For as long as I can remember,
Field of Dreams has been one of my favorite movies, one that leaves me overcome with emotion and a desire to call my dad. The 1989 supernatural baseball movie starring Kevin Costner as an Iowa farmer who plows half of his cornfield and risks his family s well-being in order to the meet his fatherâs hero â Shoeless Joe Jackson â is one that I often revisit each spring, digging through countless behind the scenes facts (once the tears dry up and that lump in my throat goes away) about how it all came together.
Just like the story told in the movie, the journey of
Films and novels can provide some form of cerebral escape from the daily realities of life, but they no longer need to remain the stuff that dreams are made of. We list six properties that have been made famous either on the silver screen, in pop culture or in the literary world that you can pay a visit to or even spend the night.
Highclere Castle in Highclere Park, Newbury, UK
The stately country house has appeared in several films and television series, with the most notable being the main setting for the historical drama series Downton Abbey and the 2019 film adaptation of the series.