Stranger Things takes place in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, yet most filming happened in Georgia, especially near Atlanta and nearby small towns. Production teams selected these areas because quiet streets, older buildings, and untouched town centers closely matched small-town America in the 1980s. The popularity of the seriesContinue Reading

Vintage cars on a snowy street in a historic Indiana town, used as a filming location for Hollywood movies

Indiana isn’t usually the first place people think of for Hollywood backdrops, but it’s been the setting for some iconic films. The best-known is Hoosiers (1986), often called one of the greatest sports movies ever made. It was filmed almost entirely in small Indiana towns like New Richmond and Knightstown,Continue Reading