Her new book the last stop vanishing rest stops of the american roadside includes many of the 400 rest stops shes photographed across 19 states its a loving tribute to these modest monuments to travel her images show picnic tables toilets and shelters clearly built to last dwarfed by the majestic panoramas of the american landscapes theyve served for decades. The last stop does far more than capture the remarkable effective design of our nations road stops it preserves a moment in time that is quickly fading a unique period in the american travel experience when the journey was just as important as the destination its clear these modest structures did far more than provide picnic tables they shaped our collective experience of golden age car travel across the vast united states. Her new book the last stop vanishing rest stops of the american roadside includes many of the 400 rest stops shes photographed across 19 states its a loving tribute to these modest monuments to travel her images show picnic tables toilets and shelters clearly built to last dwarfed by the majestic panoramas of the american landscapes theyve served for decades. Ryann fords the last stop vanishing rest stops of the american roadside published by powerhouse books is available now powerhousebooks white sands national monument new mexico this is by far my favourite location the picnic tables there are iconic straight out of the 60s and the landscape is like no place else on earth it was a hot summer day at sunset when we were shooting . The last stop americas disappearing roadside rest stops in pictures the last stop by ryann ford published by powerhouse books flower mound texas i 35 photograph 1996 98 accusoft inc