Roadside Mugs

Part of Roadside America,Shartlesville PA

If you've traveled down the I40 through Amarillo you've probably seen the signs for The big Texan Steak Ranch. I wish more places had quirky signs like it, that and giant steaks to eat.

If you've traveled down the I40 through Amarillo you've probably seen the signs for The big Texan Steak Ranch. I wish more places had quirky signs like it, that and giant steaks to eat.

His culinary reputation is perhaps a bit inflated, although he does work light.

The 1940s and 50s venue on Flatbush Ave and Ave V in Brooklyn, which became the Town & Country Club in the 60s! This design was recreated from a vintage matchbook.

Recreation of a vintage billboard for South Of the Border, a roadside attraction off the I-95 on the border between North and South Carolina. I spent many a road trip down to Myrtle Beach seeing these billboards.

A secular pilgrimage long dreamed of and finally arrived, a place of wonder, of longing fulfilled and reawakened too. It felt so vast, that I could travel for days, weeks even and never reach the end. My own American dream was formed by 1970s dramas, films, books and fantasies, a land of palm trees and long streets, of huge cities where I could lose myself in a maze of teeming neighbourhoods of promise. Having arrived, finally, jet lagged and redolent of long haul travel, I set out to explore this promised land. I fell in love with the signage, tatty, dated, a reminder of my own 1970s American dream. This work is rich in bright colour, youthful and joyful, with close attention to detail. A great gift, a wonderful collection starter.

Shot of the Jolly Green Giant Statue in Blue Earth, Minnesota.

The Florida Everglades is the only place on earth where alligators and crocodiles live together and the Everglades town of Ochopee, Florida is the only place where you can meet Big Pete, a record setting 1,200 pound American Crocodile. All you have to do is header to Tater's Gators on US 41, and while it may look like a cheesy roadside attraction, behind the mobile home office and weather sign you'll find a 35 acre gator zoo that allows visitors to get up close with these magnificent beasts in their natural habitat.

Drink in the mid Century modern style with this C&C Retro original illustration.

Vintage California Joe Petrelli's Steak House

Exclusive Design for American Giants

Travel to this imaginary theme park: Pop America. Themed to American roadside attractions and kitschy architecture, Pop America is a tribute to Route 66 and bygone days.

I like sticking my head out into oncoming traffic and feeling the breeze.

he Original House of Pies is an American restaurant chain, started c. 1969 by Al Lapin Jr., an early franchise system designer and founder of International Industries Inc. who was also responsible for International House of Pancakes, Copper Penny Coffee Shops, Orange Julius, and others. Specializing in many different flavors of pie available for dessert, the chain was popular up through 1976 when it was sold to Robert Herndon, who eventually downsized the chain's locations. By c. 1986 the franchise chain filed for bankruptcy and closed most of its locations.

Vintage French Quarter Restaurant San Diego California once located at 5th and Maple.

Harvey Poster -- for lovers of giant anthropomorphic rabbit saliors, everywhere! *("Kyodai Funanori Usagi" translates to "Gigantic Sailor Rabbit")

The South Carolina tourist town called South of the Border in a new light.

Vintage Florida Road Trip

Near the Salton Sea in Southern California is Salvation Mountain

South of the Border

Remember your visit to the Enchanted Highway with this original watercolor painting design.

The 104 foot tall mascot of South of the Border in Hamer, SC.