Cabins imitating the Indian teepee for tourists along highway south of Bardstown, Kentucky (LOC)

Cabins imitating the Indian teepee for tourists along highway south of Bardstown, Kentucky (LOC), a photo by The Library of Congress on Flickr.

If you haven’t checked out the Library of Congress collections on Flickr yet you are missing out on a rare (literally) treat.

This 1940 photograph of the kind of Wigwam Motels that were sprinkled along US highways back in the 1940’s & 1050’s is just one example of what is in this vast collection of photos spanning the 19th and 20th century.

Check it out for yourself.