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The MC5 pad in Ann Arbor was a hub for local rock bands and activists that were in Ann Arbor.

Iggy Pop and his band the Stooges got started in this home. It was a hot spot in the local Ann Arbor music scene.

The Blue Bird Inn was “The hippest modern jazz nightspot” in Detroit during the city’s bebop era.

Joni Mitchell lived in Detroit in this building on the fifth floor between 1965 and early 1967.

State of The Union bar was a lounge and live performance venue in North West DC, on the historic “U Street Corridor”.

When it opened in 1910 the Howard Theatre it was known as “the largest colored theatre in the world.” After falling to disarray it was restored and reopened in 2012.

Levi Stubbs was the lead vocalist of the legendary musical Motown group The Four Tops. The Detroit-based quartet also included Renaldo “Obie” Benson, Lawrence Payton and Abdul “Duke” Fakir.

Madonna lived with her parents and seven siblings in this four-bed, two-bath house till she moved out at 18 to attend the University of Michigan.

The Chess Mate was one of Detroit’s most famous and legendary Blues clubs and’60s folk clubs,

Visit Aretha Franklin’s home during the Motown Era.

The Warehouse (or the “House”) was a nightclub established in Chicago, Illinois it is most famous for being what many consider to be the birthplace “house music” under its first musical director, DJ Frankie Knuckles.

Detroit’s historical and utopian Garwood Mansion was a homebase and creative haven during the mid 70’s.