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Gazing at Google Maps: Filming locations of Emmy-nominated shows

Google Maps pulled together a list of places where some of the most talked-about shows are filmed

August 25, 2014 at 7:44PM

If you need a little scene setting before the Emmy Awards tonight, there's a digital tour of filming locations at your fingertips.

Google Maps released a Street View list of in-real-life locations of some shows' famous shots, from England to Los Angeles to Morocco.

For "Downton Abbey" fans, there's Highclere Castle:

(Humphrey, Katie/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Also, the decidedly different ambiance of the storefront that serves as Freddy's BBQ Rib Joint in "House of Cards." Map fact: It's in Baltimore, not Washington, DC.

(Humphrey, Katie/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Continuing with political dramas, Google Maps reveals that the "Scandal" gladiators' offices are actually at the Palace Theater in Los Angeles.

(Humphrey, Katie/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Set closer to the television reality, the filming location of Los Pollos Hermanos in "Breaking Bad" is in Albuquerque.

(Humphrey, Katie/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

And perhaps the most dramatic landscape is Aït-Ben-Haddou, also known as Yunkai, one of the cities conquered in "Game of Thrones."

(Humphrey, Katie/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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