Gilmore Girls aired on TV for seven seasons from 2000 to 2007.

Fans are always wanting to know if Stars Hollow, Connecticut, is a real place.

Here are more facts about where Gilmore Girls was really filmed.

When Gilmore Girls first aired back in October 2000, the world was introduced to Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel as mother-daughter duo Lorelai and Rory Gilmore.

The show explored their relationship as they went through life, love, friendship, and complex family dynamics with Lorelai's parents Emily (Kelly Bishop) and Richard (Edward Herrmann). But just as important as these dynamics with their family is the backdrop where they play out: the quaint location of Stars Hollow, Connecticut.

Filled with kind neighbors, quirky traditions, and little shops that look like something out of a book, viewers have wondered where Gilmore Girls was filmed, and if Stars Hollow is a real place we can visit.

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The bad news is that Stars Hollow is purely fictional, created specifically for Gilmore Girls. And if that’s not enough, the series didn't actually film on the East Coast either.

Gilmore Girls was shot on a back lot called "Midwest Street," located at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. When Warner Bros. released a behind-the-scenes look at the locations on YouTube in 2017, fans learned that one of the key sets of the show served a dual purpose throughout its run.

"Fans may not know, but Sookie (St. James) [Melissa McCarthy] and Lorelai shared the same house over the run of the series," said tour guide Amanda Yslas at the time. "One side of the house was the front of Lorelai and Rory's house, and the other was the front of Sookie's house."

While sadly a lot of the show's sets are no longer there, fans can enjoy one key location of Gilmore Girls if they go on an official tour of the Warner Bros. Studios lots, as the famous Stars Hollow gazebo is still standing.

Additionally, should fans venture to southern California, they can create an itinerary to see other filming spots that weren’t on the Warner Bros. Studio Lot.

Another fun fact fans may not know? Although the majority of Gilmore Girls was filmed in California, folks may be surprised to learn that the pilot had a different setting entirely.

The show's first episode actually filmed in the Unionville neighborhood of Markham in Ontario, Canada. As Markham's official website reads, the show used a series of famous spots while filming the pilot.

And should you want to take a self-guided walking tour of Unionville, the website gives you some key spots to look out for...like the original Stars Hollow sign and where the Luke's Diner scenes were filmed.

As for those famous Yale moments, those too were shot on a set, according to the school itself.

Still, the magic of Stars Hollow is very much real, even if it isn't.