You Can Now Tour the Sets of Emmy-Nominated Shows in Google Maps
You may not be physically present for the Emmys this Monday, but at the very least you’ll be able to tour its nominated shows’ sets online. It’s not nothing!
On Thursday, Google Maps released a collection of Street View tours to real-life sets from nominated TV shows, including Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, and more.
The tours include some of television’s most famous stomping grounds. Take, for instance, Los Pollos Hermanos, the infamous fried chicken chain that Walter White’s adversary used to peddle meth in Albuquerque. That’s actually a Twisters, a similar-sized fast food chain in the same town, with a total of 19 units in the area. The design on its signs is eerily similar to those on the Los Pollos Hermanos chains featured in the show — a detail that demonstrates just how obsessive the show’s producers were about making the sets authentic.
There are even a lot of Hank-esque cars in the parking lot. (Screenshot via Google Maps)
Over in Morocco, you can survey the sprawling desert land of Aït-Ben-Haddou. This is the set of Yunkai, one of the cities Daenerys Targaryen conquered on her wildly successful Mother of Dragons tour during Season 3 of Game of Thrones. It appears only slightly less menacing than what we saw in the show, though the lack of Daario Naharis is disappointing.
Is that a dragon shadow? (Screenshot via Google Maps)
Then of course we have Downton Abbey, the formidable estate of the Grantham family and all its wonderful/evil servants. In real life it’s known as Highclere Castle, located in Hampshire, England. The castle’s market price today is around £150 million (that’s $240 million in U.S. currency). That excludes the cost of servants and upkeep. Its current occupant is Fiona, the Eighth Countess of Carnarvon, who once told The Daily Telegraph, “I suppose if you know how many rooms you’ve got, you haven’t got a very big house.”
Let’s hope Fiona is better at managing expenses than Lord Grantham.
You should see the surrounding gardens. Lavender for days. (Screenshot via Google Maps)
Back nearby the U.S. capital, there are a few places of interest. Any House of Cards fan will be delighted to learn that Frank Underwood’s favorite barbecue spot, Freddy’s BBQ Joint, actually exists on a street in Baltimore. Though it doesn’t seem to be currently occupied.
Oh, Freddy. (Screenshot via Google Maps)
Scandal lovers can peep at Olivia Pope’s infamous headquarters, which is not in Washington, D.C., but in downtown Los Angeles’ Palace Theatre. Kerry Washington must get hot in all those white Armani coats and hats.
Lots of fixin’ happening up there. (Screenshot via Google Maps)
Go ahead and explore. You might see a dragon or two.
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