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[[File:Jerrywanekandroomdividers.jpg|300px|right|thumb|[[Jerry Wanek]] at work with the room divider from [[1.18 Something Wicked]]]]
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The places Sam and Dean stay during each episode provides a very important backdrop to each episode.  Whether they stay in a motel, squat, stay at Bobby's or sleep in the car, it serves to remind us of their nomadic existence.  The sets are always excellent, with wonderful attention to detail, the work of Production Designer [[Jerry Wanek]] and Art Director [[John Marcynuk]].
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The motels in particular have become a signature of the show with each one have a different theme and the set detail often containing in-jokes that only the most dedicated fan will get. Jensen said of the motel rooms: "Jerry Wanek's just a crazy guy, and likes to use his talents when he gets the ability to, and the motel rooms are his passion. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcB8MXbq8Ow source]."
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This entry also lists places the boys travel to in each episode.
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcB8MXbq8Ow Jensen talks about the motel sets] - June 2008.
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*[http://bellanut.livejournal.com/178404.html Motel and Inns of Supernatural: Season 1] picspam by Bellanut
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*[http://bellanut.livejournal.com/279452.html Gimme Shelter: Motel and Inns of Supernatural: Season 2] picspam by Bellanut
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*[http://bellanut.livejournal.com/281025.html Gimme Shelter: Motel and Inns of Supernatural: Season 3] by Bellanut
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*[http://ash48.livejournal.com/228928.html Wherever I Lay My Hat: Accommodation of Supernatural: Season 4] by Ash48
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*[http://ash48.livejournal.com/256874.html You Can Check Out Anytime You Like: Season 5 Accommodations] by Ash48
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*[http://ash48.livejournal.com/309904.html But You Can Never Leave: Season 6 Accommodations] by Ash48
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*[http://ash48.livejournal.com/395738.html Rock, Wallpaper, Sofas: Season 7 Accommodations] by Ash48
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*[http://ashhttp://ash48.livejournal.com/395738.html48.livejournal.com/86267.html Love Shack] fanvid by Ash48
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See also [[Motels: Season 2]], [[Motels: Season 3]], [[Motels: Season 4]], [[Motels: Season 5]], [[Motels: Season 6]], [[Motels: Season 7]]
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|| [[1.01 Pilot]]  
 
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Jericho, California (fictional)
 
Jericho, California (fictional)
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|| The first hotel they visit is one where John had been living.  
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||The first motel they visit is one where John had been living.  
  
 
John's motel room is papered with articles. One is about a [[Cambion]] suggested John was speculating on Sam's heritage. Another is about [[Constance Welch]]. The article says a neighbor described Constance as a 'quiet but very lovely woman'. This neighbor is named Deanna Kripke -  the name of Eric Kripke's wife
 
John's motel room is papered with articles. One is about a [[Cambion]] suggested John was speculating on Sam's heritage. Another is about [[Constance Welch]]. The article says a neighbor described Constance as a 'quiet but very lovely woman'. This neighbor is named Deanna Kripke -  the name of Eric Kripke's wife
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||[[File:Pilot Dorm.jpg|Stanford University Apartment|200px|thumb]]  [[File:Motel room, Pilot S1.jpg|Unnamed motel|200px|thumb]]   
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|| [[1.02 Wendigo]]  
 
|| [[1.02 Wendigo]]  
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|| Never get to see inside the room, just the hallway.
 
|| Never get to see inside the room, just the hallway.
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||[[File:Wendigo Hallway.jpg|Unnamed motel hallway|200px|thumb]]   
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||[[File:Wendigo Hallway.jpg|Unnamed motel hallway|400px|thumb]]   
 
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||[[1.03 Dead in the Water]]
 
||[[1.03 Dead in the Water]]
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The Lake Front Motel
 
The Lake Front Motel
 
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||Undisclosed
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Lake Manito, Wisconsin (fictional)
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Lake Manitoc, Wisconsin (fictional)
  
