Translated from Welsh, Bron-Yr-Aur is "Hill of Gold" or "Breast of Gold," and is the name of this cottage that was used by Robert Plant's family since the 1950s.

In 1970, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page spent time recuperating here after a grueling North American tour. Along with Plant's wife and daughter, Page's girlfriend Charlotte Martin, and Led Zeppelin roadies Clive Coulson and Sandy MacGregor were also present.

As Page recalls:

"Robert (Plant) and I went to Bron-Yr-Aur in 1970. We'd been working solidly right up to that point. Even recordings were done on the road. We had this time off and Robert suggested the cottage. I certainly hadn't been to that area of Wales. So we took our guitars down there and played a few bits and pieces. This wonderful countryside, panoramic views and having the guitars ... it was just an automatic thing to be playing. And we started writing."

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Ardent Studios, home to the in-house label Ardent Records, was located on National Street in Memphis after founder John Fry moved the studio there from his family's garage in 1966. This is where Big Star recorded their first album #1 Record. Led Zeppelin III was mixed here in 1970, and Ardent also recorded sessions for Stax Records.

In 1971 the studio moved to its current location, where they would go on to work with hundreds of bands including the Replacements, R.E.M. and the White Stripes. This building on National now houses a small deli.

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Built in 1795, this three-story structure was originally a workhouse for the poor, infirm and orphaned. In 1870, it was converted to a private residence and renamed Headley Grange.

Led Zeppelin composed and recorded many tracks on the albums Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV, Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti at this location.

Robert Plant wrote the lyrics for "Stairway to Heaven" in one day at Headley Grange. The song "Black Dog" was named after a black Labrador Retriever that was hanging around the building at the time.

The drum track to "When the Levee Breaks" was recorded in the stairwell of the facility.

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After Jimi Hendrix saw how much it cost to rent studio time for Electric Ladyland, he and his manager Michael Jeffrery decided to turn the Generation Club they had recently invested in into a studio. After several construction upgrades and expenses, Electric Lady Studios had their opening party on August 26, 1970.

Although Jimi Hendrix only recorded there for four weeks before he died, numerous landmark albums have been recorded there since: Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy (1973) and Physical Graffiti (1975), The Clash’s Combat Rock (1982), Weezer's first two albums, Run-DMC's Tougher than Leather (1988) and the White Stripes’ De Stijl (2000) are just some of the more noteworthy creations.

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The Rainbow Bar and Grill opened on the Sunset Strip on April 16, 1972 with a party for Elton John. Since then, it has been a fixture of the L.A. rock scene.

Led Zeppelin made this restaurant their L.A. hangout. Anthony Kiedis recounted in his book Scar Tissue about being at the bar with his father while members of the Led Zeppelin were there.

Upstairs from the Rainbow Bar and Grill is the exclusive club, "Over the Rainbow".

John Belushi ate his last meal here (lentil soup) in booth #16.

Before it became the Rainbow, the place was called the Villa Nova restaurant. The Villa Nova was owned by film director Vincente Minnelli (married to Judy Garland). Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe met at the Villa Nova in 1952 on a blind date.

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