 view gallery |   The Elgin Settlement - Buxton ON (Canada)
in Literary Sites This now-defunct settlement for fugitive American slaves is the key location in the novel Elijah of Buxton The coordinates for this waymark will bring you to the Canadian National Historic Site plaque and map of the Elgin Settlement posted by:  Bon Echo location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 3/19/2014 last visited: 5/1/2018 |
 view gallery | Fenchurch Street Station - Fenchurch Place, London, UK in Literary Sites The main entrance to Fenchurch Street station is on the south east side of Fenchurch Place. The station gets a mention in Bram Stoker's novel, "Dracula". posted by:  Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 3/13/2014 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The Churchyard of Ghastly Grim - Seething Lane, London, UK in Literary Sites St Olave's churchyard is named "The Churchyard of Gahstly Grim" in his articles "The Uncommercial Traveller" that appeared in "All the Year Round". The skulls referred to are still there today. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 3/8/2014 last visited: 6/22/2021 |
 view gallery | The Old Bailey - London, UK in Literary Sites In the Charles Dickens book "A Tale of Two Cities", the Old Bailey is the courthouse named in the book where Charles Darnay is put on trial for treason. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 3/4/2014 last visited: 12/10/2013 |
 view gallery | St Bartholomew's Hospital - London, UK in Literary Sites Barts hospital was where the fictional Sherlock Holmes first met Dr Watson in the Arthur Conan Doyle story "A Study in Scarlet". posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 3/2/2014 last visited: 10/15/2014 |
 view gallery | Une nuit à Reykjavik - Iceland in Literary Sites Une nuit à Reykjavik is a fiction book taking place in Iceland. posted by: tatie location: Iceland date approved: 2/19/2014 last visited: 7/8/2019 |
 view gallery | Fangen på Kalø - The Prisoner at Kalø in Literary Sites Kalø Slotsruin er en af vore best bevarede borge fra middelalderen. Bogen "Fangen fra Kalø" foregår blandt andet her - Kalø castle ruin is one of our best preserved castles from the Mittle Ages. The book "The Prisoner of Kalø" takes place here. posted by: kallehaugerne location: Denmark date approved: 2/10/2014 last visited: 8/26/2020 |
 view gallery | Esteiros - Alhandra, Portugal in Literary Sites Esteiros is the name of a novel by Soeiro Pereira Gomes, published in 1941. Belongs to the aesthetics of neo-realism and portrays the child labor in the village of Alhambra. posted by: RuiJSDuarte location: Lisboa, Portugal date approved: 2/1/2014 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Bryant Park - New York City, NY in Literary Sites Lily Bart, the main charcater of Edith Wharton's "House of Mirth", takes a bench in Bryant Park. The novel takes place in late 1890s. posted by: Metro2 location: New York date approved: 1/30/2014 last visited: 6/27/2016 |
 view gallery | Fifth Avenue at Central Park - NYC, NY in Literary Sites Edith Wharton's novel "House of Mirth" centers on high society in New York City in the 1890s. posted by: Metro2 location: New York date approved: 1/30/2014 last visited: 6/28/2016 |
 view gallery | Grand Central Station - New York City, NY in Literary Sites Edith Wharton's novel "House of Mirth" begins at New York's Grand Central Station. posted by: Metro2 location: New York date approved: 1/5/2014 last visited: 11/21/2021 |
 view gallery | Two Years Before the Mast - Dana Point, CA in Literary Sites This is the man and the place where the idea for his story, "Two Years Before the Mast" first popped into Richard Henry Dana's head. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 12/23/2013 last visited: 12/23/2013 |
 view gallery | Colosseum - Rome, Italy in Literary Sites In Marguerite Yorcenars's novel "Memoirs of Hadrian" the Emperor recalls a scene at the Colosseum. posted by: Metro2 location: Lazio, Italy date approved: 11/27/2013 last visited: 2/17/2022 |
 view gallery | The National Gallery - London, UK in Literary Sites In Iris Murdoch's "The Bell", one of the characters visits the National Gallery and experiences a revelation. posted by: Metro2 location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 11/23/2013 last visited: 2/17/2022 |
 view gallery | Boston Common - Boston, MA in Literary Sites A scene in Sylvia Plath's novel "The Bell Jar" takes place in Boston Common. posted by: Metro2 location: Massachusetts date approved: 11/15/2013 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
 view gallery | Pyramide du Louvre in Paris (France) in Literary Sites The XXth century addition to the Louvre Royal Palace complex, the famous glass pyramidal entrance called "Pyramide du Louvre", plays a crucial role in the Epilogue of the famous Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code". posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Île-de-France, France date approved: 11/15/2013 last visited: 6/7/2022 |
 view gallery | Cliff House / Sutro Baths - San Francisco, California in Literary Sites The area immediately around Cliff House is part of the setting of Jack London's novel The Scarlet Plague, written in 1912. The story is told in 2073 of a plague that struck the world in 2013, reducing the population of the world to less than 500. posted by: DougK location: California date approved: 10/20/2013 last visited: 10/3/2013 |
 view gallery | 55 Wall Street - NYC, NY in Literary Sites 55 Wall Street once served as the US Customs House..and Herman Melville worked here...and also wrote part of Moby Dick here. posted by: Metro2 location: New York date approved: 10/4/2013 last visited: 7/25/2013 |
 view gallery | Arrowhead, the Home of Herman Melville - Pittsfield, MA in Literary Sites Arrowhead, the home of Herman Melville during his most productive writing years, is located at 780 Holmes Road in Pittsfield, MA posted by:  neoc1 location: Massachusetts date approved: 9/4/2013 last visited: 6/1/2022 |
 view gallery | Tom Cribb - Panton Street, London, UK in Literary Sites This pub, "Tom Cribb", is on the north west side of Panton Street at the junction with Oxendon Street. Tom Cribb was a bare-knuckle boxing champion in the early 19th century. It gets a mention in Thackeray's "Vanity Fair". posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/31/2013 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Stanford's - Long Acre, London, UK in Literary Sites Stanford's map and book shop stands on the south east side of Long Acre in central London. Sherlock Holmes bought a map from Stanford's in Arthur Conan Doyle's classic - The Hound of the Baskervilles. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/29/2013 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Edward Bellamy House - Chicopee Falls, MA in Literary Sites The Edward Bellamy House was the home to the American novelist whose most famous work Looking Backwards expressed a Utopian vision for America. posted by: neoc1 location: Massachusetts date approved: 8/28/2013 last visited: 12/28/2014 |
 view gallery | St Govor's Well - Kensington Gardens, London, UK in Literary Sites This well has been covered over and this round, stone memorial incorporates a drinking fountain. The well is mentioned in "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens", by J M Barrie posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/6/2013 last visited: 8/4/2017 |
 view gallery | Lottehaus - Wetzlar, Hessen, Germany in Literary Sites In der Lottestraße in Wetzlar findet man das Haus, wo Goethe Charlotte Buff traf | In the Lottestraße in Wetzlar one finds the house where Goethe met Charlotte Buff. posted by: Eibacher Kuckuck location: Hessen, Germany date approved: 8/6/2013 last visited: 3/30/2018 |
 view gallery | Jacob's Island - Mill Street, London, UK in Literary Sites Jacob's Island as a geographical feature no longer exists. The ditch, that formed the island, has long been filled in but the name is included in the literary works of Charles Dickens. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/1/2013 last visited: never |
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