Locations in the United States

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Alaska

Seen in:		“Death Benefit”
Event:		Root and Shaw beat up a militia group whose number the Machine sent to Root in Anchorage.

Colorado

Seen in:		“Lethe”, “Aletheia”
Event:		Reese goes to Colorado to take a break from the Machine after Carter's death.

Connecticut

Seen in:		“Super”, “Reasonable Doubt”
Event:		Finch sent Fusco there to plant a decoy for Snow, who was looking for Reese. In “Reasonable Doubt”, Fusco and Shaw travel to Greenwich, CT to check on a charity called "Innocence Now" which was run by a person of interest.

Delaware

Wilmington

Seen in:		“The Contingency”
Event:		Root takes Finch there on her escape to "the future". They stop by a diner where Root makes it clear that she would hurt other people if Finch tried to yell for help. They also stop by a pharmacy where Root steals some drugs which she would later use to poison Denton Weeks's girlfriend at a harbor restaurant.

Florida

Seen in:		“Death Benefit”
Event:		Root and Shaw relax after taking care of a relevant number in Alaska.

Illinois

Seen in:		“Proteus”
Event:		Alan Fahey killed one of his victims in Chicago, IL.

Champaign

Seen in:		“Root Path (/)”
Event:		The Machine sends Root to Champaign to acquire information about a supercomputing chip.
Filming Location:		The opening scene was filmed in Yonkers, NY. Root is walking down Main. Street in Yonkers past Little Havana Cuban Restaurant and where Billy dresses is at 45 Main St.

Iowa

• The Machine was shipped from Des Moines, IA on July 12, 2009. ^{(“Bad Code”)}
• Harold Finch grew up in Lassiter, a fictional town in Iowa with his father. ^{(“Lethe”) (“Aletheia”)}

Maine

• After sparing the life of Daniel Casey, Reese instructs him to take a bus to Caribou where a man would be waiting to drive him to Canada. ^(“RAM”)

Michigan

• Diane Hansen is from Brightmoor, Michigan

Missouri

• Root takes care of a relevant number in St. Louis. ^{(“Death Benefit”)}

Oklahoma

• Root went looking for a nuclear power plant in Tulsa, OK. ^{(“Root Path (/)”)}
• Reese's cover identity as a Secret Service agent comes from Tulsa, OK. ^{(“Death Benefit”)}
• Laurie Granger, the hitwoman the Machine sent after Reese is also from Tulsa, OK. ^{(“SNAFU”)}

New Jersey

• Finch had a test run for The Machine in an Atlantic City casino on September 6, 2003. ^{(“The Contingency”)}
• Nearly 10 years later, after receiving the number of Lou Mitchell, Finch & Reese returned to Atlantic City to save him from Dario Makris. They were joined later by Leon Tao.
• Carter's ex-husband Paul lived in New Jersey & she arranged for him to take care of their son Taylor in order to keep him safe from the hands of HR. ^{(“Endgame”)}
• Under torture, Fusco fed Simmons false information about Carter's evidence against HR being stored in a bank in Hoboken. Upon realizing the deception, Simmons ordered Detective William Petersen to kill him, but Fusco ended up choking him to death. ^{(“The Crossing”)}
• Root, Reese, and Shaw hide out in New Jersey because Samaritan cannot access surveillance feeds there. ^(“Beta”)
• Root & Shaw infiltrate one of Samaritan's data centers in New Jersey & installed seven reconfigured servers that hard-coded to ignore seven identities of those who could bring it down. ^{(“A House Divided”) (“Deus Ex Machina”)}

New York

• Zoe Morgan was born in Yonkers, NY. ^{(“The Fix”)}
• Carl Elias, Gianni Moretti and Kara Stanton are from Brooklyn, NY ^{(“Flesh and Blood”)(“Dead Reckoning”)}
• Marlene Elias is from Utica, NY and she was murdered by a henchmen of Gianni Moretti in Brooklyn, NY. ^{(“Mission Creep”)}
• During the course of the show, various murders were committed in New York city, NY. Some of the most notable ones that greatly affected the characters and various storyline are:
  • Season 1: James Stills ^{(“Pilot”)}, Ivan Yogorov ^{(“Witness”)}, Caparelli, Vittorio Zambrano, Basile, Gianni Moretti and Gianni Moretti, Jr. ^{(“Identity Crisis”)}, Alicia Corwin ^{(“No Good Deed”)}
  • Season 2: Nicholas Donnelly ^{(“Prisoner's Dilemma”)}, Kara Stanton and Mark Snow ^{(“Dead Reckoning”)}, Ian Davidson ^{(“Booked Solid”)}, Bill Szymanski and Melinda Wright ^{(“All In”)}, Cal Beecher ^{(“Trojan Horse”)}, Nathan Ingram ^{(“God Mode”)}
  • Season 3: Mike Laskey and Raymond Terney ^{(“The Perfect Mark”)}, Joss Carter ^{(“The Crossing”)}, Patrick Simmons ^{(“The Devil's Share”)}, Rick Dillinger ^(“RAM”), Hersh and Peter Collier ^{(“Deus Ex Machina”)}
  • Season 4:

