The story
Featured in The Breakfast Club (1985). The entirety of 'Shermer High School' detention - the library was a set built in the school gymnasium.
Everything that was here
- 1985–present · still open
Maine North High SchoolFilming Location
Featured in The Breakfast Club (1985). The entirety of 'Shermer High School' detention - the library was a set built in the school gymnasium.
See the map in 1986 →
Nearby history
Des Plaines History Center / Kinder House Museum
781 Pearson Street · 692 m away
The city's history museum has lived in a relocated 1907 mansion since 1978.
Des Plaines Methodist Camp Ground
1250 Campground Road · 865 m away
One of the oldest continuously used Methodist camp meeting grounds in the Chicago area, founded in 1860 and listed on th
Sugar Bowl Restaurant
1494 Miner Street · 976 m away
Reopened in 2009 as a breakfast house under the original 1957 neon.
Des Plaines Theatre (Onesti Entertainment)
1476 Miner Street · 1.0 km away
After a $6.7 million city-funded restoration, the theatre reopened on Halloween night 2021 with Kevin Costner & Modern W
The Choo-Choo
600 Lee Street · 1.1 km away
A 1951 diner where a model train delivers your burger basket, still running in its 1956 building.
McDonald's No. 1 Store (Ray Kroc Franchise)
400 Lee Street · 1.5 km away
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