Overview
- Most filming occurs in the Atlanta area, with Jackson, Georgia, standing in for downtown Hawkins and nearby suburbs supplying neighborhood exteriors.
- Season 5 brings the story back to familiar Georgia locations, renewing interest in touring the show’s real-world backdrops.
- Exteriors for Hawkins National Laboratory were filmed at Emory University’s Briarcliff campus in Atlanta, a former mental health facility now slated for demolition and conversion to senior housing, per CBS News cited by People.
- Season 4’s Russia storyline was shot at Lukiškės Prison in Vilnius, Lithuania, a former jail now operating as a museum, while California settings were filmed around Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Fan-favorite sites include Duluth’s Gwinnett Place Mall as Starcourt Mall, a Bradley’s Big Buy in Palmetto used for an early grocery scene, Stone Mountain Cemetery near Atlanta, the Byers house in Fayetteville now rentable on Airbnb, and the Creel/Vecna mansion in Rome, Georgia.