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Stranger Things mural is seen during Netflix’s “Stranger Things” 5 Los Angeles CicLAvia Bike Ride fan event on November 23, 2025 in Hollywood, California.

Hawkins, Indiana, the fictional town in Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” is as central to the show's plot as any of its main characters.

Fans are so fascinated by the place that they travel from all over the world to experience it for themselves. Only, it’s not in Indiana — it's in central Georgia, in the town of Jackson, about an hour south of Atlanta.

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The quaint town of 5,000 is in a wooded area just outside of Indian Springs, one of Georgia’s oldest state parks. Locals say the town was once marked by significan

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