- A Scottish Pineapple
J.K. Gillon's illustrated description and discussion of the inspiration for the Dunmore Pineapple garden folly, built in 1761.
http://gillonj.tripod.com/ascottishpineapple/
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Giant Shoe
Roadside America takes a look at houses shaped like giant shoes in Pennsylvania and California: history, description and images.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/PAHALshoe.html
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Hat 'n Boots
History of the Hat and Boots gas station in Seattle plus news and updates on preservation, restoration and relocation to a neighborhood park.
http://hatnboots.org
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Longaberger Office Building
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.
http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/US/OH/NewarkLongaberger.html
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Lucy the Elephant
Photograph and brief history of this timber-built elephant in New Jersey from the Boardwalk catalog.
http://www.jerseyboardwalk.com/lucy.htm
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Oakley Interplanetary Headquarters
America Hurrah hosts photographs of this extraordinary building in California designed by company president Colin Baden with a spaceship-like centrepiece.
http://americahurrah.com/Oakley/Entry.htm
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Statue of Liberty
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.
http://www.nps.gov/stli/prod02.htm
(Added: Sun Apr 09 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- The Big Duck
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.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/NYFLAduck.html
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- The Big Duck
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.
http://fortuna.home.pipeline.com/cafe-compendium/duck.htm
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- The Pottstown Cup
Levengood Dairies of Pottstown built three milk and ice cream retail stores shaped like cups with straws protruding from their tops. Amazingly, all three survive.
http://www.pottstowncup.com/
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- The Shoe House
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.
http://fortuna.home.pipeline.com/cafe-compendium/shoe.htm
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Wigwam Motel (Rialto, CA)
About the Wigwam Motel in California with a unique 'americana' architecture in the form of concrete teepees. Includes pictures, history, and typical motel information.
http://www.wigwammotel.com/
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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