH)
various signs (various cities, OH) [additions throughout the OH section]
Special Places:
Porter House (Decorah, IA)
Martha Timm Memorial Rock Garden (New Hampton, IA)
LaFleur Grotto (Byron, IL)
Bird's Eye View Museum (Wakarusa, IN)
Heidelberg Project (Detroit, MI) [new photos]
Hartman's Rock Garden (Springfield, OH) [new photos]
Theatres:
various theatres (various cities, IA) [additions to the IA page]
various theatres (various cities, IL) [additions throughout the IL section]
various theatres (various cities, IN) [additions throughout the IN section]
Kentucky Theatre (Latonia, KY)
Orpheum Theatre (Hannibal, MO)
various theatres (various cities, NE) [additions to the NE page]
various theatres (various cities, OH) [additions to this page]
various theatres (various cities, PA) [additions to this page]
Tiki:
Chin's (Livonia, MI)
