Shangri La is the Honolulu home of American philanthropist Doris Duke. Built in 1937, Shangri La houses an impressive… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2362897/photo-image-cloud-palm-tree-plantView licenseThe old Cowboy Motel in Amarillo, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3089141/free-photo-image-cowboy-vintageFree Image from public domain license Even the lifeguard stands in the trendy South Beach section of Miami Beach, Florida, affect an… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067663/photo-image-cloud-person-treeFree Image from public domain license The office sign, but no name, is still present (as of 2020) on the 1929 Rock Fountain Court (later… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8056850/photo-image-sky-public-domain-blueFree Image from public domain license Sign for Rick's Bar in Fargo, North Dakota, a city on the state's eastern border with Minnesota … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042353/photo-image-cloud-border-skyFree Image from public domain license Aerial view of the enormous, guitar-shaped Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8058182/photo-image-cloud-plant-treeFree Image from public domain license The vintage London Lodge Motel, the word "motel" missing its m, stands in Metairie, Louisiana, along… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071488/photo-image-cloud-plant-skyFree Image from public domain license Vintage motel neon sign preserved at the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center in Overland Park, one… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042186/photo-image-arts-vintage-neonFree Image from public domain license The 1936-vintage Kensinger service station, still operating in Grand Island, Nebraska, as of 2021… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041950/photo-image-sky-vintage-neonFree Image from public domain license Casino sign in downtown Yankton, a small city on the Missouri River and the Nebraska border in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8039051/photo-image-border-person-skyFree Image from public domain license The simple but historic sign above the iconic Hotel Alex Johnson, long a landmark and now (as of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8065528/photo-image-sky-neon-public-domainFree Image from public domain license The old White Horse Bar, part of the 1929 Pawnee Hotel (originally the Yancy Hotel) in North Platte… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8039540/photo-image-horse-public-domain-restaurantFree Image from public domain licenseShangri La is the Honolulu home of Doris Duke. Built in 1937, Shangri La houses an impressive collection of Islamic art and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2362911/photo-image-public-domain-america-creative-commonsView license Rattlesnake Jake's Gift Shop in Keystone, a tiny South Dakota tourist town near the Mount Rushmore… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067236/photo-image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain license Marquee of the historic Capitol cinema and live-event theater in Aberdeen, a small city in northeast… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8062755/photo-image-road-public-domain-towerFree Image from public domain license One of two similar neon signs above Jayhawk Tower Business Center in downtown Topeka, the capital… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8114729/photo-image-cartoon-person-birdFree Image from public domain licenseRoute 66 Restaurant at 1819 Will Rogers Drive in Santa Rosa, New Mexico https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2347070/route-restaurant-1819-will-rogers-drive-santa-rosa-new-mexicoView license "Gas" sign above the 1936-vintage Kensinger service station, still operating in Grand Island… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071967/photo-image-sky-vintage-neonFree Image from public domain licenseThere was a time when the signs for every decent motel in Tucson shimmered in neon vibrance along the “Miracle… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582456/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain license A Phillips 66 gasoline station, opened in 1930 and refreshed into the town visitor center in Baxter… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8093080/photo-image-plant-tree-skyFree Image from public domain license The "EAT" message is simple at Wendell's fine-food and drive-in restaurant along an eclectic strip… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042360/photo-image-neon-music-roadFree Image from public domain license Neon sign for Nudie's Honky Tonk, a burlesque bar in Nashville, the capital city of the U.S. mid… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8039766/photo-image-person-neon-lightFree Image from public domain license A classic Owl Cigar advertising sign dominates a block of Socorro, a small city in central New… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041820/photo-image-plant-grass-skyFree Image from public domain license Time and rust have nearly obscured the name of the motel mentioned on this old sign (it was the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041223/photo-image-cloud-plant-grassFree Image from public domain license Signs at the Totem Pole Trading Post, a tourist attraction along a surviving section of the old, two… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041166/photo-image-sky-road-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Sign for the vintage Town House Motel in Las Cruces, the hub city of southern New Mexico, 27 miles… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071848/photo-image-border-person-skyFree Image from public domain license The classic, c.