Finding the Hecks: I Tracked Down the Real Middle Family Home So You Don’t Have To

Are you a fan of The Middle?

For nine seasons, the Hecks gave us one of the most hilariously honest portrayals of American family life — a lovable mix of chaos, heart, and hope from Orson, Indiana. There’s Sue Heck, the endlessly optimistic overachiever who tried everything (and failed spectacularly at most of it). Brick, her brilliant but delightfully odd little brother who whispered to himself more than he talked to people. And Axl, the shirtless, neurotypical older brother somehow surviving the circus that was the Heck household.

At the center of it all were Frankie and Mike Heck — the weary, witty parents who somehow managed to keep the family’s beat-up car, fraying patience, and unconditional love all running on empty.

If you ever wanted to know where the Hecks really lived, I got Frankie Heck’s address off her driver’s license from the pilot episode.

— and then I Google Mapped it.

You’re welcome.