If you want to get up close and personal to your favorite TV series, you may be able to visit the locations where they were filmed. Here are four of the most iconic destinations used in some of television’s most famous shows that you can travel to in real life.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Las Vegas
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which is also known as CSI: Las Vegas, was one of TV’s most famous crime TV shows. It spawned spin-offs like CSI: Miami and CSI: New York, but the original show is still the most famous of the franchise. The series, which involved investigators using physical evidence to solve murders, was filmed on location in Las Vegas. Fans of CSI now flock to Nevada’s gambling city to see where the show was shot. If you want to get close to the legendary set and characters, you can visit The CSI: Experience. You will find the attraction at the MGM Grand, which, with 6,852 rooms, is the largest single hotel in the United States. By visiting The CSI: Experience, you get to play the role of crime scene investigators, and you can even perform realistic forensic tests, like identifying strands of hair, examining bullet casings, and matching DNA. The MGM Grand is also one of the most popular casinos in Vegas. So, once you’re done solving crimes, you can enjoy an evening of playing slot games and table games at your leisure. If you enjoy playing casino games at the MGM Grand, you can always continue to play online casino games after your trip is over by playing at internet casinos.
Game of Thrones: Northern Ireland
In the incredibly popular TV show Game of Thrones, the land of the Westeros was beleaguered with violence, war, and death. So, you probably wouldn’t want to visit the fictional Westeros. But you can visit the place where it was filmed. The scenes in which Arya traveled from King’s Landing on the King’s Road were filmed at The Dark Hedges. The name may sound just as haunting as the land of Westeros, but the beech-tree-lined road in Northern Ireland is actually a stunningly scenic spot. The beech trees themselves were planted way back in the 18th century by the noble Stuart family. Tourists from around the world now flock to the location in the hope of glimpsing the show’s Grey Lady ghost or simply to get a fantastic photo opportunity and soak up the atmosphere of the legendary fantasy show.
Mr. Robot: New York
In the thriller series Mr. Robot, the protagonist Elliot Alderson is a hacker who has depression and social anxiety disorder. He is recruited by the mysterious Mr. Robot to join a group of hacktivists to destroy all records of debt. To accomplish the task, Alderson and his colleagues need to encrypt the financial data of E Corp, which Alderson fittingly calls Evil Corp. What fans of the show may not know is the E Corp building is a real-life structure. You can visit the intimidating high-rise building to walk in the footsteps of Mr. Robot’s characters by visiting the skyscraper in New York. Owned by the Cohen Brothers Realty Corp., in reality, the building is located at 135 East 57th Street.
Downton Abbey: England
The hit TV show Downton Abbey follows the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants at a fictional country estate in Yorkshire in the post-Edwardian era. The primary interior and exterior location for the massively popular series was a real-life castle in Hampshire. Located about an hour and a half outside of London, Highclere Castle was built in the Jacobean style by the architect Charles Barry in the 19th century. You can visit the castle to explore rooms and furniture that you’re sure to recognize from the TV show. You are free to roam the grounds and many parts of Highclere Castle, although it is only open to the public between 60 and 70 days a year. So, make sure it’s open before you make the journey. Highclere Castle was also the filming location for the British TV series Jeeves and Wooster, which starred Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.