Places

Home to hockey's Penguins from 1967 to 2010, the Civic Arena was nicknamed "The Igloo." It was also home to the ABA's Pipers and Condors in the late '60s and early '70s, as well as the indoor soccer Spirit in the '80s and the...

Waddles Restaurant was opened in 1945 by Gene and Nathan Waddle. A family-style restaurant, it served delicious meals for 60 years. In the early days of the landmark flagship location of Waddles restaurant, it was known as Waddle's Coffee Shop and offered drive-in-style food...

Cleveland's most famous bakery, with locations all over the city and surrounding suburbs, operated from 1903 until 1992, when it closed suddenly. READ MORE

Organized by legendary dis jockey Alan Freed and local record store owner Leo Mintz, the Moondog Coronation Ball was a concert held at the old Cleveland Arena on March 21, 1952. It is generally considered to be the first major rock & roll concert.

The Coral Court Motel began welcoming travelers along U.S. Route 66 in Marlborough, MO in 1942. However, when I-44 was completed in the 1960s, the motels fortunes declined. In 1993, after years of neglect, it closed. OS2013

In the '80s and '90s, the Animal House was the place in St. Louis for young people to dance and see live music. It was originally located on Chambers Road, later moving to Lewis and Clark Boulevard, and finally to North Hanley.

Wrestling at the Chase ran on KPLR Channel 11 in St. Louis from 1959 to 1983. It was promoted by the St. Louis Wrestling Club, a member of the National Wrestling Alliance. The matched aired on Saturdays and were repeated on Sunday mornings for...

Al Green's drive-in restaurant opened on the east side of Indianapolis in 1947. Boosted by the post-war car craze, Al Green's was a happening spot through the 1970s. It closed in 1992, and the building has since been demolished.??

Camp Washington??Chili is world famous and has been featured on The Travel Channel's Man v. Food Nation, CBS News, HGTV, and more. Founded in 1940 by Steve Andon and Fred Zannbus, it truly is an area favorite.

It's the Toy Tiger Christmas Party of '92! Toy Tiger was a famous night spot in Louisville that hosted rock concerts as well as wet T-shirt contests, banana eating competitions, and other such spectacles.??READ MORE

Located in the second largest building in Cincinnati, Tower Place was a shopping center with around two dozen stores throughout several floors of the Carew Tower. It opened in 1991 to much fanfare and was a bustling shopping destination for years. Shoppers gradually stopped...

Blue Skies Roller Rink was a popular teen hangout in the 1950's in North Jefferson, Missouri.

The Crane Steak House was located on Powell street in San Francisco and was part of the Crane Hotel.

The original Flying Saucer restaurant operated in the 1960s at 27th Avenue and Geary Boulevard in San Francisco. Open 24 hours a day, it featured??an all-day breakfast service and three-hour lunch service. Dinner was served until 11:00 p.m. In between, customers could purchase sandwiches,...

A. Sabella's was a popular destination on Fisherman's Wharf in??San Francisco for nearly 90 years.

Fat Boy Drive-In opened its first location in San Francisco in 1925 at the corner of??corner of 46th Street and Sloat Boulevard.??It closed in the 1970s.

Inspired by a drawing of King Arthur's court eating pizza, Round Table Pizza was a restaurant founded in 1959. It went out of business in 2011 but in 2019, was reborn as Royalty Pizza.

A drugstore chain founded in New Orleans in 1904, K & B Drugs lasted nearly 100 years until being purchased by Rite Aid in 1997.

Sambo's was a chain of sit-down, casual dining restaurants that at its peak had over 1,100 locations in 47 states. The San Francisco??location??on Lombard Street was attached??to the Motel Lanai.

Founded in Howard Brothers Discount Center grew to chain of 110 stores by the late '60s.?? Remember the fun of shopping there with this great design on our super-soft heather gray tee.