Northern Exposure

How does a former coal mining town become the backdrop for a television series based in Alaska? It was a mixture of historical presence, climate and geography that made it a perfect fit for producers of the 1990-1995 award-winning television series. Roslyn's weather-worn architecture from the early 1900s and heavy snowfalls looked the part of a remote Alaskan village. And Roslyn was much more accessible to the greater Seattle metro area with sound studios for interior shots. The result was heady days for Roslyn citizens who mingled with some of Hollywood's finest during the show's run.

Visit the Roslyn Museum and view the Ausburg clock along with other Northern Exposure memorabilia. Map below shows various filming sites around Roslyn.

. The above map shows the location of many familiar shooting sites in Roslyn. Some inside shots like the interior of the Brick Tavern and Dr. Fleischman's home were filmed in a studio in Redmond, WA., about 90 miles east of Roslyn. Both Lake Cle Elum, eight miles northwest of Roslyn, and the Easton airport, 20 miles west off I-90 were filming sites as well.

The cast and crew of Northern Exposure pose in front of the Roslyn Cafe mural on the corner of Pennsylvania and 2nd Street. The mural predated the series which added the apostrophe "s" to make it fit in with their Cicely set.

We have added a few new pictures to this section, from the Northern Exposure Collection of local "unofficial" casting Assistant, frequent extra, and Roslyn Museum volunteer, Joann Iverson and her family, some of them have never been seen before...

We are often asked if they were good to the area, this is a press release where they thanked the whole Upper County for the contribution in winning another Golden Globe...

How did they cast extras?? well it was simple they posted these around town the paper was actually a bright red , we changed the color here for clarity

Northern Exposure Crews transform Roslyn for filming their version of "Night of The Dead"

Above, One of the trailers used as dressing rooms by actors of " Northern Exposure"

The series of pictures above were taken when the production company "burned down" Maggie's house which was merely a prop house... By clever camera angles they made it appear that the real house they had used at first was actually burning... Some lucky local Extras like Mary, had the opportunity to interact with the "Stars"