Perhaps the most interesting of these is Pioneertown, CA. It's a real fake real town. Built in the 1940's to look like a town from the 1880's, so in that sense

Perhaps the most interesting of these is Pioneertown, CA. It's a real fake real town. Built in the 1940's to look like a town from the 1880's, so in that sense it was a fake town. But it was a real town, lived in by mostly movie people. The saloon, when it wasn't used for filming? The actual town bar. Peak population was 500 or so. Many many movies and tv shows filmed there.