When not living overseas with my parents during the Sixties, I spent much of my childhood in Southern California. I vividly recall the area surrounding Disneyland as a marvelous jumble of Googie- and Polynesian-style motels, like the Kona Kai and Stovall's Space Age Lodge pictured above.

Sadly, most of these roadside vacation palaces have long since succumbed to the developer's bulldozer, but fortunately for us, author David Oneal has captured their cheesy motel souls in his new book, Anaheim Vacationland, a loving 244-page tribute to what Uncle Walt once referred to as "a second-rate Las Vegas."

Be sure to check out the Look Inside and Images links for some great vintage brochure and postcard scans.

[Link: Anaheim Vacationland]