Pop culture · October 14, 2026
Puzzle #6 answers
The five places from Where Was It? Pop culture #6, and the story behind each one.
- 01
TV
The aristocratic Crawley family's estate in a 2010s period drama is this real castle.
Highclere Castle, Hampshire, UK
Launus · CC BY-SA 4.0 Downton Abbey was filmed at Highclere Castle, home of the Earls of Carnarvon — the 5th Earl funded the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
51.327, -1.361
- 02
Film
The valley where Dr Grant first sees a herd of Gallimimus stampede is on a ranch on this island.
Kualoa Ranch, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, USA
Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.5 Kualoa Ranch's Ka'a'awa Valley appears in Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Lost and dozens of other productions.
21.521, -157.837
- 03
Music
A cellar club on Mathew Street where the Beatles played nearly 300 times.
The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK
Hens Zimmerman derivative work: Clusternote · CC BY 3.0 Brian Epstein first saw the Beatles at the Cavern in 1961. The club was demolished in 1973 and rebuilt nearby with the original bricks.
53.406, -2.988
- 04
Film
Scaramanga's hideout in The Man with the Golden Gun is a limestone needle rising from this bay.
Khao Phing Kan ('James Bond Island'), Phang Nga Bay, Thailand
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0 Since the 1974 film the islet has been nicknamed James Bond Island. Boats can no longer approach the Ko Tapu rock to protect it from erosion.
8.275, 98.501
- 05
Film
The exterior of the Overlook Hotel in Kubrick's The Shining is this mountain lodge.
Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, Oregon, USA
Kelvin Kay, Kkmd at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 Only the exterior was filmed at Timberline. The lodge asked Kubrick to change room 217 to the fictional 237 so guests wouldn't avoid the real one.
45.331, -121.711
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