Al-Khazneh — the Treasury
Petra, Jordan
Nabataean stone-carvers; individual architect unknown
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989 · Steven Spielberg
Three very different historic places become a library, a castle and the threshold of the Grail temple.
Church of San Barnaba
Venice, Italy
Lorenzo Boschetti (18th-century rebuilding)
Bürresheim Castle
Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Successive medieval and early-modern builders
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001 · Simon West
A Jacobean house and an Angkor temple frame an adventure between home and ancient ruins.
Hatfield House
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Robert Lyminge
Ta Prohm
Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Khmer royal builders; commissioned by Jayavarman VII
The Goonies
1985 · Richard Donner
An ordinary family home is the starting point for an extraordinary treasure hunt.
The Goonies House
Astoria, Oregon, United States
Architect not documented
National Treasure
2004 · Jon Turteltaub
American civic monuments become clues in a fictional trail through national history.
National Archives Building
Washington, D.C., United States
John Russell Pope
Independence Hall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Edmund Woolley and Andrew Hamilton
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007 · Jon Turteltaub
A library and a diplomatic house become locations in another invented historical puzzle.
Thomas Jefferson Building
Washington, D.C., United States
John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz; completed under Edward Pearce Casey
Lancaster House
London, United Kingdom
Benjamin Dean Wyatt; Robert Smirke and Charles Barry
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The Mummy Returns
2001 · Stephen Sommers
A monumental country house supplies the O’Connell family’s very grand London home.
Mentmore Towers
Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Joseph Paxton and George Henry Stokes
Hugo
2011 · Martin Scorsese
A real Paris reading room joins a film world otherwise built largely in studios.
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève
Paris, France
Henri Labrouste
The Da Vinci Code
2006 · Ron Howard
Museum courts and medieval religious spaces form a trail of cinematic secrets.
Louvre Palace & Pyramid
Paris, France
Successive palace architects; I. M. Pei (pyramid)
Rosslyn Chapel
Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Medieval master masons; commissioned by William St Clair
Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln, United Kingdom
Successive medieval master masons
Angels & Demons
2009 · Ron Howard
A Bourbon palace becomes part of a screen Vatican assembled from several places.
Royal Palace of Caserta
Caserta, Campania, Italy
Luigi Vanvitelli; continued by Carlo Vanvitelli
Paddington
2014 · Paul King
London institutions become the setting for a small bear’s very large adventure.
Natural History Museum
South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Alfred Waterhouse
Hatfield House
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Robert Lyminge
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A growing, researched collection of adventure filming locations, organised by movie. Each location links to evidence from building owners, film commissions, heritage organisations or production interviews. This is a curated, expanding collection, not a complete inventory of every film location. Genre boundaries overlap: each film appears here for the kind of story it tells.
Architectural photographs show the real buildings. Movie frames and production stills appear in separate, clearly labelled sections where verified images are available. Some scenes combine a location with sets and visual effects; the location notes explain that distinction. Construction dates refer to the building, while dates beside film titles are release years.
Open a location for its sources and individual photograph credits. Architectural photographs retain their linked reuse licences. Movie frames and production stills carry separate film and photographer credits. Many places remain homes, workplaces or memorials: a filming credit does not imply public access.
Research edition · 31 October 2026