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Wright House in Phoenix in Danger
Phoenix
Arizona
Where B.B. King named Lucille, his guitar.
Twist
Arkansas
Brown Palace Hotel - Beatles Stayed Here
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Colorado
Where Bob Marley Worked Operating a Forklift
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Delaware
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District of Columbia
Kenny's BBQ - Where Pres. Obama Forgot to Pay for Lunch
Washington
District of Columbia
President Garfield was shot here -site of National Gallery of Art
Washington
District of Columbia
President Obama likes to eat here.
Honolulu
Hawaii
President Obama's Beach in Hawaii
Honolulu
Hawaii
Pres. Obama and Michelle Obama had their first date here.
Chicaco
Illinois
The Obamas had their wedding reception here.
Chicaco
Illinois
President Obama had an office in this Catholic church in Chicago.
Chicago
Illinois
Michelle Obama grew up here.
Chicago
Illinois
Boyhood Home of R. Crumb
Ames
Iowa
Where Sex Pistols Had Lived
London
London
Bob Marley Lived Here
London
London
David Bowie worked as a paralegal here.
London
London
David Bowie worked here at 16.
London
London
Where Bush 41 Buys Produce - Pattens Berry Farm
Kennebunkport
Maine
President Bush 41 Eats Here
Kennebunkport
Maine
Pres. Bush 41 gets his lobster rolls here - Clam Shack
Kennebunkport
Maine
Grocery Store for Bush 41- Bradbury Brothers
Kennebunkport
Maine
Gentleman's Club was once Babe Ruth's dad's tavern (and dad died here).
Baltimore
Maryland
Babe Ruth's Second House
Baltimore
Maryland
Babe Ruth once lived at what is now center field at Camden Yards.
Baltimore
Maryland
Babe Ruth's First House
Baltimore Ave.
Maryland
Babe Ruth was married here, in Oct. 1914.
Ellicott City
Maryland
S.S. Morro Castle Disaster (& 1st One-Way St.?) (& Jim Morrison)
Asbury Park
New Jersey
Martin Luther King, Jr., Stayed Here in 1950
Camden
New Jersey
WH Counsel Kellyanne Conway Has Home Here
Closter
New Jersey
Michael Landon Bronze Plaque Removed
Collingswood
New Jersey
Family-run Grocery Store in Trump Campaign Commercial
Haddon Heights
New Jersey
Bruce Springsteen Motorcycle DUI Arrest Here; Final Episode of Guiding Light
Highlands
New Jersey
Pub that started Martin Luther King Jr.'s Civil Rights Crusade
Maple Shade
New Jersey
Kellyanne Conway attended this night club.
Margate City
New Jersey
Our Town Inspired by Wedding in This Home
Moorestown
New Jersey
Kellyanne Conway, Rod Rosenstein, ate here.
Ventnor
New Jersey
Kellyanne Conway's Jersey Shore Vacation Home
Ventnor City
New Jersey
Truman Capote's Apartment in Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn
New York
Arthur Miller lived here. (& it was a stop on the Underground Railroad)
Brooklyn
New York
Ron Darling Eats Here, Joe DiMaggio Was A Regular. Sopranos Filmed Here.
Brooklyn
New York
Jackie Robinson, #42, Lived Here
Brooklyn
New York
Did Jackie Robinson sell suits at this Sears?
Brooklyn
New York
Jay-Z lived at and rapped about apartment here.
Brooklyn
New York
The Ramones Loved the Pizza Here - Totonno's (Also, Bush 41 & 43, the Shangri-Las)
Coney Island
New York
Donald Trump's boyhood home.
Jamaica
New York
Bob Dylan wrote Blowin' in the Wind here (it is believed).
New York
New York
Andy Warhol's Andy-Mat?
New York
New York
Mary Tyler Moore Lived Here
New York
New York
Who is buried in Grant's Tomb? Surprising answer!
New York
New York
Microsoft Founder's Mansion
New York
New York
Helen Hayes Theater
New York
New York
778 Park Avenue
New York
New York
The Carlyle Hotel - Known for Discretion
New York
New York
Where Dondi's Artist Has Breakfast
New York
New York
Where Dondi's Artist Eats Dinner
New York
New York
The West End - Popular with the Beat Generation
New York
New York
M. Night Shyamalan once lived in this TriBeCa penthouse
New York
New York
Brooke Shields Lived Here
New York
New York
"Ribbon Cutting by Marlene Dietrich"
New York
New York
Site of Andy Warhol's Original The Factory
New York
New York
Sting, Denzel Washington, other famous people, live here.
New York
New York
Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe roamed the aisles here.
New York
New York
Capitol Fishing Tackle Co. (Patti Smith/ Robert Mapplethorpe)
New York
New York
Man Ray Lived Here
New York
New York
Journalist Mike Wallace Lived Here
New York
New York
Bob Dylan lived here, 1961-63
New York
New York
Bob Dylan Lived Here
New York
New York
Dylan lived here.
