How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

Still no planet-destroying space stations out there, though. (Right?)
How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

You might think that a lot of fictional locations are the workings of movie magic but, of course, you'd be totally wrong. While there aren't any planet-destroying space stations out there (maybe), there are plenty of film locations you can go visit right now.

(Shout out to Kalli for suggesting this contest, who no doubt came up with it trying to find Edgar Wright's house on Google.)

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The Svinafellsjokull glacier in Iceland, the largest glacier in the world outside of the poles, Served as set location for the hostile alien planet in
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James Bond was shot down from a train on the Varda Viaduct in Turkey.
Luke Skywalker's childhood home on Tatooine is actually Hotel Sidi Driss in Matmatat, Tunisia. Today, it looks very much as it did in A New Hope.... m
King's Landing palace gardens from Game of Thrones are actually the Trsteno Arboretum in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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Mercury Labs building from The Flash TV series, located in the fictional city of Central City... o..is actually the Inter Continental hotel in Warsaw,

The Karate Kid

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THEED ROYAL PALACE RETN INTERIORS FOR THIS STAR WARS LOCATION WERE FILMED AT THE PALACE OF CASERTA, BUILT IN ITALY IN THE 18TH CENTURY. CRACKED.COM
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How Famous Movie Places Look IRL
mar Rh Cafe You can have a damn fine cup of coffee at Twede's in North Bend, WA; it served as the Double R in the Twin Peaks movie and TV show. WEDES

The Fugitive

THE FUGITIVE was set in Illinois, but the dam from which Dr. Richard Kimble made his famous jump is near Robbinsville, North Carolina. CRACKED.COM
This is the Rookery Building from Chicago, lllinois. FedEx Express DUNCANS S TOY CHEST UNCA Its iconic arch served as the facade of Duncan's Toy Chest
The scene in The Matrix where the Woman in Red fires a shot at Neo and everything freezes was filmed outside the Lloyd Rees Fountain in Sydney, Aust
BREAKFAD Sherlock 21t Holmes' flat, 221b Baker Street is 187 North SPEEDY'S BANDW CH BAR CARE Gower Street in London. Oh, and you can also view its in
Despite being set In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, most parts of Groundhog Day were filmed in Woodstock, Illinois. PENNSYIMANIAN GERA HOUSE For example,

Die Hard

Nakatomi Plaza, famously taken over by terrorists in Die Hard, is actually the Fox Tower in LOS Angeles - home office of 20th Century Fox, the studio
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BHRMR M10H OHOOL This is the high school where five teens spent their detention in The Breakfast Club. The building still stands, but it is now used a
The Shining's Overlook Hotel is the Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood.

Planet of the Apes

THE FINAL SCENE OF PLANET OF THE APES (1968) WAS SHOTAT POINT DUME'S WESTWARD BEACH, IN MALIBU
STAR WARS REBEL ALLIANCE'S BASE AT YAVIN IV WAS SHOT AT THE MAYAN TEMPLE RUINS OF TIKAL GUATEMALA
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GAME OF FHRONES DAENERYS AND KAL DROGO WERE WED AT THE AZURE WINDOW ON THE ISLAND OF GOZO, MALTA.
BATMAN AND JOKER BATTLE ON THE STREETS OF IGOTHAM... THEDARK KNI GHT ...IN THE REAL WORLD, SOUTH LASALLE STREET IN CHICAGO.
James E. Potter Elementary School [established 1873 in Bodega, California was condemned in December 1961. just three months before it was used for fri
Fans of The Office will recognize the Scranton branch of Dunder-Mifflin. 1725 It is still located where it always was.oo CHANDLER VALLEYCENT STUDIOS
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The upper half of OmniCorp's headquarters is digital, But the base is Dallas City Hall. CRACKEDCON

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