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The hole.
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cain’s Ballroom

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.
Inside the library storage room.
libraries

A Day in the Life of a Rock 'n' Roll Librarian

It's not all finding secret notes from Keith Richards... but some of it is.
Cara Giaimo November 6, 2017
The plaque
Madison, Wisconsin

Elvis Karate Fight Plaque

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.
Chuck Berry House
St. Louis, Missouri

Chuck Berry's House

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.
Libraries have long played an important role in rock 'n' roll consciousness, as in the Tears for Fears video for "Head Over Heels."
libraries

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Is Looking for a Librarian

For those about to apply—we salute you.
Cara Giaimo May 8, 2017
Was a white lighter to blame for the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin?
mystery

Why We Fear White Lighters

An investigation into the origins of a bizarre myth.
Eric Grundhauser October 18, 2022
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Room 32 at the Alta Cienega Motel, the Jim Morrison Room.
West Hollywood, California

Jim Morrison Hotel Room

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.
The Frank Zappa memorial in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania

Frank Zappa Memorial

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.
"All the people that come and go..."
Liverpool, England

Penny Lane

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.
Permanently Closed
London, England

Freddie Mercury's Former Home and Studio

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.
Permanently Closed
Exterior of the former Fillmore East.
New York, New York

The Fillmore East

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.
Birthplace of Elvis Presley
Tupelo, Mississippi

Elvis Presley Birthplace

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine
London, England

Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.
The entrance to Strawberry Field in 2021
Liverpool, England

Strawberry Field

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.
A locally made sign points the way to the complex.
Rishikesh, India

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ashram

The abandoned site of the Beatles spiritual awakening and subsequent revolt.
The Beatles on Green Hill
Almaty, Kazakhstan

Beatles Statue of Almaty

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.