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Nashville, Tennessee

The Gallery of Iconic Guitars

A very special collection of some of the rarest and most beautiful guitars.
Dallas, Texas

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Grave

The final resting place of a music legend.
Meridian, Mississippi

Jimmie Rodgers Museum

This small museum showcases the Singing Brakeman's yodeling prowess, railroad roots, and country music stardom.
Austin, Texas

Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue

A tribute to a great Texas blues musician.
Waukesha, Wisconsin

Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum

A hidden gem that highlights the life and innovations of Les Paul, the "Wizard of Waukesha."
A late 16th-century map notes the territory of "Calos" near the southern tip of Florida, but the Calusa actually controlled most of the peninsula's southwest.
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Long Before the First Thanksgiving, an Artificial Island in Florida Hosted a Cross-Cultural Feast

Decades before the Wampanoag and Pilgrims shared a meal, the powerful Calusa and their Spanish guests celebrated their new alliance. Spoiler alert: It didn't last.
Karuna Eberl November 15, 2023
Guitars and vintage punk posters
Vancouver, Washington

Briz Loan & Guitar

Along with used instruments, this pawn shop has pieces of music history on display.
A guitar up on a wall. Rory Gallagher Corner
Dublin, Ireland

Rory Gallagher Corner

A guitar mounted on a wall in Temple Bar honors the Irish musician.
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Podcast: The Kalamazoo Gals of the Old Gibson Guitar Factory

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team March 29, 2022
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Podcast: The Kalamazoo Gals of the Old Gibson Guitar Factory

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team July 27, 2021
View of the whole mural.
Madrid, Spain

Paco de Lucía Metro Station

Guitarist Paco de Lucía overlooks travelers as they pass through this train station dedicated to his legacy.
The Kalamazoo Gals.
Kalamazoo, Michigan

The Old Gibson Guitar Factory

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.
Shakira.
Barranquilla, Colombia

Shakira Monument

This 16-foot, 6-ton statue in the singer's hometown doesn't actually look like her.
Round guitar disaplay
Rochester, New York

House of Guitars

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.
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Watch Electric Guitars Being Made in 1965 England

“All this to make a bedlam of adolescent noise,” says the curmudgeonly narrator.
Lauren Young December 9, 2016