If you end up going over to visit the Outer Banks, you'll have a hard time trying to find some of the iconic locations from the show. That's because the show was actually filmed in Charleston, South Carolina.

Where do they shoot Outer Banks?

The series is filmed south of the actual Outer Banks in Charleston, South Carolina. The scenes involving water take place on Mount Pleasant's Shem Creek. Other locations used are Pitt Street, Hunting Island, the Hunting Island Lighthouse and Lowndes Grove.

Is Outer Banks filmed in Outer Banks?

Filming for both seasons of “Outer Banks” instead took place largely in Charleston, South Carolina, where the trio of creators brought to life their fictionalized “amalgam” of places along the North Carolina coast.