As a dedicated Stranger Things fan, my bucket list for *years* has included traveling to where the Netflix series was filmed. Luckily for me, one of my best friends from high school recently moved to Atlanta, Georgia — where the fictional Hawkins, Indiana, is set IRL — so I was able to visit her in one of my favorite set-jetting adventures of all time.
In keeping with my hardcore fangirl status, I not only love to collect merch from my favorite series and movies, I also like to fully immerse myself in my obsessions by traveling to their filming locations. In 2025, I journeyed to Thailand for The White Lotus attractions and Ireland for Normal People hot spots , but nothing compares to visiting Hawkins from Stranger Things with my BFF.
Even though some locations have be

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