There are several series of books that are directed to girls and young women who have really been able to withstand the test of time, such as Always fun "Baby-Sedist Club", And one of the great classics, "a small house of prairies". Laura's semi-autobiographical novels followed by her family while making their lives on a small part of the farm near Plum Creek and the city of Nut Grove, Minnesota, from the 1870s to 1890s. Favorite novels were turned into a TV film, and then a television series of Ann -Bi, starring Michael Landon as Patriarch Charles Ingals, Karen Gresl as his wife Caroline, Melissa Gilbert as middle -aged daughter Laura, Melissa Sue Anderson Laura, Mary and Gemini Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush as a younger sister Carrie Ingals. The series lasted nine seasons, from 1974 to 1983, giving the audience for nearly a decade to get to know the Ingals family and the walnut Grove.

At that time, the locations of the "Little House", such as the house, arable land and the Grove Walnut, all became comforting for the audience, as well as the characters themselves, giving viewers the taste of the prairie. The only thing is that none of the series was filmed in Minnesota ... In fact, it was almost completely Southern California.

The interior of the small house where the Ingals family lives is quite cozy, with a rough charm that makes it beautifully occupied if it only has electricity and water. (Also, it would be a bit closer to a large family, but Ingals seems to work!) Based on the descriptions of the house from the novels, the house was actually a series of sets. Initially, the sets, including reproduction of the exterior of the house used in location footage, were on two sound scenes on Paramount, but after season 5, they moved to MGM Lot and the largest sound scene in the studio, where everything can He settled together.

The external reproduction house was only for limited use, fortunately, as it had a much better option less than an hour's drive away. The cast and crew of the "Little House of the prairie" received a lot of farm for fresh air and city scenes, which were filmed in the Simi Valley, California.

Family farm ingals and the city of Walnut Grove were built in the movie "Big Sky" Ranch in the Simi Valley, California. Although it had to try to try to make South California look like Minnesota, the team did a pretty decent job and the small city feels something authentic.

Big Sky Ranch is a massive recording location with over 7,000 hectares of rolling hills, old West sets and much more, and several films and television shows have been filmed there over the years. "Men in Black", "Coming to America", Parts of David Lynch's enigmatic series "Twin Peaks", The first film "Transformers", and the classic western series "Gunsmoke" all were filmed on the Big Sky Ranch. Modern fans who want to see the "Little House" set are not lucky, because while the beautiful landscapes are still available to watch Big Sky, the sets themselves were destroyed quite spectacularly. Speaking of what ...

When the time came to finish the "small house", that meant the end of the Grove Nut set. Landon not only acted as the father of the show, but also wrote and directed the final of the series, and he wrote a story in which Townsfolk decided to destroy the city, instead of leaving him falling into the hands of wicked robbers. When the city in the show blew its homes and shops, those explosions were realistic and the sets were completely demimized. In an interview with Theujork TimesLandon explained that there is a condition for the country to return to the way it was before renting the studio, which means the buildings had to go and that it feels like its solution is the real one:

"I think it makes a good pioneer. It was also a beautiful catharsis for the cast and crew. There were a lot of tears when we finally blown the city. The actors all became very attached to our own buildings, so it was very emotional."

The end of the TV series must be difficult, and you say goodbye to your job, knowing that you can never go back again, it will surely cause some tears. (Although it could have been worse - the cast of "M*A*s*h" really didn't have to say goodbye before Fire destroyed their final set.)

However, there was an attempt to return the fictional nut. The people of Big Sky Ranch later built a full replica of the city and the family farm of Ingals to visit tourists, but those sets were unfortunately destroyed in a 2003 fire.

While Simi Valley and Big Sky Ranch were great for the small town of Grove and the family farm, the creators of the show needed something a bit different for the nearby city of Mankato, which was the closest taste of the prairie civilization. For the much more established, larger city, settings of Old Tucson Film Ranch in Tucson, Arizona, were used. Old Tuskon is setting hundreds of films and television shows, including "Three Amigo" and Western classic of all timer, "tomb,"And eagle viewers can probably choose sets used on the" small house "that have also appeared in some of these other shows and movies.

Fans who want to visit the sets can be lucky because the old Tucson allows visitors and has Tours From some of the large old sets, though what is available varies from season to season.