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Here’s a list of places either visited or mentioned on the show:

24-Hour Pawnee Cares Diabetes Telethon: The name of the diabetes telethon put on by Pawnee Cares (”Telethon”)
Animal Control: Partners with Leslie to take down Fairway Frank (”The Possum”)
Animal Services (”Leslie’s House”)
Annual Pawnee Easter Egg Hunt (”Canvassing”)
The Anthony V. Tellenson Award for Excellence in Pawnee Public Service: Leslie says it’s the most exclusive local government event of the year and is like the Oscars times the Grammys plus the Super Bowl (”The Banquet”)
The Art House: Showed a documentary about tandem bicycling (”Tom’s Divorce”)
Boardwalk Lounge: Where Bill Dexhart meets with Leslie (”Christmas Scandal”)
Brooks Brothers Boys: Brooks Brothers’ kids line; Tom shops there and says it’s win-win because its cuts are slimmer and it’s cheaper (”Telethon”)
Bureau of Motor Vehicles: Located on Pioneer Hall’s fourth floor (”Tom’s Divorce”)
The Bulge: A gay bar (”Pawnee Zoo”); hosts a Valentine’s Bash (”Galentine’s Day”)
Camp Athena: A camp for troubled girls; started by Leslie (”Woman of the Year”)
Car Horn: The restaurant Leslie and Chris first meet in (”The Set Up”)
The Carlyle Grand: Where Andy looks for an apartment with April (”Woman of the Year”)
Channel 4 News: A local news station; Perd Hapley reports there (”The Practice Date”)
Children’s Concert Series (”Park Safety”)
Cozy’s (Eagleton, IN) (”The Practice Date”)
Dennis Feinstein: A cologne company (”Galentine’s Day”); its Yearning ad was the centerfold of Pawnee’s Summer Catalog (”Summer Catalog”); manufacturer of Attack, for when you want to attack the senses of the lady you want to bed (”94 Meetings”)
Divorce Court: Located on Pioneer Hall’s fourth floor (”Tom’s Divorce”)
Don’s Cement (”Canvassing”)
Emerson Elementary School (”Pilot”)
Frank’s Restaurant: Where Ron and Tammy have a catch-up lunch (”Ron and Tammy”)
The Glitter Factory: A strip club (”Beauty Pageant”); where Leslie takes Tom after his divorce (”Tom’s Divorce”)
The Grind: A coffeehouse (”Beauty Pageant”)
Harvey James Park: Founded in 1903; Leslie thinks it’s one of Pawnee’s best parks (”Sister City”); where Leslie reunites all the living former parks directors (”Summer Catalog”)
Indiana State Parks Department (”Hunting Trip”)
Indianapolis Aquarium: Where Leslie and Justin go on a date (”Leslie’s House”)
Indiana Organization of Women: Annually chooses a winner of the Dorothy Everton Smythe Female Empowerment Award; Ron wins the award in 2010 (”Woman of the Year”)
J.J.’s Diner (”The Reporter”)
Jurassic Fork: Dinosaur themed; Where Leslie takes Tom after his divorce (”Tom’s Divorce”)
Kabuki Theater Festival (”Leslie’s House”)
Kernston’s: Manufacturer of rubber baby bottle nipples (”Sister City”)
Lady Footlocker: Where Jean-Ralphio works (”Woman of the Year”)
Library Department: Directed by Tammy Swanson; ruthless and diabolical according to Leslie (”Ron and Tammy”)
Miss Pawnee Beauty Pageant (”Beauty Pageant”)
Modern Barber Shop with Salvatore: Located across the street from Pioneer Hall since 1958 (”The Banquet”)
Motel Glen Capri: Where Ron and Tammy have spur-of-the-moment sex (”Ron and Tammy”)
Mouse Rat: Opens Leslie’s programming block at the Pawnee Cares Diabetes Telethon (”Telethon”)
Norquist Properties: Former owner of Lot 48; says government screwed them by illegally seizing their land (”The Set Up”)
Norton Construction: Sends a problematic gift basket to the Parks and Recreation Department (”Boys’ Club”); Mark’s new employer (”Freddy Spaghetti”)
Nutriyum Bars: Leslie brings them to the telethon for a burst of energy (”Telethon”)
O’Neill’s Bar & Grill (”The Practice Date”)
Organization of Local Auditing Systems (”Christmas Scandal”)
Oxwood In (”The Practice Date”)
Pawnee Cares: Pairs up with local access to raise money for diabetes research (”Telethon”)
Pawnee City Government Follies (”Christmas Scandal”)
