Car-guy’s paradise: Los Angeles, CA

Hot Wheels display at the Petersen. Yes, they're mounted on that awesome orange plastic track!

Of course, Los Angeles is a car-guy’s paradise.  The weather’s friendly to old vehicles, and there are twisty mountain roads and speedy freeways and slow-n-low cruising spots within an hour of one another.  The streets are filled with equal numbers [...]

Nocturnum @ Terrapin Station, Boise ID

The Terrapin Station hosts Nocturnum on Sunday nights.
During the week, the Terrapin’s more of a hippie bar, but Nocturnum manages to darken the ambience.

Sanctuary @ Area 51, Salt Lake City UT

Did someone tell you that the folks in Utah are too conservative to have a goth scene? They were wrong.

Elysium, Austin TX

Formerly known as the Atomic Café, Elysium’s smack in the middle of fratboy heaven, an unlikely location for a dedicated goth-industrial haven, but it exists.

Neo, Chicago IL

While in Chicago, we decided to check out the club known as Neo. We’ve had plenty of friends in Chicago recommend it as the goth-industrially place to go in town, and haven’t ever had the opportunity to drop in until now.

The Church at the Lizard Lounge, Dallas TX

The building dates to 1899 and is registered in the Texas Haunted Building Registry, so that’s a good start.

Leland City Club, Detroit MI

More than one regular calls it “Shitty Club,” but they still keep showing up.

2High Studios New Year’s Eve Celebration, Atlanta GA

Hosted by SecretRoom.net at 2High Studios, the bash promised good music, burlesque and fetish shows, alcohol and dancing. Noise, noise, noise! We just had to see if it was worth a 150-mile one-way trip.

Salvation, Sunday night, Nashville TN

The dance floor itself is a delightful thing.

Temple, Saturday night, Knoxville TN

Knoxville, after some investigation, advertised a goth-industrial-steampunk club called Temple. Oh, hello. That’s three of our favorite things, all in one place. So, we planned an expedition to the city that was once known as the Underwear Capital of the World to check it out.