Fans of the 1987 Patrick Swayze classic, Dirty Dancing, might want to look into taking a trip to Virginia this summer.
In the 60s-set romantic drama, Jennifer Grey‘s ‘Baby’ is dragged by her parents to Kellerman’s for summer vacation, where she falls in love with Swayze’s charismatic dance instructor.
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In the movie, Kellerman’s is a resort located in New York’s idyllic Catskills Mountains, but in reality the hotel was actually a few states south.
‘Kellerman’s is actually the Mountain Lake Lodge Hotel in Pembroke, Virginia, where Dirty Dancing shot way back in 1986.
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The resort is still in operation today, and wannabe Babys and Johnnys can book themselves a place there right now.
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Guests can stay at the Mountain Lake resort’s Stone Lodge, where much of the film shot, but there are plenty of other recognisable sights for Dirty Dancing acolytes.
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The resort even offers guests a map of Dirty Dancing shooting locations in the area, for anybody who wants to give themselves a tour.
One of these locations, of course, includes the lake from the iconic scene in which Jennifer Grey is lifted out of the water and into the air by Patrick Swayze.