# Locations that are popular mostly because they appeared in movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339 "2015-01-08T19:47:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/61 "2015-01-12T13:46:34Z")
Not a movie tie-in, but Atlanta has a pretty good trade going on right now in Walking Dead location tours. And Senoia GA (Woodbury from earlier in the series) has a thriving business in zombie-tourism. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/62 "2015-01-12T14:04:07Z")
[Twede’s Café](http://www.twedescafe.com/) (Norma’s, the Log Lady’s diner) in North Bend, Washington where Special Agent Dale Cooper of \*Twin Peaks \*had his famous slice of cherry pie and a “damn fine cup of coffee”. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/63 "2015-01-12T16:31:29Z")
In Thailand: Maya Bay: Where “The Beach” was filmed, now swarming with boatloads of tourists every day. > **[Ko Phi Phi Le](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_Phi_Phi_Lee)** > > Ko Phi Phi Le or Ko Phi Phi Leh (Thai: เกาะพีพีเล, RTGS: Ko Phiphi Le, pronounced \[kɔ̀ʔ pʰīː.pʰīː lēː\]) is an island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, Andaman Sea. It is in Krabi Province of Thailand and is part of Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park > Ko Phi Phi Le, 6.6 square kilometres (1,600 acres) in area, is the second largest island of the archipelago, the largest being Ko Phi Phi Don. The island consists of a ring of steep limestone hills surrounding two shallow bays, Maya Bay and Lo... “James Bond” Island where the opening of “Man within the Golden Gun” was filmed. > **[Khao Phing Kan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khao_Phing_Kan)** > > Khao Phing Kan (Thai: เขาพิงกัน, pronounced \[kʰǎw pʰīŋ kān\]) or Ko Khao Phing Kan (เกาะเขาพิงกัน, \[kɔ̀ʔ kʰǎw pʰīŋ kān\]) is an island in Thailand, in Phang Nga Bay northeast of Phuket. About 40 metres (130 ft) from the shores of Khao Phing Kan lies a 20-metre (66 ft) tall islet called Ko Ta Pu (เกาะตาปู, \[kɔ̀ʔ tāː pūː\]) or Ko Tapu (เกาะตะปู, \[kɔ̀ʔ tā.pūː\]). > The islands are limestone karst towers and are a part of Ao Phang Nga National Park. Since 1974, when they were featured in the James Bond ... Kachanaburi: famous as the location of the Bridge on the River Kwai > **[Kanchanaburi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanchanaburi)** > > Kanchanaburi (Thai: กาญจนบุรี, pronounced \[kāːn.t͡ɕā.ná(ʔ).bū.rīː\]) is a town municipality (thesaban mueang) in the west of Thailand and part of Kanchanaburi Province. In 2006 it had a population of 31,327. That number was reduced to 25,651 in 2017. The town covers tambons Ban Nuea and Ban Tai and parts of Pak Phraek and Tha Makham, all of Mueang Kanchanaburi District, and parts of tambon Tha Lo of Tha Muang District. Kanchanaburi lies 123 km west of Bangkok. > In the late-18th century, Kanchanabu... ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/64 "2015-01-12T17:18:00Z")
Centralia, PA was a bit of a draw for urbexers, though there isn’t all that much there to see. It wasn’t until it got out that Centralia was the inspiration for the fictional town of Silent Hill really started to draw gawkers. The movies are more responsible than the games for the increased interest. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/65 "2015-01-12T17:21:31Z")
Rouleau, Saskatchewan (aka “Dog River”) for Corner Gas fans: > **[Page Not Found | Tourism Saskatchewan](https://www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/site-info/page-not-found?item=%2funiquely-saskatchewan%2fcorner-gas&user=extranet%5cAnonymous&site=tourismsaskatchewan)** My husband and I stopped by Randy’s Donuts on our way back to LAX just because of Iron Man. ---
**Author:** ![Gretchion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8edcca/32.png) [@Gretchion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretchion)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/66 "2015-01-12T18:55:51Z")
The house from Goonies in Astoria, OR. I went there a couple of years ago, and it still gets a fair amount of visitors. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/67 "2015-01-12T19:09:05Z")
A couple in Great Britain: Portmeirion, in northern Wales - first as the filming location of The Village in _The Prisoner_, and then I think it has been used for a number of weddings in movies/TV. Cricket St. Thomas Estate, in Somerset, England - the location for the British TV series _To the Manor Born_. At the time, the estate was private (they didn’t reveal the location until the end of the final episode), but since then it has become an animal preserve of some sort and parts of it are open to the public. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/68 "2015-01-12T20:28:52Z")
Not sure how popular it is anymore, but once _I_ went looking for that street corner in “The Exorcist” (Georgetown, Washington, D.C.) where Father Karras met his (supposed) end. I didn’t find it, either. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/69 "2015-01-12T20:37:46Z")
