# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/21 "2009-08-03T15:47:06Z")
> [@Celyn](#): > > 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.". Mom’s friend went there for a while, and said the folks are -exactly- as excentric as they are in the book. Makes me wanna go there some time, too. Only other place is Dead Man’s Curve, from the song of the same name; I wrote a short piece of fiction based on the song a year or so back, and since then the location has always been stuck in the back of my mind. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/22 "2009-08-03T15:50:00Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I always wanted to visit Torquay in the UK simply because _Fawlty Towers_ is set there. > > . You still won’t see herds of Wildebeeste sweeping majestically across the plains. ---
**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, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/23 "2009-08-03T15:55:52Z")
And even Manuel has now moved to “Coronation Street”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/24 "2009-08-03T17:27:14Z")
I always wanted to go to Castle Howard because of the miniseries “Brideshead Revisited” (and am finally going this fall). I would also love to visit Portmeirion entirely because it’s where “The Prisoner” was filmed. Someday… ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/25 "2009-08-03T17:40:25Z")
So many… The Greek island of Skopelos where “Mamma Mia!” was filmed because it was so breathtakingly beautiful. The highlands of Scotland to visit the birthplace of Jamie Fraser from the “Outlander” historical fiction series. The English country estates so I can see how Mr. Darcy lived. I’ve always wanted to throw something off the Tallahatchee Bridge because of “Ode to Billy Joe.” \*'m looking at retiring near Asheville, SC where “Last of the Mohicans” was filmed because it was so beautiful. ---
**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, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/26 "2009-08-03T17:40:26Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > 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 Thanks for the catch. I forgot I also went to Haight/Ashbury specifically because of the hippie movement. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/27 "2009-08-03T17:54:46Z")
I can’t think of any off-hand, but I can think of some places I went to specifically because of stuff like that … The cafe from the movie “Amelie” in Paris. I saw it in the guidebook and we decided to head in that direction to see it and a couple of other places. It was smaller than it looks onscreen and was so crowded that we didn’t go in. After reading “Devil in the White City”, I really wanted to go and take a look at the [old 1893 worlds fairgrounds](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_Columbian_Exposition) (now just [Jackson Park](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Park_(Chicago))) just to see what it looked like now and to be where all of that stuff happened. It’s crazy that the place looks so completely different - you can’t even tell that most of it even existed. Outside of the Fine Arts Building (which is now the Museum of Science and Industry) only some things like the wooded island still exist. The rest is all gone and lost to history. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/28 "2009-08-03T17:55:10Z")
In the final scene of **Point Break** , Reno goes to where a tremendous storm will be producing huge waves, waves so big Bode can’t resist and will surely follow. This is set to occur at Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia. I was to spend a week in Melbourne so I planned a trip to the Great Ocean Road that included a half day for Bells. Bells Beach was beautiful and watching the rollers come in you’re pounded with a sound not unlike a series of approaching freight trains, but it wasn’t the beach from the movie. I see via [Wiki](Although the final scene of the film Point Break is set at Bells Beach, the scene was not filmed there. Bells Beach is a straight stretch and the beach in the film is a cove with pine trees atop a hill. The actual location of the film was a beach called Indian Beach, in Ecola State Park, located in Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA. Bells Beach is visited in the 1966 documentary film The Endless Summer.) that the actual beach where the movie was filmed was at Ecola S.P. near Cannon Beach, Or. Coincidentally, I’d visited Cannon and Ecola a couple of years prior. Still, I’d have stopped in at Bells regardless. It _is_ what was alluded to as the best possible and it _was_ tres cool. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/29 "2009-08-03T18:20:42Z")
Every year when I watch the Tour De France stages in the French Alps I’m in awe of them and would love to live there for a few years. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/30 "2009-08-03T18:35:06Z")
Another vote for New Zealand after watching LOTR trilogy. Before that, I had no desire whatsoever to visit. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/31 "2009-08-03T18:54:41Z")
I became obsessed with Ireland by the view shown through the window of Joe Elliott’s (of Def Leppard) home in the “Miss You In A Heartbeat” video. Just a beautiful view that really captured me… The video opens with the view: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VfQ3a1T5yu8/hqdefault.jpg "Miss You In A Heartbeat - Def Leppard") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfQ3a1T5yu8) A year or so later, I stumbled across the show Ballykissangel on PBS and that just strengthened my desire to go there. Both places are near each other and if I ever manage to get to Ireland, I have to go see Avoca (where they filmed Ballykissangel) along with just exploring County Wicklow, as well as checking out Stepaside, where Joe Elliott is alleged to live. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/32 "2009-08-03T18:56:41Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > The English country estates so I can see how Mr. Darcy lived. One of the other places I’m visiting this fall is Lyme Park, which stood in for Pemberly in the 1996 P&P (with the pond out front for Darcy to jump into). It’s just outside Manchester if you’re ever in that neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/33 "2009-08-03T19:06:16Z")
I recently came back from my summer vacation, and on the way to visit my brother in Albuquerque I stopped by the Fort Worth Water Gardens mostly because of its prominence in _Logan’s Run_. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/34 "2009-08-03T19:27:37Z")
Any hotel room containing [Samantha Brown](http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2007/07/19/541335/SamanthaBrown1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/35 "2009-08-03T19:37:35Z")
Oh yeah, there’s the time I did a little [Dom diggin’](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=413047) myself. The urls in the links are broken, so [Fandango](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089126/) and [Dom](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=fandango%20dom%20rock&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi). ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/36 "2009-08-03T21:31:56Z")
I have a pretty strong yen to go to the Florida Keys, but not because of Bogart & Bacall. I want to go because of _Callahan’s Key_ by Spider Robinson. The stuff he describes on the trip south sounds wonderful, and I’d love to see some of the smaller Keys based on his descriptions. ---
**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 4, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/37 "2009-08-04T02:12:13Z")
> [@Promethea](#): > > 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. The NYT had an article in the Travel section a few years ago on PEI tourism tied to the _Anne of Green Gables_ series. It’s big business. Apparently a lot of young Japanese women are absolutely gaga for Anne. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/38 "2009-08-04T02:42:23Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Oh, and Cardiff 🙂 Add me to the Cardiff list. I watch too much Doctor Who and Torchwood. ---
**Author:** ![Daffyd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daffyd/32/8923_2.png) [@Daffyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daffyd)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113/39 "2009-08-04T02:47:29Z")
When I moved to Los Angeles, I made sure that I visited Seinfeld’s apartment… Man, I love [New York](http://www.iamnotastalker.com/2007/11/18/seinfelds-apartment/)! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-places-youd-like-to-visit-because-of-tv-movies-or-records/505113.md?page=1)