New York
New York
Marcel Duchamp Lived Here
New York
New York
Andy Warhol's Union Square Factory
New York
New York
John Lennon wrote Imagine here.
New York
New York
J.D. Salinger had lived here.
New York
New York
Was there a bar at 50 Bowery where George Washington drank?
New York
New York
Paul McCartney has a home here.
New York
New York
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Lived Here
New York
New York
House of Death - Mark Twain House
New York
New York
Bing Crosby, John DeLorean, lived here.
New York
New York
David Bowie was photographed here.
New York
New York
The late David Bowie had lived here.
New York
New York
David Bowie would shop here.
New York
New York
David Bowie liked to eat here.
New York
New York
David Bowie liked breakfast here.
New York
New York
David Bowie lived here 1992-2002.
New York
New York
David Bowie liked this bookstore.
New York
New York
David Bowie liked to buy books here.
New York
New York
David Bowie bought records here - site of Bleeker Bob's (closed)
New York
New York
Marilyn Monroe's Seven Year Itch Apartment
New York
New York
Greta Garbo Lived Here
New York
New York
Taylor Swift's Townhouse. Strauss-Kahn under house arrest here.
New York
New York
Taylor Swift owns penthouse here.
New York
New York
Taylor Swift's townhouse was here.
New York
New York
Pavarotti lived here.
New York
New York
Chagall, Michael Jackson, lived here.
New York
New York
Lisa Jane Persky, Harry Koutoukas and Yoko Ono lived here.
New York
New York
Madonna was coat-check clerk here (Russian Tea Room).
New York
New York
Andy Warhol lived here 1949-1950.
New York
New York
Andy Warhol lived here in 1950.
New York
New York
Name of musician St. Vincent' is from hospital where Dylan Thomas died.
New York
New York
Malcolm X lived here - East Elmhurst
Queens
New York
David Bowie bought art supplies here.
Woodstock
New York
David Bowie exercised here.
Woodstock
New York
John Lennon was photographed here - Untermyer Park
Yonkers
New York
Charlie's in Minot in New York Times Article, Eisenhower Ate Here
Minot
North Dakota
Jeffrey Dahmer's House; Waitresses Musician Lives Here
Akron
Ohio
George Washington was patron at Broad Axe Tavern.
Ambler
Pennsylvania
Red Lion Inn, Bensalem, PA
Bensalem
Pennsylvania
Nancy Spungen's Grave; Sid Vicious's Too?
Bensalem
Pennsylvania
Pen Ryn Estate
Bensalem
Pennsylvania
Bill Clinton spoke here.
Blue Bell
Pennsylvania
Bill Haley was music director at WPWA.
Brookhaven
Pennsylvania
J.D. Salinger lived in this college dorm room.
Collegeville
Pennsylvania
Site of Fatal Auto Crash of Dr. Albert C. Barnes
Devault
Pennsylvania
Bell Tower at Our Lady of Czestochowa; St. John Paul II was here.
Doylestown
Pennsylvania
Where Michael Smerconish Grew Up
Doylestown
Pennsylvania
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' was written about this property.
Doylestown
Pennsylvania
Oscar Hammerstein II Lived Here
Doylestown
Pennsylvania
1904 World's Fair Grand Prize for Tiles - H. C. Mercer
Doylestown
Pennsylvania
Where Henry Chapman Mercer was born.
Doylestown
Pennsylvania
Did Bob Dylan & Suze Rotolo stay here?
Elkins Park
Pennsylvania
President Buchanan slept here.
Glenmoore
Pennsylvania
Pervez Musharraf liked this Suburban Philly restaurant.
Gulph Mills
Pennsylvania
Grist Mill and George Washington's Army
Harleysville
Pennsylvania
Washington's Headquarters in August 1777
Hartsville
Pennsylvania
Amelia Earhart broke record in Horsham, PA
Horsham
Pennsylvania
Newt Gingrich's Boyhood Home
Hummelstown
Pennsylvania
Former Pres. Bill Clinton in Lansdale, PA
Lansdale
Pennsylvania
Birdland Music - owned by Charlie Parker's Son
Lansdale
Pennsylvania
Sound of Music Family Lived Here, 1939 to 1943
Lower Merion
Pennsylvania
Drug Store Where Signs, with Mel Gibson, Was Shot
Morrisville
Pennsylvania
Did the Beatles sleep on the floor here in 1964?
Narberth
Pennsylvania
Death of Broadcaster Jessica Savitch; Warhol Connection
New Hope
Pennsylvania
Andy Warhol's New Hope, PA, Home
New Hope
Pennsylvania
Knapp Farm - 115-year-old woman, George Washington (?)
North Wales
Pennsylvania
Was Jimmy Hoffa hit ordered here?
Old Forge
Pennsylvania
Revello's Pizza: Hillary yes, Ozzy sort of, best porketta sandwich.