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||The hotel that Amy recommended
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||The hotel that Amy recommended.
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||[[File:Dead in the Water exterior.jpg|The Lynwood Inn Hotel|200px|thumb]]  [[File:Dean in the Water motel.jpg|The Lake Front Motel|200px|thumb]]   
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||[[File:Dead in the Water exterior.jpg|The Lynwood Inn Hotel|400px|thumb]]  [[File:Dean in the Water motel.jpg|The Lake Front Motel|400px|thumb]]   
 
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|| [[1.04 Phantom Traveler]]  
 
|| [[1.04 Phantom Traveler]]  
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Also: Lehigh Calley Airport, Pennsylvania  
 
Also: Lehigh Calley Airport, Pennsylvania  
 
|| Two different hotels – same bedding used.
 
|| Two different hotels – same bedding used.
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|| [[File:Phantom Traveler 1.jpg|Unnamed motel #1|200px|thumb]][[File:Phantom Traveler S1.jpg|Unnamed motel #2|200px|thumb]]     
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|| [[File:Phantom Traveler 1.jpg|Unnamed motel #1|400px|thumb]][[File:Phantom Traveler S1.jpg|Unnamed motel #2|400px|thumb]]     
 
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|| [[1.05 Bloody Mary]]  
 
|| [[1.05 Bloody Mary]]  
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Also: Fort Wayne, Indiana
 
Also: Fort Wayne, Indiana
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||Starburst clock first makes its appearance.  (Also used in [[1.13]] and [[1.14]])
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||Starburst clock first makes its appearance.  Also used in [[1.13]], [[1.14]], [[3.10]]
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||[[File:Bloody Mary motel.jpg| Unnamed motel|200px|thumb]]
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||[[File:Bloody Mary motel.jpg| Unnamed motel|400px|thumb]]
 
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|| [[1.06 Skin]]  
 
|| [[1.06 Skin]]  
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|| Eastern Iowa University dorm (fictional)
 
|| Eastern Iowa University dorm (fictional)
 
||Ankeny, Iowa
 
||Ankeny, Iowa
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||It's suggested they stay at the college. "We're your new roommates"
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||It's suggested they stay at the uni. "We're your new roommates".
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||[[File:Hookman Dorm.jpg|Eastern Iowa Uni dorm|200px|thumb]]   
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||[[File:Hookman Dorm.jpg|Eastern Iowa Uni dorm|400px|thumb]]   
 
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|| [[1.08 Bugs]]  
 
|| [[1.08 Bugs]]  
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Also: Atoka Valley Sapulpa, OK (fictional)
 
Also: Atoka Valley Sapulpa, OK (fictional)
 
||Dean loves the shower.
 
||Dean loves the shower.
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||[[File:Bugs Shower.jpg|New home squat.  Dean's [[Steam Shower]]|200px|thumb]]   
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||[[File:Bugs Shower.jpg|New home squat.  Dean's [[Steam Shower]]|400px|thumb]]   
 
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|| [[1.09 Home]]  
 
|| [[1.09 Home]]  
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Also: Lawrence Kansas
 
Also: Lawrence Kansas
 
||Wallpaper re-used in [[1.12]]
 
||Wallpaper re-used in [[1.12]]
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||[[File:Home motel.jpg| The Sleep Easy Motel|200px|thumb]]
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||[[File:Home motel.jpg| The Sleep Easy Motel|400px|thumb]]
 
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|| [[1.10 Asylum]]  
 
|| [[1.10 Asylum]]  
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and then Rockford, Illinois
 
and then Rockford, Illinois
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||Bedding used in [[1.10]], [[1.11]], [[2.09]] and [[2.20]]
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||[[File:Asylum motel.jpg| Unnamed motel|200px|thumb]]
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||[[File:Asylum motel.jpg| Unnamed motel|400px|thumb]]
 
