For 30 years John Margolies has been documenting the diners, drive-ins and motor lodges that remain along our highways as box stores and strip malls slowly erase the quirk and character of consumerism. His book Roadside America collects nearly 400 photographs of this vanishing vision of over-the-top architecture, automotive freedom and the American dream.

Mount Carmel, Utah
1987

La Puente, California
1991

Billings, Montana
1980

Niles, Illinois
2003

El Dorado, Illinois
1993

San Pedro, California
1979

Saint Augustine, Florida
1979

Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1982

Wichita, Kansas
1993

Santa Rosa, New Mexico
1987

Mandan, North Dakota
1980