5 Real Movie Filming Locations You Can Actually Visit

Hobbiton, New Zealand — the actual Shire, still standing

Built on a working sheep farm near Matamata, New Zealand, the Hobbiton set from the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies was never torn down. Guided tours run daily, walking visitors past Bagshot Row, Bilbo's Bag End, and the Green Dragon Inn, which still pours a complimentary drink at the end of the tour.

Timberline Lodge, Oregon — the real Overlook Hotel, and you can spend the night

The exterior shots of the Overlook Hotel in The Shining were filmed at the real, still-operating Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood — the interiors were built on soundstages in London. Rooms start around $240 a night, and hotel staff famously asked Kubrick to rename the film's haunted room from 217 to the fictional 237, worried real guests would refuse to stay in it.

Kualoa Ranch, Oahu — the valley where Jurassic Park's dinosaurs ran wild

A working cattle ranch on Oahu's windward coast, Kualoa Ranch is where the T-Rex chase and stampede sequences of Jurassic Park were filmed. It now runs several official movie-site tours through the valley, including stops at the actual fallen log the kids hid behind on screen.

The blue door from Notting Hill — still standing, still getting photographed

The real front door used in Notting Hill sits on Westbourne Park Road in London and is privately owned — the current residents have repainted it blue more than once after tourists kept scratching messages into it or getting confused when it was temporarily changed to black.

The Home Alone house is a real family home in Winnetka, Illinois

Kevin McCallister's house is a real private residence at 671 Lincoln Avenue in Winnetka, a Chicago suburb. It isn't open for tours and isn't for sale, but the exterior is visible from the street year-round — unsurprisingly, it draws the most visitors every holiday season.