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In Spielberg's 'LA 2017' a scientist is tortured for information.
film

Spielberg's Forgotten 'L.A. 2017' Dreamt of Today's Dystopian Future

A wonderfully weird TV episode from the director's early days.
Eric Grundhauser September 8, 2017
Ticonderoga, New York

Star Trek Original Series Set Tour

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.
Lucille Ball's costumes from I Love Lucy.
Jamestown, New York

Lucy and Desi Museum

This museum is dedicated to a Hollywood icon.
Fraggle Rock.
Lordsburg, New Mexico

Fraggle Rock

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.
A truck at the M*A*S*H shooting location.
Agoura Hills, California

M*A*S*H Filming Location

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.
Just a taste of some of the freaky creations that could be found at The World of Sid and Marty Krofft.
amusement parks

Downtown Atlanta’s Lost Psychedelic Theme Park

Before there was the CNN Center, there was The World of Sid and Marty Krofft.
Eric Grundhauser July 18, 2017
Captain Video and his electric gun are ready for action!
television

Whatever Happened to Captain Video and the DuMont Programming Library?

One of television's original networks has all but disappeared.
Eric Grundhauser June 30, 2017
Fred Gwynne, on the right, in character as Herman in <em>The Munsters</em>.
television

The Man Behind Herman Munster Wrote Some Puntastic Children's Books

Fred Gwynne left a wonderfully goofy literary legacy.
Andy Wright June 16, 2017
London, England

Earl's Court Police Box

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
Berlin, Germany

David Hasselhoff Museum

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.
Take a book, leave the planet.
television

Detroit Now Has a TARDIS-Shaped Library

Dr. Who would be proud.
Eric Grundhauser June 9, 2017
Table radio display
Windsor, Connecticut

Vintage Radio and Communications Museum

More than a century of radio history is told in these displays.
television

Norway's Migrating Reindeer Are Too Slow for Slow TV

Reality television stars can be so fickle.
Cara Giaimo May 2, 2017
Mister Ed's grave marker
Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Mister Ed's Grave

The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.
In medical shows, crime dramas, and documentaries alike, sparking sounds are almost always used to represent brain activity.
film

The People Who Decide What the Inside of a Human Body Sounds Like

Our brains don't really crackle and hiss, but on film and TV shows, they must.
Cara Giaimo March 28, 2017
television

How Judge Wapner Launched the Phenomenon of Court Shows on Modern TV

RIP Judge Wapner.
Ernie Smith February 28, 2017
The neon sign as it was represented on Seinfeld.
New York, New York

Tom's Restaurant

The "Seinfeld" diner.
television

Watch the Dramatic Ad That Introduced the First Remote-Control Color TV

It was “the greatest advance in television since color television itself.”
Ella Morton February 7, 2017