The Real Places Where John Hughes' Movies Were Shot

Anyone familiar with the filmography of the late John Hughes has heard and seen quite a bit of Shermer, Illinois, the North Shore suburb of Chicago where many of his films were set. However, as Jay and Silent Bob found out in Kevin Smith's Dogma, Shermer isn't a real place at all -- it was a fictional suburb created entirely by the filmmaker.

Shermer has remained a point of fascination for Hughes fans and '80s kids, and recently, film critic and Hughes enthusiast Brian Orndorf took a pilgrimage to the Chicago area to seek out the sights and sounds of Shermer. He's posted photos of the locations from several Hughes films, as they are today, on his blog (along with stills of comparable shots from the film). After the jump, we've collected a few of our favorites.

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