The town of Los Cerrillos (or just Cerrillos if you're a local) was a filming location for the 1988 film Young Guns. Standing in for Lincoln, NM, the town of Los Cerrillos was a mining boom town in the late 19th century. Today, the Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum contains many mining and Old West artifacts, as well as information on Young Guns. Many scenes from the film were shot in and around Cerrillos, including the peyote-eating scene.

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The suspense-horror film The Awakening used the house at Lyme Park as the boys' boarding school exterior.

The house dates back to the 16th century, and is currently protected by the National Trust. No word on if it's really haunted...

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Formerly serving Mexico City and the second largest landfill in the world, Bordo Poniente was also the filming location for the dystopian Los Angeles of the future in the 2013 film Elysium.

The crew filmed at the dump for two weeks, and the 975 acre landfill was unceremoniously closed shortly after the shoot. Today, Bordo Poniente is undergoing a clean-up effort from the Mexican government and the Clinton Foundation.

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A young Clark Kent saves a busload of his classmates when it drives off the Serena Bridge into the Fox River, east of Serena on Hwy 52.

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The downtown of Plano, Illinois was a filming location for Man of Steel, standing in for Superman's hometown of Smallville, Kansas.

The storefronts of 7-11, Sears, and IHOP were added as instantly recognizable symbols of Americana (as well as lucrative product placement), only to be immediately destroyed by Kryptonian fisticuffs.

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