The History of Stranger Things in 11 Objects

It’s been nearly a decade since creators Matt and Ross Duffer first transported audiences back to Indiana in the 1980s and into the alternate dimension known as the Upside Down with their blockbuster coming-of-age drama Stranger Things. Embraced by viewers around the globe since its debut in 2016, the pop culture juggernaut has developed an immediately recognizable iconography all its own. Here, take a closer look at eleven essential objects that helped define the groundbreaking series, which returns for its fifth and final season this fall, with four episodes releasing Nov. 26, three episodes on Christmas, and the finale episode premiering on New Year’s Eve.

Before visiting Hawkins Middle School,…