What fictional house felt like home growing up? We’ve all had shows like Friends that we spent far too much time with, but that felt cozy and comfortable, like home. And some of the homes used to create some of the most iconic movie or TV homes are actually real — places you can go visit or simply learn more about.
And then there are the homes you can’t help but dream about. Iron Man’s stunning mansion on an oceanside cliff, Bilbo Baggins’ adorable hobbit house, Gianni Versace’s opulent Miami mansion. Are they real? Do these homes exist in real life? What are their stories? Well, that’s exactly what we’re about to find out.
What do JFK, Jackie O., William Randolph Hearst, Francis Ford Coppola, and Whitney Houston have in common, besides incredible fame and fortune? They’re all tied, in one way or another, to the house at 1011 N. Beverly Drive in California. Also known as the Beverly House, it’s probably the most expensive house for sale in […] More
It’s been more than two decades since Friends first aired on NBC and back then they managed to lure in no less than 21.5 million people to watch the first episode. Now, fans all over the world have watched the series countless times and still hope the group will reunite for a sequel. Following the […] More
We’ve all swooned over the house that McDreamy built for Meredith in Grey’s Anatomy. After all, who could forget the scene where he showed her the layout of their Dream House by marking the outline with hundreds of flickering candles!? Wondering what’s happened to it? Here’s everything you need to know about Meredith Grey and Derek Shepherd’s House… More
In more than 600 episodes of The Simpsons, one thing has remained unchanged: Marge and Homer’s home at 742 Evergreen Terrace. The iconic TV house set in the imaginary town of Springfield has maintained more or less the exact same layout and decor since we first laid eyes on it three decades ago. Well, the […] More
There were two things that stuck with me long after watching the first Twilight movie (and no, I’m not talking diamond skin): the car that Edward Cullen was driving — a sporty Volvo C30 that’s still at the top of my list — and the house the Cullens lived in, a gorgeous modern home tucked […] More
What’s your favorite movie home of all time? For some, it’ll always be the apartment in Friends, while others have often fantasized about Richie Rich’s opulent mansion, JR’s insane ranch from Dallas, or the cozy McAllister family residence in Home Alone, to name just a few. Remarkably enough, an entire generation thinks back fondly to […] More
Did Anne Hathaway’s apartment in Modern Love stick with you long after watching the episode? Good, because it’s now looking for a new owner. More
There are some U.S. addresses that can conjure up spine-tingling fear with each mention. Think 10050 Cielo Drive in California, 333 East Wonderview Avenue in Colorado, 5481 County Road in Wisconsin, 611 Oak Avenue in Kansas, and last but not least, 112 Ocean Avenue in New York. While the events that took place at famous […] More
You know how some directors have a habit of casting the same actors over and over again? Many of the best filmmakers have found that one star they love to work with and, as a result, keep going back to. Steven Spielberg had his Tom Hanks, Scorsese had his DeNiro (and now, his DiCaprio), Tarantino […] More
One time during the early 1970s, Stephen King opened an atlas at random on his kitchen table and decided that he and his wife would travel to whatever location it opens to. The atlas happened to open to a page about Boulder, Colorado, and that’s how the story of The Shining began. Or so the […] More
It’s been quite a few years since the dramatic finale tied up the loose ends of the award-winning Downton Abbey British TV series. This extraordinary period drama invited us all into the ‘upstairs downstairs’ world of the 1900s and had nearly 10 million bums on couches every single week. And while there doesn’t seem to […] More
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