#graceland

#graceland

The 17,552-square-foot mansion held 23 rooms, eight bedrooms, five staircases, and enough space to host a steady stream of visitors, from friends and family to the occasional starstruck musician who scaled the gates hoping to meet Elvis. Inside, excess was everywhere: a basement TV room fitted with three sets so he could watch every network at once, a white-carpeted staircase leading upstairs, and a kitchen stocked daily with cases of Pepsi, biscuits, banana pudding, and the peanut butter and banana sandwiches he craved