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|| [[1.11 Scarecrow]]  
 
|| [[1.11 Scarecrow]]  
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and then Burkittsville, Indiana (fictional)
 
and then Burkittsville, Indiana (fictional)
 
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||[[File:Scarecrow beds.jpg| Unnamed motel|200px|thumb]]
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|| [[1.12 Faith]]  
 
|| [[1.12 Faith]]  
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Nebraska
 
Nebraska
 
||Wallpaper also used in [[1.09]]
 
||Wallpaper also used in [[1.09]]
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||[[File:Faith motel1.jpg| Unnamed motel #1|200px|thumb]] [[File:Faith motel2.jpg| Unnamed motel #2|200px|thumb]]
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||[[File:Faith motel1.jpg| Unnamed motel #1|400px|thumb]] [[File:Faith motel2.jpg| Unnamed motel #2|400px|thumb]]
 
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|| [[1.13 Route 666]]  
 
|| [[1.13 Route 666]]  
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Starts in Bismark, Kentucky
 
Starts in Bismark, Kentucky
 
||Boys get dressed in suits!
 
||Boys get dressed in suits!
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Starburst clock also used in 1.05 and 1.14
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Starburst clock also used in [[1.05]],  [[1.14]] and [[3.10]]
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||[[File:Route666 motel.jpg| Unnamed motel|200px|thumb]][[File:Route 666 clock.jpg| Unnamed motel (starburst clock)|200px|thumb]]
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||[[File:Route666 motel.jpg| Unnamed motel|400px|thumb]][[File:Route 666 clock.jpg| Unnamed motel (starburst clock)|400px|thumb]]
 
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|| [[1.14 Nightmare]]  
 
|| [[1.14 Nightmare]]  
 
|| Unnamed
 
|| Unnamed
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Escabana Mote|
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Escanaba Motel
 
||Undisclosed
 
||Undisclosed
 
Saginaw, Michigan,  
 
Saginaw, Michigan,  
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||Woodland theme. ([[Deer's Head]] makes its first appearance.  It's used in a number of episodes.)
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||[[File:Nightmare motel1.jpg| Unnamed motel|200px|thumb]][[File:Nightmare motel2.jpg| Escabana motel|200px|thumb]]
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Woodland theme. [[Deer's Head]] makes its first appearance.  It's used in a number of episodes.  
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Starburst clock also used in [[1.05]],  [[1.13]] and [[3.10]]
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The name is a nod to the film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escanaba_in_da_Moonlight Escanaba in da Moonlight] set in a deer camp.
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||[[File:Nightmare motel1.jpg| Unnamed motel|400px|thumb]][[File:Nightmare motel2.jpg| Escabana Motel|400px|thumb]]
 
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|| [[1.15 The Benders]]  
 
|| [[1.15 The Benders]]  
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||Hibbing, Minnesota
 
||Hibbing, Minnesota
 
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|| [[1.16 Shadow]]  
 
|| [[1.16 Shadow]]  
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||Chicago, Illinois
 
||Chicago, Illinois
 
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|| [[1.17 Hell House]]  
 
|| [[1.17 Hell House]]  
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|| Richardson Texas
 
|| Richardson Texas
 
||Wild West theme including steer skull on wall and stuffed armadillo. If you look closely you will see even Sam's towel has cowboys on it.
 
||Wild West theme including steer skull on wall and stuffed armadillo. If you look closely you will see even Sam's towel has cowboys on it.
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||[[File:Hell House motel.jpg| Wyeth's Western Inn|200px|thumb]]
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||[[File:Hell House motel.jpg| Wyeth's Western Inn|400px|thumb]]
 
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|| [[1.18 Something Wicked]]  
 
|| [[1.18 Something Wicked]]  
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||Sam’s whippet t-shirt! :D
 
||Sam’s whippet t-shirt! :D
 
Flashback:  Bowling theme. (possibly a homage to the movie Kingpin).
 
