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Following the filming locations of my favorite film “Back To The Future”.

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Filming Locations for Back to the Future (1985)

• Backlot, Universal Studios, Universal City, California, USA (town square + clock tower)
• Universal Studios, Universal City, California, USA (“Back to the Future – The Ride”, The Delorian)
• 535 North Victory Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA (Doc’s 1985 Resident)
• Whittier High School – 12417 E. Philadelphia Street, Whittier, California, USA (Hill Valley High School)
• Burbank Community Center, Burbank, California, USA (Band Auditions)
• 9303 Roslyndale Ave. Arleta (Pacoima), Los Angeles, California, USA (Marty’s house, exterior)
• Puente Hills Mall – 1600 Azusa Ave., City of Industry, California, USA (Twin Pines Mall)
• Golden Oak Ranch – 19802 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA (Twin Pines Ranch)
• South of the California Institute for Women
  Chino-Corona Road, Chino, California, USA (Lyon Estates 1955)
• Bushnell Avenue, South Pasadena, California, USA (Scene where Marty gets hit by Sam Baines’ car, Lorraine’s, George’s & Biff’s Houses)
• Gamble House – 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, California, USA (Doc’s Mansion)
• First United Methodist Church – 6817 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (The Enchantment Under the Sea Dance)
• Across from the Greek Theater, 2700 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, California, USA (The Climax Starting Line)
• Chino, California, USA
• Griffith Park – 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Following the filming locations of “the Lord of the Rings” trilogy:

• Arrowtown Recreational Reserve, Arrowtown, Otago, New Zealand (Ford of Bruinen)
• Canterbury, New Zealand (Edoras)
• Fernside, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand (Lothlorien)
• Hinuera Valley, Matamata, Waikato, New Zealand (Hobbiton)
• Kaitoke Regional Park, Wellington Region, New Zealand (Rivendell) (River Anduin)
• Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand (Adon Hen)
• Mavora Lakes, Southland, New Zealand (Adon Hen)
• Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand
• Paradise, Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand (Lothlorien) (Amon Hen)
• Poet’s Corner, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (River Anduin)
• Port Waikato, Waikato, New Zealand (Weathertop)
• Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand (Ford of Bruinen) (River Anduin) (Amon Hen)
• Rangipo Desert, Waiouru, Tongariro National Park, Taupo Region, New Zealand
• Rangitikei River, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand (River Anduin)
• Tarras, Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand (Ford of Bruinen)
• Tongariro National Park, Taupo Region, New Zealand
• Twizel, Canterbury, New Zealand
• Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
• Wellington, New Zealand (Bree)

• Hinuera Valley, Matamata, Waikato, New Zealand
• Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand
• Mount Ruapehu, Tongariro National Park, Taupo Region, New Zealand
• Mount Tasman, Southern Alps, New Zealand
  (Opening Snow-capped Mountain Shots)
• Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand
• Twizel, Canterbury, New Zealand
• Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

• Fernside, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand (Lothlórien)
• Hinuera Valley, Matamata, Waikato, New Zealand (Hobbiton)
• Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand
• Mt. Potts Station, Erewhon, Canterbury, New Zealand (Edoras)
• Paradise, Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand (Amon Hen)
• Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand
• Tongariro National Park, Taupo, New Zealand (Emyn Muil)
• Twizel, Canterbury, New Zealand (The Pelennor Fields)
• Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

Agadir, is the Tel Aviv hamburger HQ. They come in all sizes, 100% beef, good fries, pretty waitresses, and a hip place to eat.

This life-sized replica of the Simpsons’ home was built by “Fox TV” for a contest in 1997 in the town of Henderson, Nevada, about 10 minutes from downtown Las Vegas at 712 Red Bark Lane.
If you want to know more about the house and the events surrounding it’s creation, visit the Las Vegas Sun’s website and search “Simpsons House”. There’s a number of articles in the archive. You can view a Quicktime VR of the place online . You will need quicktime installed on your computer for this.

Yad Vashem is Israel’s official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

Located in Jerusalem, it consists of a memorial chamber, a historical museum, an art gallery, a Hall of Names, an archive, the “Valley of the Destroyed Communities,” and an educational centre. As well, non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust, often at great personal risk, are honoured by Yad Vashem as the “Righteous Among the Nations”.

Mount Tabor has a magnificent view over the Lower Galilee.
The mountain is mentioned in the bible in the book of Judges 4:13-16; the scene of the battle of Deborah and Barak versus Sisera took place very close to Mount Tabor, near a tributary of the Kishon River, no longer visible today.
It is believed by many to be the site of the Transfiguration of Christ.
On top of Mt. Tabor is the Church of the Transfiguration. This church commemorates the New Testament story from Matthew 17:1-9, where Jesus is recognized as the Son of God in the company of Moses, Elijah and three of his disciples.
Church opening hours: 8:00-12:00, 14:00-18:00. The church is closed on Saturdays. Modest dress required (no shorts or sleeveless).

Haifa’s most impressive sightseeing attraction is certainly the Baha’i Gardens.
The gardens are a memorial to the founders of the Baha’i faith. Haifa is the international headquarters for the Baha’i faith.

Baha’is believe in the unity of all religions and see all religious leaders – Christ, Buddha, Muhammad, Moses – as messengers of God, sent at different times in history with doctrines varying to fit changing social needs, but bringing substantially the same message. The most recent of these heavenly teachers, according to Baha’is, was Baha’ Allah.
He was exiled by the Turkish authorities to Acre (In israel), wrote his doctrines there, and died a peaceful death in Bahji House just north of Acre.

In the Haifa gardens, the huge domed shrine entombs the remains of the Bab, the Baha’ Allah’s herald. The tomb is a sight to see, with ornamental gold work and flowers in almost every nook and cranny. The Bab’s remains, incidentally, were hidden for years after he died a martyr’s death in front of a firing squad. Eventually, however, his followers secretly carried his remains to the Holy Land.

On a higher hilltop stands the Baha’i International Archives building. These are business buildings, not open to tourists. They, and the shrine of the tomb of the Bab, all face toward Acre, the burial place of Baha’ Allah.

The world’s oldest operating salt mine, which has been worked since prehistoric times.

The mines are situated in a total depth of close to 900 feet – be prepared to walk a lot (about 400 steps).

Everything there is made entirely out of salt: the floor, the steps, the walls, the carvings, wall art even the chapels and the church.

Masada is located on top of an isolated rock 450 meters high cliff on the eastern edge of the Judean desert overlooking the Dead Sea.

Masada was built by Herod the Great between 37 and 31 BC as refuge for himself.

In 66 CE, a group of Jewish rebels called the Sicarii took Masada from the Romans stationed at Masada.

At 73 CE the Roman governor of Judea, Lucius Flavius Silva, marched against Masada with the Roman legion and laid siege to the fortress. They built a circumvallation wall and then a rampart against the western face of the plateau, using thousands of tons of stones and beaten earth. Josephus does not record any major attempts by the Sicarii to counterattack the besiegers during this process, a significant difference from his accounts of other sieges against Jewish fortresses, suggesting that perhaps the Sicarii lacked the equipment or skills to fight the Roman legion.

The ramp was complete in the spring of 74 CE after approximately two to three months of siege, allowing them to finally breach the wall of the fortress with a battering ram. When the Romans entered the fortress, however, they discovered that its approximately one thousand defenders had committed mass suicide rather than face certain capture or defeat by their enemies.