Movie-location tourism continues to be on the rise. The thing is, places don't always look the same as they did on-screen, whether because of time and changes or because it was dressed up for the film. I recently took a trip to Savannah, Georgia, for instance and was disappointed to find that the Forrest Gump bench was just a prop and never actually a part of the city's Chippewa Square.
Also, often times the current owners of the location aren't welcoming to tourists. Earlier this year, I visited the schoolhouse from Hitchcock's The Birds, which has signs all over it declaring that it's a private residence and to steer clear. We also recently shared the story of how the iconic house from the movie The Goonies is now fully covered in a tarp because it was getting too many visitors.
Like many of my fellow movie-tourism fans, I'd love to step foot in all my favorite films' iconic spots, but that's just not doable for most people. Fortunately, if we're okay with more virtual tourism, Instagram user Phil Grishayev has been traveling around the world to tons of places seen in movies, some of them only briefly and possibly not too recognizably, and he's posting shots from the films next to shots of what those places look like now.
Check out some favorites:
Ghostbusters II
Back to the Future
Reservoir Dogs
Blade Runner
Fight Club