I once passed through Winslow, Arizona. It seems that [the corner](http://standinonthecorner.com/)has become quite the tourist attraction. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/70 "2015-01-12T20:58:14Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > A couple in Great Britain: > > Portmeirion, in northern Wales - first as the filming location of The Village in _The Prisoner_, and then I think it has been used for a number of weddings in movies/TV. > > . They’ve also used it, I understand, as a setting for Fan Conventions for The Prisoner. Wouldn’t mind attending one of those, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/71 "2015-01-12T21:47:02Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > Salzburg must owe at least half its modern-day fame to **The Sound of Music**. Beautiful city. I wonder how many people go there because of the Sound of Music then get confused when they realize if you walk over the mountains from Salzburg you end up in Germany not Switzerland. > [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > The motel from **An Officer and a Gentleman** became a romantic tourist attraction that never fails to [disappoint couples](http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g58687-d115747-r115541445-Tides_Inn-Port_Townsend_Washington.html) who hadn’t considered that military people are generally young, horny and poor and will fuck in real dumps. Or if you have ever been deployed you realize they would fuck in actual dumps. And porta-potties, IDF bunkers… > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Not sure how popular it is, but I’ve always wanted to visit [this](http://news.moviefone.com/2010/04/07/clerks-convenience-store-new-jersey/) Quick Stop convenience store in Leonardo, New Jersey. It’s still pretty popular. And still looks the same. > [@Mr.Goob](#): > > The Philadelphia Art Museum. People just love to run up the steps and throw their arms up in the air. > > Then off they go. Visit the museum? Pfffffft. > > At least they did move the horrid statue of Rocky. It’s a great museum. That reminds me, I need to go back. The last time I was there was for the traveling Van Gogh exhibit. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/72 "2015-01-12T22:18:19Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Not sure how popular it is anymore, but once _I_ went looking for that street corner in “The Exorcist” (Georgetown, Washington, D.C.) where Father Karras met his (supposed) end. I didn’t find it, either. This reminds me of the steps in Silver Lake (Los Angeles) up and down which Laurel and Hardy moved the piano in **The Music Box**. \* [The Music Box - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Music_Box#Location)\* If this was already mentioned, I shall not commit seppuku at once. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/73 "2015-01-12T22:45:08Z")
The John Wayne movie _The Quiet Man_ features a scene on a bridge that now has its own [TripAdvisor attraction page](http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g186609-d600841-Reviews-Quiet_Man_Bridge-Galway_County_Galway_Western_Ireland.html). The bridge is in Galway, Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![kurtisokc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kurtisokc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurtisokc)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/74 "2015-01-12T23:19:46Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Rosalyn, WA got a big uptick from **Northern Exposure**. Though it wasn’t filmed there, Talkeetna, Alaska claims to be the town that was the inspiration for **Northern Exposure**. ---
**Author:** ![Grotonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@Grotonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grotonian)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/75 "2015-01-12T23:59:45Z")
Am I the only Midwesterner who tries to hit Mother’s whenever he’s in Chicago? I pretend I’m Rob Lowe looking for Demi Moore in “About Last Night”. I can’t be the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/76 "2015-01-13T01:41:05Z")
I wonder if anyone goes to gawk or drive through the [2nd street tunnel in L.A](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Street_Tunnel). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/77 "2015-01-13T01:48:27Z")
> [@Mr.Goob](#): > > The Philadelphia Art Museum. People just love to run up the steps and throw their arms up in the air. > > Then off they go. Visit the museum? Pfffffft. > > At least they did move the horrid statue of Rocky. It’s funnier when they get the bad GPS directions and end up on the back stairs. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/78 "2015-01-13T02:00:21Z")
California’s **Soledad Canyon tunnel** has been seen in many movies and TV shows, most notably _ **The Rockford Files** _ and _ **It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad World** _: [![](https://www.socalregion.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/DSCN7425.jpg) ](https://www.socalregion.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/DSCN7425.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/79 "2015-01-13T03:50:53Z")
Chicago’s Billy Goat Tavern is still coasting on the whole “Cheeseburger cheeseburger Pepsi Pepsi Pepsi” thing, 35+ years later. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Winkler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@The\_Winkler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Winkler)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-that-are-popular-mostly-because-they-appeared-in-movies/709339/80 "2015-01-17T07:19:37Z")
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