Indiana Jones Bed & Breakfast in Antonito, Colorado, is one of the most charming real-world locations connected to “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”. The historic house appears in the film’s opening sequence, where young Indiana Jones, played by River Phoenix, returns home after his adventure with the Cross of Coronado. In the scene, the house represents the childhood home of Henry Jones Jr., where he meets his strict and distant father, Professor Henry Jones Sr., played by Sean Connery. The brief interior scene helps establish the complicated relationship between father and son, which becomes one of the emotional threads running through the rest of the film.
The house itself was built in 1888 and stands at 502 Front Street in Antonito, a small town in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. After its appearance in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”, the building embraced its cinematic history and became the Indiana Jones Bed & Breakfast, allowing fans to stay in the same house used in the film. The property has also become part of Antonito’s local heritage, closely tied to the film’s Colorado shoot and the nearby Cumbres & Toltec Railroad, which was also used during the movie’s opening sequence. In recent years, the house has been recognised as a preservation concern due to structural problems, but it remains an unusual and memorable stop for fans of Indiana Jones and classic film locations.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
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Circus Liquor
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The Viper Room
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