Straddling the border between Arizona and Utah, Monument Valley's picturesque rock formations and stark landscapes were the backdrops for many of the scenes in the classic Spaghetti Western film by Sergio Leone, Once Upon a Time in the West (1968).

The film stars Charles Bronson as "Harmonica", who Leone referred to as "the greatest actor I ever worked with." Once Upon a Time... features a soundtrack by the legendary composer Ennio Morricone, which later inspired Dangermouse's Rome album.

Monument Valley has been a featured location in a slew of films, tv shows, music, books, comics, and video games. A popular lookout point is named after John Ford since he filmed nine films here (John Ford's Point).

For Once Upon a Time..., locations were split between Monument Valley and Spain. The scene with the man hanging from the arch was shot here in Monument Valley. The arch was constructed for the film, and the base remnants remain. Take nothing but pictures...

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These are the Sierra Bonita Apartments where the Diane Selwyn apartment is located in David Lynch's Mulholland Dr.

The Walt Disney animators also supposedly lived here or used the cottages as offices in the 1930s while working on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (the Gelson's supermarket on Hyperion was once the animation studios). In the movie, you can see the influence of this building in the home where the seven dwarfs lived.

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Also known as the Mount Hollywood Tunnel (or in Back to the Future 2 as the River Road Tunnel), this short tunnel behind the Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles was used as a filming location for a number of movies including Who Framed Roger Rabbit as the entrance to Toontown, WarGames as the tunnel to NORAD and the location of the hoverboard chase scene in Back to the Future 2.

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Established in 1897, the Governors (school mascot) have produced a number of notable alumni.

Specific to the comic book world, Stan Lee (class of 1939- Spiderman, X-Men, Fantastic Four, father of Marvel Comics), Will Eisner (class of 1936- The Spirit, father of the modern graphic novel format) and Bill Finger and Bob Kane (class of 1933- creators of Batman) all graduated from Dewitt Clinton.

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Built by Puritans in 1729, the Old South Meeting House has had a number of brushes with history. Benjamin Franklin was baptized here. Phillis Wheatley, the first published black poet in the United States, was a member, as were patriots James Otis, Thomas Cushing, and William Dawes.

On December 16, 1773, five thousand colonists piled into the Old South Meeting House to voice their frustration over British taxation. After the gathering, the Boston Tea Party occurred at nearby Griffin's Wharf.

In the 19th century, the Old South was one of the first buildings in the United States to be preserved as a historic site; leading proponents of its protection included the philanthropist Mary Hemenway, abolitionist Wendell Phillips, and the writers Julia Ward Howe and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Today, the Old South is a museum open to the public and part of the Boston Freedom Trail.

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