Roadside Attractions: The Parliament Buildings

Niagara Falls Dept: Once you got to Niagara Falls or the Grand Canyon or the Parliament Buildings, you had to sit and write to all your friends and family back home about how lovely the spot was and how much they would enjoy the sights, according to The Star. The bucolic roadside scene changed into one of gas stations, diners, and places of lodging, along with roadside attractions to get you out of your car to enjoy some local colour and during the first half of the 20th century, postcards were the most popular way to communicate through the mail, especially if you were travelling. By the late 1920s, the postcard industry exploded as personal automobiles became more prevalent. No longer did tourists do all their travelling on railroads and, as roads and highways expanded, so did the commercialism that sprouted up alongside them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.