-1932 cottage-style Phillips-66 station, now (as of 2021) the Fourway restaurant and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042054/photo-image-cloud-plant-skyFree Image from public domain license An oversized, ornamental Statue of David outside the 21c Musem & Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072352/photo-image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain license This "cigar store Indian" was not a carving but a sign, bearing the likeness of a Native American… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8069859/photo-image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain license Vintage sign for the Lazy K Motel in Ogallala, a small city in southwest Nebraska that was once on… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8044024/photo-image-cloud-plant-treeFree Image from public domain license The colorful and active sign for Scotty's Restaurant in Scottsbluff, the principal city in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8013025/photo-image-sky-neon-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Marquee of the Fox Theatre, a 1929-vintage movie theater now (as of 2022) a remodeled performing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8064298/photo-image-arts-sky-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseMunger Moss Motel neon sign in Lebanon, Missouri. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091385/free-photo-image-hotel-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license A classic Owl Cigar advertising sign dominates a block of Socorro, a small city in central New… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072440/photo-image-cloud-sky-roadFree Image from public domain license Vintage sign for the Royal Host Motel and Restaurant in Las Cruces, the hub city of southern New… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068567/photo-image-border-sky-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseOld Valley Motel Sign on historic Freemont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2372138/old-valley-motel-sign-historic-freemont-street-las-vegas-nevadaFree Image from public domain license Unusual goods for sale line the street outside the Coyote Traders antique-and-collectibles store on… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068470/photo-image-border-plant-personFree Image from public domain license Neon sign for the Palm Garden Lounge in Kearney, a city in south-central Nebraska … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043844/photo-image-neon-road-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Art piece outside the Art Ovation Hotel, an art-centric hostelry in Sarasota, a city south of Tampa… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8056092/photo-image-plant-tree-artsFree Image from public domain license O'Malley's Bar in Yankton, a small city on the Missouri River and the Nebraska border in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8039553/photo-image-border-plant-treeFree Image from public domain license A vintage sign for the Happy Host Inn in Grand Forks, the principal city in northeast North Dakota… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8063067/photo-image-plant-tree-skyFree Image from public domain license Entrance to the old Blaine Hotel, now (as of 2021) a building of rental units in Chadron, a small… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8064772/photo-image-bird-animal-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Entrance sign to the Bowl Arena bowling alley in Terrytown, a small city between the bigger cities… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041114/photo-image-sky-hospital-roadFree Image from public domain license If you're not sure what category the seafood for sale at the Flagship Fish Market in Benton Harbor… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072048/photo-image-sky-public-domain-fishFree Image from public domain license Sign above the entrance to the Memphis Cotton Museum in Memphis, Tennessee's, Memphis Cotton… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8104276/photo-image-logo-public-domain-factoryFree Image from public domain license Entrance to the La Fonda de Taos Hotel on the plaza, or town square, in Taos, New Mexico, once a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8060124/photo-image-art-mountains-roadFree Image from public domain license Sign for Jack's Bar-B-Que (barbecue restaurant) in Nashville, the capital city of the U.S. mid-South… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8064708/photo-image-person-public-domain-wallFree Image from public domain license The Hotel Mark Twain, designed by Barnett, Haynes & Barnett and built in 1905 in Hannibal, a city… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041755/photo-image-sky-hospital-roadFree Image from public domain license Lifesaving station of American Red Cross volunteers at Jacksonville Beach, an Atlantic Ocean beach… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8049986/photo-image-cloud-palm-tree-plantFree Image from public domain license The corner Martin Mason Hotel in Deadwood, a legendary Wild West-era town in the Black Hills of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8066452/photo-image-person-sky-roadFree Image from public domain license Sign for the old Route 66 soda fountain in Baxter Springs, one of only two small towns, Galena is… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8031320/photo-image-cloud-sky-roadFree Image from public domain license The old Tom-Tom Coffee Shop, part of the 1929 Pawnee Hotel (originally the Yancy Hotel) in North… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8063324/photo-image-person-brick-wall-roadFree Image from public domain licenseHistoric Route 66 Motel sign, Kingman, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421714/free-photo-image-route-sign-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseHoliday Motel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3089118/free-photo-image-motel-nevada-americaFree