Old Forge
Pennsylvania
A Saint Prayed at this Philly-area Church
Overbrook
Pennsylvania
Astronaut Christopher Ferguson's High School
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band slept in a van here.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Holmesburg Prison - Redbone, Up Close and Personal, and Acres of Skin
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pearl S. Buck's Home on Delancey Place
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Phil Spector in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Where Mayor Frank Rizzo Grew Up
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Famous Alumni of Drexel University
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
The Hot Club, Philadelphia, World's Greatest Music Venue
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Illustrator Jesse Wilcox Smith's Residence
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
A Diner Where Presidents Have Eaten
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Rendez-Vous Room - Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bredenbeck's in Chestnut Hill - Elton John and Bon Jovi Were Here
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
John Coltrane's House in Strawberry Mansion
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Michael Jackson Performed Here (and many others!)
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Limitless with Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro was shot here (and Yellin ironwork)
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Crispus Attucks Hotel
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Where Ben Franklin Flew His Electric Kite?
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Charles Bukowski Drank Here
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Nabisco Plant Where Charles Bukowski Worked
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Frank N. Piasecki's Original Business Site
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Frank N. Piasecki's Grade School
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Princess Grace at Tavern in Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Sigma Sound (Bowie recorded; Springsteen visited him.)
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
David Bowie Stayed Here; Abscam Sting Was Here
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Where Springsteen got off the bus on his way to meet Bowie.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Philly Home of Dick Clark's American Bandstand
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
James and Dolley Madison Lived Here
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Joe Frazier's Gym Needs Preservation
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Babe Ruth played for a church team here - Kensington Neighborhood, Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Babe Ruth Hit A Home Run To Here, Out of Shibe Park
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
2 Popes Visited Here - Cardinal's Mansion
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pennypack Creek Bridge - Oldest Stone Arch Bridge in U.S.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Grace Kelly's Home - East Falls Section of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
St. Bridget's - Catholic Church of Grace Kelly and Connie Mack
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Old Academy Players - Grace Kelly, Robert Prosky, started here.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Boies Big Grizzly Penrose grew up here.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Martin Luther King Jr. Spoke Here - SJU
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
W.C. Fields lived here in the 1880s.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital was here. (Gertrude Bustill)
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
W.C. Fields lived here circa 1882.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Father of W.C. Fields worked here when it was a bar.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Isaac Asimov had lived here (West Philly).
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
John Lennon, Martin Luther King Jr., in this Philly basement.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bill Clinton ate at this soul food diner in West Philly.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bob Dylan's First Philadelphia Appearance
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Florence Henderson Sought Spiritual Refuge in This Church When JFK Died
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
President Obama frequents this West Mount Airy home.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Mandela Mural In Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
St. John Paul II visited here - Port Richmond, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
First solo museum show of Andy Warhol artwork was here.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Declaration of Independence Written Here, Where Tom Thumb Hot Dogs Stood
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Wild Bill Guarnere Lived Here
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Hillary Clinton had meeting at this church. [Second oldest black church in U.S. Longest held real estate by African Americans.]
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Painter Thomas Eakins was born here.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Former President Bill Clinton Spoke Here
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Frank Zappa had dinner here.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Frank Sinatra & Ava Gardner Got Marriage License Here
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Man Ray was born here.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Taylor Swift's great-great-grandfather lived here.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Leopold Stokowski commissioned this home.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bob Dylan played dodgeball here, Burholme Park, circa 1963.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Strange Place for Trump Campaign News Conference - Four Seasons Total Landscaping Company
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Andy Warhol's Church in Pittsburgh - St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Big Band Paradise - Sunnybrook Ballroom, Pottstown, PA
Pottstown
Pennsylvania
Joe Biden grew up here.
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Gem Theater - Charlie Chaplin performed here.
Spring City
Pennsylvania
Pervez Musharraf stayed here, on Philly's Main Line.
Villanova
Pennsylvania
Old Covered Wagon Inn (Basie; Ellington; Nixon) to be replaced by a CVS?
Wayne
Pennsylvania
Sen. John McCain's first wife's car accident was here.
Wayne
Pennsylvania
High School of Reggie Jackson & Benjamin Netanyahu [& Mary Ellen Mark]
Wyncote
Pennsylvania
Joan Jett was born here.
Wynnewood
Pennsylvania
Airport Where Patsy Cline Ate Her Last Meal
Dyersburg
Tennessee
Patsy Cline had lived here.
Goodlettsville
Tennessee
The Prescription House was here - Elvis Presley's Pharmacy
Memphis
Tennessee
Janis Joplin and Kree Harrison Born Here
Port Arthur
Texas
Nabokov stayed here, place appears in Lolita.
Afton
Wyoming
Novelist Vladimir Nabokov stayed here.
Dubois
Wyoming
Writer on Nabokov ate here, on street with name appearing in Lolita.
Dubois
Wyoming
A Bar A Ranch appears in New York Times article on Nabokov.
Encampment
Wyoming
Nabokov likely stayed here.
Riverside
Wyoming
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