New Rochelle

Seen in:		“Many Happy Returns”
Event:		:Main article: New Rochelle

South Carolina

• Grace Hendricks and her family is from Columbia, South Carolina ^{(“Root Path (/)”)}

Texas

• Root has a relevant number in El Paso. ^(“Beta”)
• Nathan Ingram was born in Freeport, TX. ^{(“Super”)}
• Samantha Groves, Hanna Frey, Trent Russell and Barbara Russell is from Bishop, Texas. ^{(“The Contingency”)}
• Hanna's murder by Trent Russell occurs in Bishop, Texas. ^{(“The Contingency”)}

Bishop

Seen in:		“Bad Code”
Event:		Reese and Carter fly to Bishop after the Machine sent Reese the number of Hanna Frey.
Filming Location:		Congers, NY. The production used the local library and filmed the bar fight at the Last Chance Saloon. According to observers, some scenes were shot at Rockland Lake State Park.

Virginia

• Nicholas Donnelly is from Roanoke, Virginia ^{(“Prisoner's Dilemma”)}

Washington

• John Reese and Jessica Arndt are from Tacoma, WA. ^{(“Blue Code”)}

Hanford

Seen in:		“God Mode”
Event:		:Main article: Hanford Nuclear Reservation
Filming Location:		The Machine's facility was filmed in a water plant, likely Newtown Creek at 329 Greenpoint Ave.

Washington D.C.

Seen in:		“No Good Deed”, “The Contingency”, “Bad Code”, “Prisoner's Dilemma”, “Booked Solid”, “Relevance”, “Zero Day”, “Zero Day”, “RAM”, “Most Likely To...”“Death Benefit”
Event:		Special Counsel and Control work in Washington, D.C. For a brief time, Root worked there too, masquerading as Special Counsel's secretary. Finch and Fusco investigated Leona Wainwright's murder & had run-ins with Vigilance there as well. Reese & Shaw joined Finch there later when The Machine spit out the number of Congressman Roger McCourt.

West Virginia

• Alicia Corwin moved to Green Bank, WV, a small town without cellphone reception after the Machine was completed. ^{(“Wolf and Cub”)}

Fictional Places

Floral Park, NY

Seen in:		“The High Road”
Event:		Reese and Zoe pose as a happily married couple to keep an eye on Graham Wyler, a family man who finds himself in trouble when his past catches up with him.
Filming Location:		Floral Park stands in for the fictional town of "Far Rockaway" (which is also the name of an actual neighborhood in Queens). Scenes were filmed on Hudson Road, Tulip Avenue, and Recreation Center of Floral Park. Connie and Graham Wyler's house is at 2828 Peach Blossom St. The address is fictional but blends into the naming pattern of many streets in Floral Park.

Hudson Road

Corner of Tulip and Plainfield Aves

Recreation Center of Floral Park. The sign above the gate tells the real location.

Tulip Sweet Shoppe on Tulip Avenue

Hudson Road

Reese buys juice from little girls in a park at the corner of Tulip and Plainfield Aves.

Behind Reese is a giant flag pole

The Wylers' hardware store

The "Campbell" residence at 67 Hudson Road

The Wyler house at its real location, 64 Hudson Road

Maple, NY

Seen in:		“M.I.A.”
Event:		Root and Reese search for a white truck which was supposedly used to transport Shaw from the Stock Exchange (“If-Then-Else”).
Filming Location:		Scenes in Maple, NY were filmed in the towns of Tappan and Piermont, both located across the Hudson River.

Lassiter, IA

Seen in:		“Lethe”, “Aletheia”
Event:		:Main article: Lassiter

Relton, MD

Seen in:		“Bad Code”
Event:		Root takes Finch there to meet Denton Weeks, whom she wants to question about the Machine.

Owen Island, NY

Seen in:		“Proteus”
Event:		Finch and Reese head to Owen Island after the Machine points them to a serial killer.
Filming Location:		Owen Island is in the same region as Shelter Island, on the eastern edge of Long Island. However, scenes were shot at Point Lookout's Department of Conservation & Waterways at Lido Blvd by Parkside Dr.