A walk down the memory lane to John Hughes’ “The Breakfast Club” (1985) and a short trip to one of its filming locations just 22 miles outside of Chicago. For the fictitious Shermer High School in the movie they used the Maine North High School in Des Plaines, Illinois, after its closing in 1981. #thebreakfastclub #illinois #filmlocation #movielocation #setjetting #filmtourism #filmtourist

Happy March 24th aka The Breakfast Club Day!! 🎬🎥 Last year, I took a quick drive up to the North Suburbs (aka the fictional Shermer, IL) to visit the filming locations for the movie and I absolutely loved seeing them in person! Although it released before I was even born, “The Breakfast Club” is one of my favorite movies of all time. It’s hard to explain quite the impact it had on me when I watched it for the first time as a teenager, but that feeling has stuck with me ever since! John Hughes