Flashback:  Bowling theme. (possibly a homage to the movie Kingpin).
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||[[File:Something Wicked1.jpg| 2400 Court motel|200px|thumb]][[File:Something Wicked motel2.jpg|The Kingpin Motel|200px|thumb]]
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Bedhead reused: [[2.12]], [[3.15]], [[4.15]], [[5.04]]
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[[File:Roomdividerfrom duckysetvist.jpg|thumb|250|left|Room divider in art department]]
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||[[File:Something Wicked1.jpg| 2400 Court motel|400px|thumb]][[File:Something Wicked motel2.jpg|The Kingpin Motel|400px|thumb]]
 
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|| [[1.19 Provenance]]  
 
|| [[1.19 Provenance]]  
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||Dance theme!  
 
||Dance theme!  
 
Lamps also re-used in [[2.10]]
 
Lamps also re-used in [[2.10]]
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||[[File:Provenance motel.jpg| The Boogie Inn|400px|thumb]]
 
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|| [[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]]  
 
|| [[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]]  
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Starts in Nebraska
 
Starts in Nebraska
 
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|| [[1.21 Salvation]]  
 
|| [[1.21 Salvation]]  
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Unnamed #2
 
||Manning, Colorado
 
||Manning, Colorado
 
Salvation, Iowa
 
Salvation, Iowa
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Lincoln, Nebraska
 
Lincoln, Nebraska
 
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|| [[1.22 Devil's Trap]]  
 
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|| Unnamed motel(same as [[1.21]])
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Cabin
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Abandoned cabin
 
||Salvation, Iowa
 
||Salvation, Iowa
  
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Unknown rural location in South Dakota & Missouri
 
Unknown rural location in South Dakota & Missouri
 
||Picture on Bobby’s wall also seen in [[1.16]]
 
||Picture on Bobby’s wall also seen in [[1.16]]
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[[Category:Library]][[Category:Places]]
 
[[Category:Library]][[Category:Places]]

Revision as of 12:31, 6 March 2014

Jerry Wanek at work with the room divider from 1.18 Something Wicked

The places Sam and Dean stay during each episode provides a very important backdrop to each episode. Whether they stay in a motel, squat, stay at Bobby's or sleep in the car, it serves to remind us of their nomadic existence. The sets are always excellent, with wonderful attention to detail, the work of Production Designer Jerry Wanek and Art Director John Marcynuk.

The motels in particular have become a signature of the show with each one have a different theme and the set detail often containing in-jokes that only the most dedicated fan will get. Jensen said of the motel rooms: "Jerry Wanek's just a crazy guy, and likes to use his talents when he gets the ability to, and the motel rooms are his passion. source."

This entry also lists places the boys travel to in each episode.


See also Motels: Season 2, Motels: Season 3, Motels: Season 4, Motels: Season 5, Motels: Season 6, Motels: Season 7

Episode Accommodation/ Motel name Motel Location & Other Locations Trivia Picture
1.01 Pilot Childhood home

Stanford University apartment (Sam)

Unnamed Motel

Lawrence, Kansas

Palo Alto, California

Jericho, California (fictional)

The first motel they visit is one where John had been living.

John's motel room is papered with articles. One is about a Cambion suggested John was speculating on Sam's heritage. Another is about Constance Welch. The article says a neighbor described Constance as a 'quiet but very lovely woman'. This neighbor is named Deanna Kripke - the name of Eric Kripke's wife

Stanford University Apartment
Unnamed motel
1.02 Wendigo Unnamed motel Grand Junction, Colorado

Also: Black Water Ridge, Colorado

Never get to see inside the room, just the hallway.
Unnamed motel hallway
1.03 Dead in the Water The Lynwood Inn (exterior only)

The Lake Front Motel

Undisclosed

Lake Manitoc, Wisconsin (fictional)

