The Walking Dead

The opening shot looks across empty highways toward a silent downtown — the first image of the abandoned city.

Jackson Street Bridge

Rick returns to the family house searching for Lori and Carl — the empty rooms and the boarded front door.

Rick Grimes's house

as King County

Rick stumbles out of the hospital in a gown, past corpses and abandoned military trucks — the pilot's first shock.

Atlanta Mission administrative offices

Merle Dixon picks off walkers from this garage roof while Rick, Glenn, and the others sneak through Atlanta below.

155 Cone Street NW parking garage

Rick's group reaches the Centers for Disease Control building — glass doors, soldiers, and the doomed lab inside.

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

as CDC

West Georgia Correctional Facility stood in for the group's fortress here — the set was demolished in 2015; Main Street still anchors the era.

Grantville Main Street

as West Georgia Correctional Facility

The Governor's walled town fills this Main Street — café tables, barricades, and the illusion of normal life.

Senoia Main Street

as Woodbury

Glenn's group follows the signs to Terminus — the fenced yard and slaughterhouse that greet them at the end of the line.

Collier Metals (Terminus)

as Terminus

Rick's group settles behind the walls of this neighborhood — watchtower, cul-de-sacs, and Deanna's welcome.

Seneca Creek neighborhood

as Alexandria