Pawnee Diagnostic Imaging: Leslie has an MRI there with Chris (”The Set Up”)
Pawnee Historical Society (”94 Meetings”)
The Pawnee Journal: Leslie calls it The Washington Post of Pawnee (”The Reporter”); owned by Sweetums (”94 Meetings”)
Pawnee Public Library (”Sweetums”)
Pawnee Sun: Tabloid newspaper; Alexa Softcastle reports there (”Christmas Scandal”)
Pawnee Super Suites: Host of the Indiana Organization of Women Awards (”Woman of the Year”)
Pawnee Today: Hosted by Joan Callamezzo; Leslie calls it the Meet the Press of Pawnee (”Pawnee Zoo”)
Pawnee’s Winter Wonderland; planned by Leslie (”Christmas Scandal”)
Pioneer Hall: Where the Parks Department and other Pawnee departments operate out of
Pitchers and Catchers: Implied by Tom to be a gay bar (”Pawnee Zoo”)
Recreation Center (”Leslie’s House”)
Porter’s Grill: Where Leslie has her first date with Justin (”The Set Up”)
Probation Offices: Located on Pioneer Hall’s fourth floor (”Tom’s Divorce”)
Ramsett Park: Every Halloween, Greg Pikitis defaces the statue of Mayor Percy (”Greg Pikitis”); where Jerry gets mugged (”Park Safety”); supposed to host a Freddy Spaghetti concert for kids before Leslie moves it to lot 48 (”Freddy Spaghetti”)
Ray’s Sandwich Place: Owned by Ray Halstead (”Beauty Pageant”)
Rock and Rock Bowling Alley (”Sister City”)
Sanitation: Leslie gets them cases of beer (”Christmas Scandal”)
Senior Center: Leslie teaches crafts there (”Christmas Scandal”); annually hosts a Valentine’s Dance from 5 to 9 p.m. (”Galentine’s Day”)
Sewage Department: As Leslie puts it, they literally specialize in crap; Joe, who works for them, doesn’t get along with Leslie; the department always seems to get the hottest interns according to Tom (”The Camel”)
Slippery Elm Park: Where Ron conducts his “annual trail survey” (”Hunting Trip”)
Skully’s Bar (”The Banquet”)
Smithfield Community Center (”Canvassing”)
Snakehole Lounge: A club Tom and Jean-Ralphio invest in (”Woman of the Year”); where Tom takes Detlef Schrempf (”Telethon”); the Pawnee Journal called it, “the most dangerous club in town”; host of April’s 21st birthday party (”The Master Plan”)
“The Spirit of Pawnee” mural: Controversial; has been defaced in the past by acid and tomato sauce; someone even tried to stab it once; more recently someone used chocolate pudding; after an unsuccessful attempt to replace it entirely, the mural was restored and is now called “The Diversity Express” (”The Camel”)
St. Joseph’s Medical Center: Where Ann works and where Andy’s casts are removed (”Rock Show”)
The Sullivan Street Pit: Located at an abandoned lot (#48) on Sullivan Street (”Pilot”) and Collins (”Canvassing”); a developer originally dug out a basement for some condos, but project went bankrupt; pit has been there almost a year (”Pilot”); will cost about $35,000 to complete (”Sister City”)
Sweetums: Manufacturer of corn syrup (”Sister City”); has been Pawnee’s sweet treat manufacturer for over 80 years; partners with the Parks Department; maker of NutriYums; Nick Newport, Jr. is its CEO (”Sweetums”); owns the Pawnee Journal (”94 Meetings”)
Sweetum’s Snack Shack (”Park Safety”)
Talent and Poise: A strip club (”Beauty Pageant”)
Tazza: A coffee shop (”Christmas Scandal”)
Tucker’s: A Pawnee bar; Andy and April go there for a drink, but April is turned away because she isn’t 21 (”Summer Catalog”)
Turnbill Mansion: Rented out for a party and altered by Jessica Wicks; In 1867, the progressive Rev. Turnbill officiated a wedding there between a white woman and a Wamapoke Indian chief (”94 Meetings”)
Vernons: Brand of drink (”Hunting Trip”)
YMCA: Where Mark sometimes goes swimming (”Leslie’s House”)
Youth Choir (”Christmas Scandal”)

Facts about Pawnee:

• Had a raccoon problem in the past (”The Reporter”)
• Residents have to go two towns over to rent a movie with nudity in it (”Boys’ Club”)
• In 2008, a garbage man was suspended for wearing a Live Strong bracelet (”Pawnee Zoo”)