6. The J. Edgar Hoover Building/The Lab (The X-Files/Fringe)
This one's an either/or since they both serve just about the same purpose on their respective shows, namely as a base for our expeditious team/duo of heroes. The pale concrete facade J. Edgar Hoover Building isn't much to look at, but it's in the basement the real magic happens. It's here, out of the way, that the Bureau has stuck the X-Files, the cases that can't be explained by rational means and which no one wants to take the time to try. No one, that is, except Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, forensic pathologist. They're mostly out in the field investigating black oil, giant humanoid tapeworms, or elasticated serial killers, but when they're not you'll find them here - well, Mulder, at least; Scully may be down in the morgue (probably saying, "Oh, my god").Still, there's a bit to look at: that sweet 'I Want To Believe' poster, those pencils embedded in the polystyrene ceiling. You can stop by Assistant Director Skinner's office for a surround-sound bollocking if you'd like. At least The Lab in Fringe is on the Harvard campus - which looks very pretty. You can drop acid and hang out in one of the sensory deprivation tanks or just chill with Gene the cow. There should be some red licorice on the desk (Walter, the mad scientist guy, loves it), though I'd be careful touching anything (the man does like his LSD). If you do end up inadvertently tripping, there should be a great collection of classic rock to listen to, and, if you come across Walter's patented strain of weed, Brown Betty, you might as well take a toke and wait for
the music to come to you. You're high anyway, right?