I'm currently reading "Cross Country" by Robert Sullivan which is a mix between a diary, travelogue and history of cross-country travel in America.  I love to travel long distances by car myself, so the book is absolutely fascinating to me.  It's also bringing back some great memories of car trips we took as a family when I was young.  There is one section where the author writes about the history of motels and subsequently the first successful chain, Holiday Inn, founded in Memphis in 1952.  Here's a Time magazine cover from over 30 years ago.  Oh, the memories...