The hotel that Amy recommended.
The Lynwood Inn Hotel
The Lake Front Motel
1.04 Phantom Traveler Unnamed motel #1

Unnamed motel #2

Undisclosed

Nazareth, Pennsylvania

Also: Lehigh Calley Airport, Pennsylvania

Two different hotels – same bedding used.
Unnamed motel #1
Unnamed motel #2
1.05 Bloody Mary Unnamed motel Toledo, Ohio

Also: Fort Wayne, Indiana

Starburst clock first makes its appearance. Also used in 1.13, 1.14, 3.10
Unnamed motel
1.06 Skin None St. Louis. Missouri Stayed with Rebecca maybe?
1.07 Hookman Eastern Iowa University dorm (fictional) Ankeny, Iowa It's suggested they stay at the uni. "We're your new roommates".
Eastern Iowa Uni dorm
1.08 Bugs Squat in a new home Oasis Plains, Oklahoma (fictional)

Also: Atoka Valley Sapulpa, OK (fictional)

Dean loves the shower.
New home squat. Dean's Steam Shower
1.09 Home Sleep Easy Motel Undisclosed

Also: Lawrence Kansas

Wallpaper re-used in 1.12
The Sleep Easy Motel
1.10 Asylum Unnamed motel Undisclosed

and then Rockford, Illinois

Bedding used in 1.10, 1.11, 2.09 and 2.20
Unnamed motel
1.11 Scarecrow Unnamed motel (same as 1.10) Undisclosed

and then Burkittsville, Indiana (fictional)

Unnamed motel
1.12 Faith Unnamed #1

Unnamed #2

Undisclosed

Nebraska

Wallpaper also used in 1.09
Unnamed motel #1
Unnamed motel #2
1.13 Route 666 Unnamed motel Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Starts in Bismark, Kentucky

Boys get dressed in suits!

Starburst clock also used in 1.05, 1.14 and 3.10

Unnamed motel
Unnamed motel (starburst clock)
1.14 Nightmare Unnamed

Escanaba Motel

Undisclosed

Saginaw, Michigan,


Woodland theme. Deer's Head makes its first appearance. It's used in a number of episodes.

Starburst clock also used in 1.05, 1.13 and 3.10

The name is a nod to the film Escanaba in da Moonlight set in a deer camp.


Unnamed motel
Escabana Motel
1.15 The Benders None Hibbing, Minnesota
Sam's accommodation (cage)
1.16 Shadow Danny's Inn Chicago, Illinois
Danny's Inn
1.17 Hell House Wyeth's Western Inn Richardson Texas Wild West theme including steer skull on wall and stuffed armadillo. If you look closely you will see even Sam's towel has cowboys on it.
Wyeth's Western Inn
1.18 Something Wicked 2400 Court Motel

The Kingpin Motel (flashback)

Fitchburg, Wisconsin

Fort Douglas, Wisconsin

Sam’s whippet t-shirt! :D

Flashback: Bowling theme. (possibly a homage to the movie Kingpin).

Bedhead reused: 2.12, 3.15, 4.15, 5.04

Room divider in art department
2400 Court motel
The Kingpin Motel
1.19 Provenance The Boogie Inn New Paltz, New York Dance theme!

Lamps also re-used in 2.10

The Boogie Inn
1.20 Dead Man's Blood Unnamed motel Manning, Colorado

Starts in Nebraska

Unnamed motel
1.21 Salvation Unnamed #1 (same as 1.20)

Unnamed #2

Manning, Colorado

Salvation, Iowa Also: Blue Earth, Minnesota Lincoln, Nebraska

Unnamed motel #2
1.22 Devil's Trap Unnamed motel(same as 1.21)

Abandoned cabin

Salvation, Iowa

Also: Lincoln, Nebraska Jefferson City, Missouri Unknown rural location in South Dakota & Missouri

Picture on Bobby’s wall also seen in 1.16
Abandoned cabin
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