Strap on your proton packs and hit the road with On Location Tours as you experience all the sights, sounds, and spooks Manhattan has to offer! Reminisce at the sites where Drs. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), Raymond Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), and Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) captured ghosts and ghouls in 1984…

During the month of January, the TCM Classic Film Tour is teaming up with The Museum of Modern Art to offer tour-goers FREE entry to the MoMA. Here is a list of films that used MoMA as a location, which are also featured in the MoMA collection: Moving Day at the Museum (1937; Ione Ulrich Sutton; 3 min) Lovers and Lollipops (1955; Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin; 82 min) Architectural Millinery (1952; Sidney Peterson; 7 min) Shadows (1961; John Cassavetes; 81 min) Breaking it Up at the Museum (1964; DA Pennebaker; 8 min) Manhattan (1979; Woody Allen; 96 min) The Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Film marked its 80th anniversary in 2015. Originally founded in 1935 as the Film Library, the Department of Film is a dedicated champion of cinema past, present, and future. With one of the strongest…

By Anjuli Johnson Bridge of Spies, Steven Spielberg’s latest movie, was filmed mostly on location in New York and Berlin (with some scenes filmed in Poland). The catch? It takes place during the Cold War. Locations throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan were transformed into the New York of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Most of…

By Anjuli Johnson I hopped on our Holiday Lights & Movie Sites Tour this week, enjoyed some laughs with our lovely tour guide Elyse, and watched NYC?s holiday lights come to life. Some of the city?s main December attractions are the holiday window displays carefully crafted by Manhattan?s department stores each year. It?s definitely worth…

Have you ever wondered where your favorite talk shows get their audiences? You might assume that getting to see Jimmy Fallon live or being part of a Rachael Ray gift giveaway costs a pretty penny, right? Wrong! These shows are filmed live in New York City and offer free public tickets to tapings.  Check out how to get tickets to 10 of the hottest live-taped shows in town below. You might see your favorite daytime and late night hosts in person before you know it! 1. Saturday Night Live (30 Rockefeller Plaza at 48th St)- Tickets are given away via lottery by sending your contact information to [email protected] in August. But if you missed the cut off, don’t worry! Standby tickets for the 8pm dress rehearsal or 11:30pm live broadcast are given out Saturdays at 7am. Be prepared to camp…

Zuzanna Szadkowski (Dorota) made a surprise visit to a recent Gossip Girl Sites Tour in NYC! See how her fans reacted…

By Anjuli Johnson Last week, I got to experience one of those magical “only in New York” moments (the kind that make the occasional roach or mouse in your apartment well worth it). I found out on Thursday that Made in NY was hosting an advance screening of The Blacklist’s season three premiere the following…

The star-studded female cast of the new Ghostbusters reboot was seen filming in New York City last week (September 16-20). The On Location Tours staff was lucky enough to spot the Ghosbusters mobile Ecto-1 right outside our offices on 8th Avenue and 38th Street! Check out the photo below. Ghostbusters is set to hit theaters in…

On Location Tours helped The Rachael Ray Show pull off a major surprise for two of Rachael’s fans during the Season 10 Premiere! Check out the clip below to see our NYC TV & Movie Tour featured on the show:

By Anjuli Johnson August is already slipping away. Kids and teens are getting bummed about going back to school and parents are dreading the coming winter. But summer isn’t over yet! Take advantage of the last few weeks of warmth and sunshine with these fun NYC activities. Spend a day at the beach You may…

We’re giving away 15 FREE tickets, first-come first-serve, to our Washington DC TV & Movie Sites Bus Tour for Wednesday August 26th at 12pm. Visit over 30 locations seen in movies and TV shows shot in Washington DC. See locations from Scandal, House of Cards, Wedding Crashers, Election, Independence Day, Forrest Gump, and many more! The…

Due to extreme rent increases, Hogs & Heifers, the bar that inspired the NYC-based film Coyote Ugly, is sadly set to close its doors at the end of August. Make sure you stop by for a visit at the fan-favorite film location before then!