Fall is officially upon us, and as the days begin to darken and the weather turns cool, the outdoor activities we’ve all enjoyed for the last six months begin to look a little less appealing.

There is, however, an amazing, all-American, old-school alternative to the summer-time standbys of baseball and barbecues: bowling.

So slide on a pair of those funky shoes, drop a couple quarters in the jukebox, and order a round of beers as we roll one down memory lane with a quick roundup of historic bowling alleys from around the country.

Mahall’s: Lakewood, Ohio

I grew up in this turn-of-the-century streetcar suburb on Cleveland’s near West Side and hit Mahall’s for childhood birthday parties and high school pool sessions when it was still a shabby storefront filled with cigarette smoke. These days, I head there for beers and bowling with my brothers every Thanksgiving.

The 20-lane, two-level, hand-scoring venue was tidied up in 2012, when the new owners removed wallpaper to reveal historic murals and axed a drop ceiling to uncover an original tin lid. Today, the bowling business is complimented by a bar with a music residency stage and a larger performance venue that has attracted acts like Talib Kweli and Wu-Tang Clan-member GZA. This place is the truth.

Holler House: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

You may have read about Holler House as part of our Historic Bars series, but this place offers more than just “sticky floors and a bone-rattling jukebox,” as our Katherine Flynn wrote a few years ago. Holler House is actually home to the nation’s oldest certified bowling lanes and has been owned by the same family since it opened in 1908. The pins here are still set by neighborhood kids—they make as much as $100 in tips in a single shift—and there’s no seating in the subterranean lanes. You want old school? You got it.

Rock ‘N' Bowl: New Orleans, Louisiana

As with the rest of NOLA, Hurricane Katrina did her damage, but she couldn’t break the spirit of the city’s best-loved bowling alley. The original Rock ‘N Bowl opened in 1941 and expanded to include a music venue in 1988. The business moved to its current location in 2009, but the traditions remain, including an old-school ball return, scoring table, and tables crafted from the original lanes. Oh, and if you’re looking for some classic Creole zydeco tunes, they’ve got those too.