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the belfort house
from the wolf of wall street posted in movies by tacopolis
Just down the street from the Brookville Country Club, this address was Jordan Belfort's home during the years that The Wolf of Wall Street is based on.
The producers felt this home "wasn't as grand" as they hoped for the filming, so they got another home nearby to substitute as the exteriors used in the film.
See the home here.
view full location details...isis headquarters
from archer posted in television by speedy_dee
The headquarters for the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS) is secretly located above the laundromat at this address.
view full location details...chernobyl disaster
from nuclear disasters posted in history by pete_nice
In northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus, and adjacent to the former city of Pripyat, are the radioactive remnants of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
On April 26, 1986, the #4 reactor had a catastrophic power increase that led to a series of explosions in its core. This dispersed large quantities of radioactive fuel and core materials into the atmosphere, and led to the worst nuclear disaster in history. Chernobyl is one of only two Level 7 events (the maximum rating) on the International Nuclear Event Scale- the other is Fukushima.
While managing the crisis of the Chernobyl meltdown, the #4 reactor was quickly coated with layers of concrete to form "the sarcophagus," a physical barrier to help protect workers against radiation. Even today, radiation levels are so high that the workers responsible for rebuilding the sarcophagus are only allowed to work five hours a day for one month before taking 15 days of rest.
Today, the area 19 miles in all directions is considered the "Chernobyl Exclusion Zone" and will not be habitable for 20,000 years.
view full location details...the lake pub
from the returned posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
This is the location of The Lake Pub, the popular hangout in the French series The Returned. The small town where the show takes place is actually a composite of several locations in the Alps region of eastern France.
view full location details...light of the way academy
from true detective posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
While investigating old cases similar to Dora Lange's Cohle comes across the Light of the Way Academy, a school that was part of Rev. Tuttle's Wellspring Program.
These scenes were filmed at an old high school and junior high in Kenner that's been closed since 1996. The building dates back to the 1920s and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
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