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Home Alone

1990 · Directed by Chris Columbus

Explore the real-world connections to Home Alone, with each location linked to its own story and evidence.

Explore the film’s geography.

These existing site references are not exact scene or camera positions. Access notes and sources remain attached to each location.

  • General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working school. See it from Happ Road; the buildings are not open to visitors.

  • General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. An active church. See it from Lake Avenue; go in for services or open events only.

  • General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. An active church. See it from Lake Street; go in for services or open events only.

  • General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. You may well land here. The terminals are public; the family’s run was filmed in the airport.

The places behind the film.

The McCallister house

671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka

A private family home. Look from the pavement on Lincoln Avenue, briefly and quietly; stay off the drive and the lawn.

Kevin rigs the house

Left behind at Christmas, Kevin rigs the house with booby traps for two burglars, Harry and Marv.

Production: 671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka · Depicted: The McCallister house (stand-in)

The Wet Bandits

Marv floods every house they burgle, and that habit is how the police identify them.

Production: 671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka · Depicted: The McCallister house (stand-in)

Little Nero’s

Ten pizzas from Little Nero’s for $122.50.

Production: 671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka · Depicted: The McCallister house (not-applicable)

Sold, then restored

The house sells for $5.5 million and its new owners restore parts of it towards its film look.

Production: 671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka · Depicted: The McCallister house (not-applicable)

National Film Registry

The Library of Congress adds Home Alone to the National Film Registry.

Production: 671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka · Depicted: The McCallister house (not-applicable)

New Trier High School, Northfield campus

7 Happ Road, Northfield

A working school. See it from Happ Road; the buildings are not open to visitors.

A house inside a gym

The house’s interiors are built in a school gym, and its basement in the empty pool.

Production: 7 Happ Road, Northfield · Depicted: New Trier High School, Northfield campus (not-applicable)

A real tarantula

The tarantula that walks over Daniel Stern’s face is real.

Production: 7 Happ Road, Northfield · Depicted: New Trier High School, Northfield campus (stand-in)

Trinity United Methodist Church

1024 Lake Avenue, Wilmette

An active church. See it from Lake Avenue; go in for services or open events only.

The church, outside

The church exterior.

Production: 1024 Lake Avenue, Wilmette · Depicted: Trinity United Methodist Church (same)

O’Hare International Airport

10000 West O’Hare Avenue, Chicago

You may well land here. The terminals are public; the family’s run was filmed in the airport.

The run for the plane

The family sprints through O’Hare for the flight to Paris, without Kevin.

Production: 10000 West O’Hare Avenue, Chicago · Depicted: O’Hare International Airport (same)

Paris, played by Chicago

O’Hare plays the Paris airport where they land.

Production: 10000 West O’Hare Avenue, Chicago · Depicted: O’Hare International Airport (stand-in)

Production locations in the source record.

The film’s Wikidata record lists these production locations. Exact filming areas and visitor access have not yet been established here.

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