Stranger Things
ThoughStranger Thingsis in the main set in the fictional town of Hawkins , Indiana , the Netflix series is not filmed in Indiana . Stranger Thingsfollows a group of teenage friends and their friend as they learn there is another populace , the Upside Down , that exists alongside the one where they reside . Eleven ( Millie Bobby Brown ) , a child who has been experimented on and has several psychokinetic abilities , is the accounting entry peak to the Upside Down , and the person who recoil off many of the events of the show .
Most ofStranger Thingsis film in Georgia . Georgia has been home to many television serial over the years , likeThe Vampire Diaries , The Walking Dead , and closely all of the Disney+ Marvel shows ( Agatha All Along , WandaVision , Echo , Hawkeye , etc . ) . Georgia has long been a place where studios care to take because it is not as expensive as California , there are just as many historic sites as mod metropolis , and there is a lot of studio sound stages available for use . With many buildings allow the same computer architecture of the 1980s ( or erstwhile ) , several Town and Georgia landmarks make for greatStranger Thingsfilming locations .
1Emory University’s Briarcliff Campus
Hawkins National Laboratory
Hawkins National Laboratory is the location that kick off many of the big events inStranger Things . It ’s the location where “ Papa ” experiments on a chemical group of children with telekinetic abilities , include Eleven .
The actual - life shoot locating used for most of the Hawkins National Laboratory scene in the show is part of the Briarcliff place that Emory University acquired in 1998 . Specifically , the Netflix show usesBriarcliff Building A , which used to be a genial health installation in the former 1990sbefore it was acquire for the campus . It ’s presently empty , which is why Emory leases it out for take .
Emory did annunciate plans to eventually use the property as part of a maturation for a senior citizen nerve center in 2022 , but that has not happened just yet , so ifStranger Thingsfans desire to chitchat , the location might not be the same for much longer .
It ’s nice to come back to where it all began in Stranger Things , but there are a few realization that exchange some perception about the first time of year .
2Tiffany’s Kitchen In Lithia Springs, Georgia
Benny’s Burgers
Though the locating is only used briefly , it for certain makes an impression on viewers …
One location that only in brief appear in the serial is Benny ’s Burgers . It ’s one of the first places Eleven visits when she escape Hawkins National Laboratory . She sneaks into the restaurant , snags some food , and is then given a Warren E. Burger from Benny , the owner and cook at the wayside diner . alas , when agents come for Eleven , things do not finish well for Benny .
Though the location is only used briefly , it sure makes an impression on viewers , since Benny is the first somebody to show Eleven kindness and one of the first people to pay for that attack at kindness with his life . Benny ’s Burgers is not a real eating house , but a real restaurant was transformed to shoot there . Tiffany ’s Kitchenis at 7413 Lee Road in Lithia Springs , Georgia .
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The restaurant serves Southern - manner intellectual nourishment all day long . If fans want to hold back by , grab a bite to eat , and get a few photos , the only day the restaurant is closed is Mondays .
32530 Piney Wood Lane In East Point, Georgia
4The Wheeler House
The Wheeler family provides a cardinal location for much of the serial publication as Mike Wheeler and his friends apply the cellar as their home substructure of sorts . While many of the internal shots at the firm were film on well-grounded stage throughout the run of the show , exterior shots of the house have been take at this very material house in East Point , Georgia . It is , however , someone ’s actual mansion , soStranger Thingsfans should be respectful of residents if they require to get a glimpse of it .
Likewise , in preserve with the show , the house that provide exterior shots for the Sinclair fellowship ( that is Lucas and Erica ’s family ) is just down the street at 2550 Piney Wood Lane .
5149 Coastline Road In Fayetteville, Georgia
The Byers House
If sports fan want to see both the Wheeler and Byers households , they would have to natter two different towns . The exteriors of the Byers mansion were shot at a dwelling house in Fayetteville instead of East Point . While thingslike Castle Byersand interior shots were done on a set , outside the house was a location shoot .
Like the Wheeler sign , the Byers theater is someone ’s real house , and fans of the show need to retrieve to be respectful of the residents .
68584 Courthouse Square W In Douglasville, Georgia
Hawkins Police Station
Stranger Thingsfans wanting to see where Hopper did most of his work , or more accurately , most of his donut eating , in the first season , will need to see this Douglasville landmark .
The same building that acts as the Hawkins Police Station used to be the Town Hall in Douglasville , Georgia . The town provided a few more filming locations for the show as well .
7Formerly Bradley’s Big Buy In Palmetto, Georgia
Bradley’s Big Buy
When Eleven first stole frozen waffles , it was at Bradley ’s Big Buy in Hawkins , Indiana . The food market storage pops up at least once a time of year in the show , whether it physically seem or is cite . When originally shoot there , the store had the same name in material - life as it does in the show .
site at 504 Center Street in Palmetto , Georgia , the grocery store is no longer a Bradley ’s Big Buy . It ’s now part of the Piggly Wiggly chain of storage .
8Bellwood Quarry In Atlanta, Georgia
Sattler Quarry
The fair game is a location that mainly seem in time of year 1 ofStranger thing . In summation to the friends walk near the quarry , it ’s also the location where the supposed body of Will Byers is line up before Joyce mother people to think that the body is not her son ’s .
Bellwood Quarry in Atlanta acts as Sattler Quarry , and many of the filming localisation in the Atlanta arena are not actually that far from this localization .
9The Old Railroad Tracks
Stone Mountain Park In Stone Mountain, Georgia
In both season 1 and 2 , the old railroad running that appear to run through the Sir Henry Wood are used when Mike and his friend examine to help Eleven and when Dustin searches for his missing “ hot dog , ” which is actuallya untested demogorgon .
The railroad tracks run through Stone Mountain Park . There are over 3,000 acres of parkland , which makes for some gorgeous scenery , but it has a very loaded chronicle for residents of the arena . It was to begin with open as a memorial to the Confederacy and formally named operational on the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln ’s assassination .
Stranger Things ’ 1980s tonic culture references are part of the show ’s desoxyribonucleic acid , and many of those have to do with film released during that metre .
10Church Street Buildings In Douglasville, Georgia
The Palace Arcade And Family Video
Season 2 sees Mike , Lucas , Dustin , and Will hang out at a local arcade . That ’s where they first larn that “ Madmax ” is a new teenager in town . time of year 2 also introduces Robin as she works at the local TV rental computer memory with Steve . Both of these locations firmly date the show as an ‘ 80s - set series .
Though these two Hawkins locations are not shown to be in good order next threshold to one another in the show , they are flop next room access to one another in real life . Neither place is currently an colonnade or retail organization as there are multiple empty storefront for cut-rate sale .
