According to Minneapolis musician and City Pages writer Jim Walsh, the Replacements played a high school dance at this building back in the day. He is fairly certain that the line "we are the sons of no one" from "Bastards of Young" comes from that experience. Also according to Walsh, the 'Mats refused to help carry other band's equipment.


The Sons of Norway is a Norwegian fraternal benefit society that now houses a Wells Fargo branch.

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The Stone Pony, located in the Jersey seaside town of Asbury Park, is one of the most recognized small venues in the world. Many artists have honed their skills here, including Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen.

The Boss has played here nearly 90 times, but except for the occasional children's school fund-raiser, he usually just sits in with another band. Despite public perception to the contrary, Springsteen already had two albums completed when The Stone Pony opened in 1974.

Professional wrestler Bam Bam Bigelow used to work as a bouncer at the Stone Pony before he toured the wrestling circuit.

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Overlooking Lake Monona in Madison, WI is the Monona Terrace. Originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (a Wisconsin native), it was rejected by a single vote in 1938. Wright continued to alter and refine his plan for the terrace until he died in 1959.

Plans for the terrace were resurrected in 1990, and the project was completed in 1997.

On top of the terrace is a memorial to the soul singer Otis Redding. On December 10, 1967, Redding was flying to Madison with his Stax Records backing group, the Bar-Kays, when their plane crashed into the icy waters of Lake Monona. Except for one member of the Bar-Kays, everyone aboard the plane died.

The crash came three days after Redding had recorded "Sitting On the Dock of the Bay," which would become his first #1 hit song. He was 26 years old.

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The Boss transferred from St. Rose of Lima School to Freehold High School when he entered the ninth grade.

Springsteen graduated in 1967, but skipped his own graduation. Old teachers described him as, "a loner, who wanted nothing more than to play his guitar."

In 2006, he was inducted into the Freehold High School Hall of Fame.

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One of The Boss's favorite spots in Freehold, NJ. After his 1996 appearance at St. Rose of Lima, they had a party here. The Boss also joined a some fans for a slice here on July 31, 2004, after they had been working on a home in Freehold for Habitat for Humanity.

Danny Federici's (1950-2008, former organ/glockenspiel/accordion player for the E Street Band) family owns and operates the Italian restaurant.

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