Elvis bought Graceland when he was 22

Elvis Presley paid $102,500 in 1957 to purchase Graceland, a mansion in Memphis that was his home base for 20 years. It was constructed in 1939 by Dr. Thomas Moore and his wife Ruth on land that had formerly been a portion of a 500-acre farm called Graceland in honor of the original owner's daughter, Grace, who happened to be Ruth Moore's great-aunt. The white-columned Moore family mansion also became known as Graceland, and Elvis remained the name when he bought the property.

Graceland is located at the top of a hill, surrounded by rolling fields and an oak tree forest. This Colonial Revival-style home has two stories and five bays. An additional one-story stuccoed wing that is attached to the main one was once used as a four-car garage. The mansion has two chimneys, one rising through the roof ridge on the south side and the other on the outer wall of the north side. The back wall of the center block is stuccoed, as are the one-story wings and its front and side facades are veneered with tan Tishomingo limestone from Mississippi.

The King had a long list of items that needed to be on hand "at all times, every day" at Graceland. His weekly spending on groceries was about $500, some of which are one case regular Pepsi, at least six cans of biscuits, ingredients for meatloaf and sauce, ice cream... Over the years, Elvis Presley made a lot of improvements to the house, such as installing iron entrance gates with music-themed designs, a "jungle room" with an indoor waterfall and a racquetball court, and built-in TVs.