Where was Breaking Bad filmed?

Few shows have wrapped themselves around a single city the way this crime saga did with Albuquerque. The high desert light, the wide low skyline and the sun-bleached strip malls became part of the storytelling, and a decade on, the place still draws fans who want to stand where the slow-burn descent into the drug trade played out.

Almost everything was shot on real Albuquerque streets rather than back-lot sets. Walter White's modest ranch house is a genuine family home in the city, still recognisable down to the driveway and the spot tied to its infamous pizza-on-the-roof moment. Across town, the fast-food joint that fronts the show's fried-chicken empire is a working Twisters restaurant, where you can order at the same counter and snap the storefront that doubled as the kingpin's quiet, orderly cover.

Albuquerque makes an easy set-jetting base: the locations sit within a short drive of one another, and the city pairs them with hot-air balloons, Route 66 diners and the Sandia Mountains. Visit the house respectfully from the public street, grab a meal at the chicken stand, and build a half-day loop before heading out to the wider New Mexico desert.