# Famous Places You'd Like To Visit Because Of TV, Movies or Records **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113 "2009-08-03T01:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/1 "2009-08-03T01:09:52Z")
I always wanted to visit Torquay in the UK simply because _Fawlty Towers_ is set there. My question to you all, have you ever wanted to visit a place, for the SOLE reason that you saw it in a movie or a TV show is set there or it’s mentioned in a song? And second have any of you actually done this? The closest I have come is the books by Betty Smith, _A Tree Grows In Brooklyn_ and _Tomorrow Will Be Better_. Smith describes the streets in a lot of detail and with such imagery when I went to NYC I made a special trip to Brooklyn to visit those streets. It was kind of cool. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/2 "2009-08-03T01:28:35Z")
Reading “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” had me wishing to visit Savannah because of all the wonderfully eccentric people. I’m not really likely to act on that whim, though. I was once extremely amused to live in Tooting in south London, not that it’s an exciting place but purely because of the television sitcom [“Citizen Smith”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Smith). ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/3 "2009-08-03T03:19:00Z")
I HAD to spend the night in the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO, due to the connection with the Overlook of _The Shining_ fame. Yeah, I was scared shitless the whole night. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/4 "2009-08-03T03:20:38Z")
Well, New Zealand because of Lord of the Rings. I’d also like to visit Bruges after seeing In Bruges. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/5 "2009-08-03T03:27:03Z")
Another vote for New Zealand from the LOTR movies. Wow. Just… wow. Tokyo from what I’ve seen of _Lost in Translation_, even though I haven’t seen the whole movie. Baker Street in London because of the Sherlock Holmes connection. I’ve been in London three times but have never yet managed to get there. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/6 "2009-08-03T03:30:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Baker Street in London because of the Sherlock Holmes connection. Is that the same Baker’s Street in Gerry Rafferty’s song? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/7 "2009-08-03T04:22:23Z")
Mrs. Dvl and I have a Baraka list. Oh, and Cardiff 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/8 "2009-08-03T04:24:41Z")
When in New York, I made sure to walk past 808 Broadway, the setting of the headquarters in _The Alienist_. It was smaller than what I’d pictured, but it was interesting enough to see. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/9 "2009-08-03T07:13:33Z")
I went looking for Aeolian Hall on 42nd Street in New York City. That was where _Rhapsody in Blue_ had its world premiere in 1924. There’s nothing to see, it’s now part of the State University of New York’s State College of Optometry. (according to Wikipedia) I stayed at the Algonquin Hotel a couple times, largely because of the writers who used to frequent the place. I’ve been to the site of the Hindenberg disaster. I tried to remember Orson Welles’ cuckoo clock speech (from _The Third Man_) as I was getting off the Riesenrad in Vienna. Years ago I read an article by someone who tracked down (sorry) the site in Oregon where the climax of _The General_ was filmed. That might be worth hunting for someday. I’ve been to Berlin Zoologischer Garten railway station, and found out later that it was the inspiration for _Zoo Station_ by U2, which in turn inspired the _Zoo TV_ tour and the album _Zooropa_. (again, according to Wikipedia, along with several other pop culture [references](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Zoologischer_Garten_railway_station#Zoo_Station_in_popular_culture)) ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/10 "2009-08-03T07:22:32Z")
Once, while on holiday in northern France, we made a special trip to **Saint-Marc-sur-Mer** - the sea-side resort where _Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot_ was filmed. The beach-side hotel is still there, together with a full-size statue of M. Hulot gazing out to sea. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/11 "2009-08-03T07:27:31Z")
I’ve been pretty much everywhere in Jerusalem mentioned in the Bible and the New Testament, and a lot of other Biblical places outside of Jerusalem, too. Some of the time it wasn’t necessarily on purpose, but some of the time it was, like when I walked the Stations of the Cross (so obviously not the original stations, you just have to walk them to realize that there is no way anyone would intentionally take that particular path) or went to check out the Garden of Gethsemane (which is very pretty and pleasant). One place I’d like to visit is Prince Edward Island. I must have read the Anne of Green Gables books a hundred times when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/12 "2009-08-03T08:26:57Z")
Not just visit, but got a job and moved there–just from hearing a song once on the radio. One Saturday night I was driving north on the Five somewhere in south L.A. County and I heard on KLUV a song called _En Barranquilla me quedo_, about that city on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. I liked the song so much that, over the phone, I got a contract for a job there, a work visa, and a place to stay, and ended up living there for over a year. It was the best thing I’ve ever done. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/13 "2009-08-03T09:54:58Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Is that the same Baker’s Street in Gerry Rafferty’s song? Yes, it is. It is, though, a rather nondescript street; any connection with either Sherlock Holmes or Gerry Rafferty would have to be in your imagination. After the plethora of songs about San Francisco in 1967, I was desparate to go there. I did, a few years later. Although Haight Ashbury was no longer inhabited by hippies, I found the area and the city to be wonderful: it lived up to my expectations. It is \*Baker \*Street, BTW ---
**Author:** ![I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19adc/32.png) [@I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Am_The_Lorax)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/14 "2009-08-03T11:20:43Z")
I used to listen to a lot of Charlie Daniels Band with my dad. I asked him if he would be too afraid to go to the Wooley Swamp, because I want to go there. He told me nothing scares him and he’ll take me there some day. That was when I was six. Nowadays I want to visit Maine, because of John Irving and Stephen King. I’ve seen planty of Underground Railroad stops, that’s haunting. ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/15 "2009-08-03T12:01:10Z")
I always wanted to see Prince Edward Island as a result of reading the \*Anne Of Green Gables \*novels and I suspect I’m not alone - she makes it sound so delightful. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/16 "2009-08-03T14:15:02Z")
[Onomichi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomichi) because of [Kamichu!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamichu!) (even though I don’t believe it can be as beautiful as that, and even though I don’t expect to see [kami](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami) living there). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/17 "2009-08-03T14:46:49Z")
I kinda like to head out to 29 Cove Road in Malibu (or whatever the real address is), someday; maybe have lunch at the Sandcastle. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/18 "2009-08-03T14:49:29Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I always wanted to visit Torquay in the UK simply because _Fawlty Towers_ is set there. > > My question to you all, have you ever wanted to visit a place, for the SOLE reason that you saw it in a movie or a TV show is set there or it’s mentioned in a song? > > And second have any of you actually done this? James Lee Burke has a series of whodunnits based on detective Dave Robicheaux of the Iberia County, LA, Sheriff’s Department. The last time that SWMBO and I went to a tournament in Louisiana, we detoured down through New Iberia, Avery Island and places like that. Burke describes them perfectly, especially the exterior of the Sheriff’s Department. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/19 "2009-08-03T15:02:17Z")
I want to see “the place of power”, The House on The Rock mentioned by Neil Gaiman in American Gods. [http://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR\_AttractionMain.htm](http://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_AttractionMain.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/20 "2009-08-03T15:29:27Z")
> [@jali](#): > > I want to see “the place of power”, The House on The Rock mentioned by Neil Gaiman in American Gods. > > [http://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR\_AttractionMain.htm](http://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_AttractionMain.htm) It is absolutely horrid. Growing up watching Laverne _& Shirley_, I always heard them talk about the Pfister Hotel. I assumed it was a made-up place until I went to Milwaukee and stayed there. It is the most beautiful hotel I have ever seen. Just standing in the lobby is worth the price of a night there. After seeing _Amadeus_, I want to go to Prague; that’s where they filmed much of it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113.md?page=2)