ICONIC HOUSES IN FILM AND TV HISTORY

THE DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES HOUSE(S)

Wisteria Lane is the name of a fictional street at the centre of

the drama Desperate Housewives. The show’s story lines

primarily centre around the street’s residents. The set for

Wisteria Lane is located inside Universal Studios Hollywood

and is actually named Colonial Street, an area that has

been used for many motion pictures and TV shows. Other

film and television productions in which Colonial Street

has featured include Leave It to Beaver, Gremlins,

The ’Burbs, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

THE FRIENDS APARTMENT

Tourists from all over the world trek to Greenwich Village, New York,

in search of the Friends apartment building at the corner of

Grove and Bedford Streets. This is a regular stop on the

Free Tours by Foot Greenwich Village Tour and sometimes on the

Greenwich Village Food Tour, mostly because it is sought after,

but also because it spurs a conversation about NYC apartment

living. However, if you are eager to locate more TV and movie

locations throughout the Big Apple, then consider taking the

“On Location New York’s TV and Movie Sights Tour.”

THE AMITYVILLE HORROR HOUSE

Built in the 1920’s, this iconic scary movie home in New Jersey

is visited annually by fans during Halloween, even though

the owners insist it is not haunted. For that matter, the previous

owners sold it with a dropped asking price of $955,000, insisting

it was because they were getting divorced and not because

it is haunted.

THE IRONMAN HOUSE

Overlooking the sea, this luxurious house blurs the borders between

the busy life in the city and the breath-taking views of the ocean.

Who would say no to this kind of perfect view from their own house?

Well, in case you ever wondered, Tony Stark’s superb house

really exists and is located in La Jolla Cliffs, California.

THE DEXTER APARTMENT

Even though most of the show’s locales were in sunny California,

Dexter’s Palm Terrace apartment, seen in almost every episode

of the first season, it is one of the few residences in the show that

actually exists in Southern Florida (where the action of the

series is set). In real life, the apartment is one of the

Bay Harbour Club condos in Miami Beach.

THE TWILIGHT HOUSE

The Twilight vampires apparently don’t like dusty coffins for

a home. In fact, they don’t even take any old house. In

Stephenie Meyer’s trilogy, the Cullen family lives in the most

“rich” and luxurious house in Vancouver, thus proving

blood is not the only thing these vampires care about.

THE FERRIS BUELLER HOUSE

Despite being one of the most recognizable and coolest houses

we have ever seen in the movies, no one was willing to buy it.

The house where Cameron Frye lived and totalled his dad’s

beloved 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder convertible in

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was finally sold for about $1 million

after five years on the market. The home, in Highland Park,

Illinois, had initially been listed for $2.3 million but the owner

soon realized the price had to drop dramatically if he wanted

to have any luck in selling it.

THE SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE HOUSEBOAT

This beautiful houseboat, located at the end of a storybook

dock with a flower-lined entry off Westlake Avenue North in

Lake Union, is one of the most iconic properties in Seattle

but doesn’t belong to Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) anymore.

The houseboat used in the 1993 movie Sleepless in Seattle

sold in 2014 for more than $2 million and from what we’ve

learned, it will be used by the new owner as a part-time

summer home.

THE WONDER YEARS HOUSE

Kevin Arnold’s house from The Wonder Years is located at

516 University Avenue in Burbank, California. If you can’t help

but feel nostalgic every time you see the house on Netflix

(when you repeatedly watch some of your favourite episodes),

you can pass by and say hi to the owners who have lived

there since 1987, the last time the house was sold.