Motels: Season 2

A room full of motel room dividers in the Art Department

The places Sam and Dean stay during each episode provide a very important backdrop to each episode. Whether they stay in a motel, squat, stay at Bobby's, or sleep in the car, we are reminded 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 having a different theme, and the set detail often contains 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.

• Gimme Shelter: Motel and Inns of Supernatural: Season 2 picspam by Bellanut; archive link

See also Motels: Season 1, Motels: Season 3, Motels: Season 4, Motels: Season 5, Motels: Season 6, Motels: Season 7, Motels: Season 8, Motels: Season 9, Motels: Season 10, Motels: Season 11, Motels: Season 12, Motels: Season 13 and Motels: Season 14.

Episode	Accommodation/ Motel name	Motel Location & Other Locations	Trivia	Picture
2.01 In My Time of Dying	Dean and John are in the hospital. Sam is probably staying there too.	Shiloh County; Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown	Bobby's house	Sioux Falls, South Dakota Also: Nebraska Medford, Wisconsin	Dean is working on the Impala at Singer Salvage Yard so we can assume they are staying at Bobby's house	Singer Auto Salvage
2.03 Bloodlust	Adobe Court Motel (room 4)	Red Lodge, Montana	The room has a Southwestern theme, including a cactus-shaped key holder, from which Gordon snags the keys to the Impala. The motel exterior also used in 3.02	Adobe Court Motel
2.04 Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things	The Pink Pearl Motel	Greenville, Illinois	The Urban Dictionary lists "pink pearl" as a term for the clitoris. Considering this is the episode that Sam is caught watching porn then this may not be surprising.	The Pink Pearl Motel
2.05 Simon Said	None	Nebraska Guthrie, Oklahoma
2.06 No Exit	Apartment	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Jo Harvelle paid for the apartment.	Apartment
2.07 The Usual Suspects	City Center Motor Hotel The Aardvark Motel	Baltimore, Maryland	The actual City Center Motor Hotel was used as the exterior. Also seen in 3.03, 4.07 and 8.02 According to Dean, if separated he and Sam would meet at the first hotel listed in the phone book. (The Aardvark) Wall print reused in 3.07 Headboard used in 2.10 and 2.07 Lamp used in 1.19 and 2.10	City Center Motor Hotel exterior The Aardvark Motel
2.08 Crossroad Blues	The Baskerville Motel	Greenwood, Mississippi	The boys don’t stay in this hotel . The name of this hotel is likely to be a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle’s story The Hound of the Baskervilles, particularly as this episode deals with hell hounds. The wall fixture (light?) is used again in 2.20. Bedding used in 1.18	The Baskerville Motel
2.09 Croatoan	Unnamed motel (room 10)	Undisclosed And then Rivergrove, Oregon (fictional)	Prop re-use: Bedding from 1.10, 1.11, and 2.20	Unnamed motel
2.10 Hunted	The Velvet Inn The Blue Rose Motel	Lafayette, Indiana and then Peoria, Illinois	We only see the exterior of The Velvet Inn Prop re-use: Headboard from 2.07 and 3.04. Lamp used in 1.19 and 2.07 The Blue Rose Motel has distinctive decor, including a room divider featuring glass blue roses (that Gordon Walker shatters), metallic blue swirl wall paper with a contrasting wall paper of blue diamonds, and a checked blue and white floor.	The Velvet Inn exterior The Blue Rose Motel
2.11 Playthings	Unnamed motel The Pierpont Hotel (Room 237) Room number also used in 1.18	Peoria, Illinois Cornwall, Connecticut	There are a number of references to the Kubrick movie The Shining in both set dressing and visual style. Room 237 was a room containing much horror in the movie. The bar is a reproduction of the bar in the movie. The bedspread in the first motel is used again in 3.09 and 7.05 The Deer's Head appears in the second room. The location is a heritage building in Vancouver – the Cenacle Convent. Tulk House - Rosemary	Unnamed motel The Pierpont Hotel
2.12 Nightshifter	The Brew City Motel	Milwaukee, Wisconsin Nebraska	Beer theme room (featuring a beer bottle room divider!) Milwaukee is known for its breweries. Miller brewery being the most famous. Headboard reused: 1.18, 3.15, 4.15, 5.04	The Brew City Motel The Brew City Motel beer room dividers
2.13 Houses of the Holy	The Big Ride (?) Inn (Text is hard to make out)	Providence, Rhode Island	Magic Fingers first seen in this hotel. Also seen in 3.04, 4.13, 6.02, and 13.20 Prop re-use: Bedding from 1.12, 1.14 and 3.11	The Big Ride Inn The Big Ride Inn
2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign	Larson's Landing Motel	Twin Lakes, Wisconsin Otter Creek, Iowa Duluth, Minnesota Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Fishing theme. Fish and tackle room divider. Bedding reused: 2.15, 4.06, 5.01	Larson's Landing Motel
2.15 Tall Tales	King's Lair Hotel	Springfield, Ohio	Grand decor for a grand name.	The King's Lair Hotel
2.16 Roadkill	None	Highway 41, Nevada	Bedding re-used: 2.14, 4.06, 5.01
2.17 Heart	The China Sea Motel	San Francisco, California	An "attempt" (as cheap motels do) at an oriental theme.	The China Sea Motel
2.18 Hollywood Babylon	None	Los Angeles, California
2.19 Folsom Prison Blues	Little Rock, Arkansas Green River County Detention Center	Little Rock, Arkansas	Prison theme	The boys' dinning room
2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be	The Joliet Motel	Joliet, Illinois	Wall fixture used in 2.08 Bedding from 1.10, 1.11, and 2.09	The Joliet Motel
2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One	Sam taken to Cold Oak, South Dakota.	Sioux Falls, South Dakota Cold Oak, South Dakota
2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two	The boys start out in an abandoned house or cabin, and then Bobby's house	Sioux Falls, South Dakota Cold Oak, South Dakota		Squat