There’s nothing quite like a campy, colorful attraction to break up the monotony of a long car ride, and photographer John Margolies savored those Americana-infused scenes more than most.

Per his New York Times obituary, “starting in the 1970s, he spent much of his life scouring back roads for those vanishing emblems of midcentury enterprise, which were already imperiled by air travel, interstates and big-box sprawl.”

Now, you don’t need a car to see the kitsch Margolies spent his time capturing on film. The Library of Congress has put a huge collection of his work online (h/t: Ashley Bowen-Murphy). You can watch him describe his philosophy and work manner here.

We’ve selected a couple of our favorite images from Maryland (he sure snapped his shutter a lot in Ocean City) and Virginia, but you could get lost skimming through a whole country’s worth of technicolor fantasia without ever leaving the house.