Planes, Trains & Automobiles Missouri & Illinois Sites Then & Now

I don't know where Planes, Trains and Automobiles ranks among your favorite movies, but it would have to be at least a top 10 of mine. Did you know that most of the movie was filmed in both Missouri and Illinois? A recent visit to those sites shows how they look today compared to 1987.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles debuted in theaters on November 25, 1987 according to IMDb. Filming locations include the following Missouri and Illinois places.

• The Sun Motel - 140 S Hickory St, Braidwood, Illinois, USA
  (Formerly called The Braidwood Inn)
• El Rancho Motel - 36355 N. US Hwy 41, Gurnee, Illinois, USA
  (Exterior)
• 230 Oxford Road, Kenilworth, Illinois, USA
  (Neal Page's house)
• Lambert International Airport - 10701 Lambert International Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Here's what these famous locations in Missouri and Illinois look like now compared to then.

Holiday movies don't get much more iconic than Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The fact that so much of it was shot right in our backyard in Missouri and Illinois makes it even more special for those of us that call this place our real home.