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Why Don't Movies Ever Blow Up the Bay Bridge?

A history of destroying national landmarks on film.

Read more from Slate's Summer Movies special issue.

Click here for a video slide show on the history of destroying landmarks in movies.

Click here for a video slide show on the history of destroying landmarks in movies.

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Keith Phipps is a Chicago-based freelance writer and editor specializing in film and other aspects of pop culture.