Image from public domain licenseDusk shot of the neon sign for the Maverick Inn in Alpine, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582654/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license"The Eye" sculpture in Dallas, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3088967/free-photo-image-eyeball-eye-americaFree Image from public domain licenseMarilyn Monroe cloned in wax at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum at the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3089229/free-photo-image-las-vegas-strip-americaFree Image from public domain licenseLobby architectural details, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S Post Office and Courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas (2010) by Carol… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/594982/carol-highsmiths-arkansas-photographyFree Image from public domain license A fountain (dry in early fall) at Storybook Land, a family attraction in Aberdeen, a small city in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041998/photo-image-plant-tree-skyFree Image from public domain license The chef is gone, and so is the restaurant that this sign advertises is gone outside the town of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041098/photo-image-person-sky-roadFree Image from public domain license A children's bedroom inside the Big House, as it is known, at Oak Alley in Vacherie, Louisiana, one… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8044406/photo-image-wood-road-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseGreenbrier historic resort hotel in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092739/free-photo-image-hotel-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseLarge resort in the mountains of New Hampshire. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094091/free-photo-image-america-building-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license The manor house of San Francisco Plantation, built in the 1850s on land now (as of 2021) on Marathon… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8044859/photo-image-cloud-plant-grassFree Image from public domain licensecloud, plant, tree, sky https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2347077/photo-image-sky-neon-roadView licenseThe Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2355529/photo-image-plant-grass-treeView licenseOpen area at the Johnson Wax Building, headquarters of the S.C. Johnson and Son Co. 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Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092502/free-photo-image-hotel-america-americanFree Image from public domain license Sign for a boot and shoe-repair shop in downtown Yankton, a small city on the Missouri River and the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8065074/photo-image-border-person-skyFree Image from public domain license Entrance sign to the grounds of the slowly developing but (as of 2021) far from complete Crazy Horse… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8064826/photo-image-horse-plant-grassFree Image from public domain licenseBlue Swallow Motel on Route 66 in Tucumcari, New Mexico was built in 1939 by W.A. Higgins. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2347080/photo-image-cloud-plant-treeView licenseTwin Hi-Way Drive-In https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2348153/twin-hi-way-drive-inView license Villa Zorayda, a museum of the historic Guilded Age in St. Augustine, Florida https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068520/photo-image-palm-tree-plant-christmasFree Image from public domain licenseThe Boathouse Waterfront Hotel on the Kennebunkport, Maine. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092857/free-photo-image-america-boat-boathouse-waterfront-hotelFree Image from public domain licenseLarge resort in the mountains of New Hampshire. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093182/free-photo-image-america-building-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license Elegant corridor leading to the restaurant in the former St. Louis Union Station, which, at its… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042168/photo-image-plant-fireplace-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Sign at the Everglades Safari Park, a tourist attraction in the Everglades, an ecosystem in South… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068921/photo-image-cloud-plant-treeFree Image from public domain license Sign and thistle figure at the Thistle Farms natural-products boutique along an eclectic strip of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042416/photo-image-plant-bird-skyFree Image from public domain license The oldest surviving Wigwam Village Motel, part of what was once a series of quirky motels… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071624/photo-image-cloud-plant-personFree Image from public domain license Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, designed by architect Kenneth Treister and completed in 1990 in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072877/photo-image-palm-tree-plant-grassFree Image from public domain license Elegant detail inside the former St. Louis Union Station, which, at its opening in 1894, was the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072093/photo-image-person-church-patternFree Image from public domain license The old Great Northern Hotel in Devils Lake, North Dakota, is a classic "flatiron" building … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8065782/photo-image-public-domain-lake-united-statesFree Image from public domain license Art amid the upper arches in the former St. Louis Union Station, which, at its opening in 1894, was… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070890/photo-image-person-art-public-domainFree Image from public domain license