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Mansions and Villains' Lairs in The Wild Wild West (1965)

posted a year ago by MAGolding (1240)
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I am making a list with at least one fictional mansion from literature, movies, and tv in every state in the USA.

And so far I have come up with fictional mansions for less than half the states, and I have noticed the western states have few fictional mansions so far.

Outside of large western cities like Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, etc. real life mansions are rather thinly spread in the western states, which may explain why I am having trouble thinking of fictional ones.

I can think of a few large, mansion-like, ranch houses like the Ponderosa ranch from Bonanza and the Spanish Bit ranch from Duel in the Sun.

But The Wild Wild West (1965) was far more glamorous than realistic, and influenced by James Bond and similar spy movies.

So I guess that it would have some implausibly luxurious mansions and impressive supervillain lairs in various locations in the west in some episodes.

So can anyone think of impressive mansions and supervillain lairs in the western states and territories from episodes of The Wild Wild West (1965)?

[–] MAGolding (1240) a year ago

I can contribute one mansion from the series myself. On October 8, 2023 I watched "The Man-eating House".

The episode seems to happen in southeastern Texas.

At the beginning West & Gordon are ordered to Ocala County to escort an escaped prisoner back to prison. West tells Gordon that the prisoner was born in Texas and committed treason against Texas during the Texan War of Independence in 1836, 30 years ago, which seems to put that episode in 1866 which seems earlier than other episodes indicate.

They tell the prisoner they will take them to Beaumont, which is a seaport in the extreme southeastern part of Texas. The sheriff (of Ocala County or of the county that includes Beaumont?) says the prisoner has traveled far to get to the Bayou country, and Gordon says the prisoner has swamp fever. That also indicates southeastern Texas.

Beaumont is the country seat of Jefferson County, Texas. I haven't found an Ocala County anywhere.

[–] MAGolding (1240) 7 months ago

On Sat. Aug. 03-2024 I saw the episode "The Night of the Golden Cobra" from September 23, 1966.

Much of the action happens in a palace built by an Indian Maharaja in the Indian Territory in the USA for some reason. And there is one shot of the outside of the palace.

It is probably an optical effect including a matte painting. In the lower left is Kirk's Rock from Vasquez Rocks, and beyond it a rocky hill rises above, with a squarish palace at the top. It seems to have the color of gold or brass, and has a central dome.