Adventure Details

Elvis and the boys were often good friends with one family in town and in Midland, it was the Holifield family Cecil Holifield remembers

On April 26, 1955, Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black appeared at the auditorium. It was the second night of a 5-day tour.

In late-April 1955, Elvis, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black, rolled into town with the purpose of performing at Big Spring's Municipal Aud.

The theatre was built in 1920 by Clara A. and Graham Hoffman on property they were leasing at the time, and it was aptly named the Hoffman

Regardless of attendance doubts, hundreds of screaming fans came to Tiger Stadium that night to see Elvis and the others. For his grand...

The owners of the Carthage Milling Company wanted to have a grand opening celebration with some entertainment. Jack originally wanted the...

Construction on the building began in 1946 and was completed in 1947 by A.H. “Whitey” and Rose Crouch. The hotel was made from stucco...

Like most other buildings in Conroe’s historic downtown, the Gentry building was built with red brick after the 1911 fire that destroyed...

The Presley houses (in order) from 1933-1948 when they moved to Memphis, TN.

So many places, so little time! I hope y'all enjoy this Ultimate Guide! I found that most people that visit Tupelo only think about...

The building originally on this spot, burned down in the February 1911 Conroe fire, a fire that claimed 65 wooden structures...

Williamson had a barber shop on Main Street that was lost in the 1911 fire. Bob Shepard, the owner of the “Little Jack West Building” ...

Everything started when Judge Roy Hofheinz brought Major League Baseball to Houston (he was the original owner of the Houston Astros)...

The theatre was opened in 1912 by R.F. Goodlett as the Comus, hosting live vaudeville shows (comedies with psychological and moral intent...

I was only in Canada for a few hours and found the spot where the Golden Elvis usually is, but according to the ladies at the SkyWheel in...

Elvis only did one commercial during his entire career/life. He did that commercial for Southern Maid Donuts on November 6, 1954. He sang...

This high end hotel was built in 1957 as the Treadway Inn, and it helped bring in more tourism with a nice place to stay. In 1963, a big...

Opened in 1973 as a part of a Niagara Falls renewal project, this multi-purpose center with a 10,000 person capacity was built in the mid...

Like a surprising amount of these older places, I couldn't find much online about Lee's Drive-In, even in the Texarkana and Arkansas...

The Hut Club burned down years ago (exact date unknown), but there are still remnants, including charred wood, burned records and CDs...

I can't find much on the Park Plaza Motel. 99.99% of what I know is from the back of a postcard (in the pictures below). The information...

Construction on this multipurpose building started in 1927, with the mid-section/municipal auditorium reaching completion in June 1928...

There's not much information about this spot, but in the 50s, Ray's Muffler is said to have been a car wash. It was across the street...

The inspiration for the giant Tupelo guitar sculpture, the 6ft tall metal guitar statues that line downtown Tupelo's Main Street, are...