view gallery |  Our Saviour Church Spire – Copenhagen, Denmark
in Literary Sites The church of Our Saviour has a spire with an external spiral staircase that is used in a scene from Jules Verne’s book ‘A Journey To The Center Of The Earth’. posted by: dtrebilc location: Denmark date approved: 7/2/2013 last visited: 6/8/2005 |
view gallery |  Mercy Hospital (Dare to Remember) - Oklahoma City, OK
in Literary Sites A cop and his former girlfriend are on the run from killers in this romance novel set in the Oklahoma City/Davis area. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 6/30/2013 last visited: 10/1/2019 |
view gallery |  Mexican Sunsets by Bronwen Wallace - Kingston, Ontario
in Literary Sites St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church is a site recognized by Project Bookmark Canada. It is described in Mexican Sunsets by Bronwen Wallace. posted by: Trail Blaisers location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 6/23/2013 last visited: 4/30/2015 |
view gallery |  Dr. Seuss Memorial - Springfield, MA
in Literary Sites See Dr. Seuss and some of his best-known characters in bronze. posted by: Metro2 location: Massachusetts date approved: 6/21/2013 last visited: 7/30/2010 |
view gallery |  Edith Jones Wharton's Childhood Home - New York, NY
in Literary Sites A red plaque identifies the childhood home and her accomplishments of author Edith Jones Wharton. The building is now a mostly a commercial building on 14 W. 23rd Street in Manhattan. posted by: neoc1 location: New York date approved: 6/20/2013 last visited: 7/22/2013 |
view gallery |  Sihl Limmat Confluence - Finnegans Wake - Zürich, Switzerland
in Literary Sites A plaque with two quotes from Finnegans Wake that reference this location that is said to have been one of Joyce's favorite locations. posted by: fi67 location: Zürich, Switzerland date approved: 5/15/2013 last visited: 11/8/2013 |
view gallery |  Beverly Cleary Garden
in Literary Sites When visiting Grant Park be sure to view the sculptures of Ramona, Henry and Ribsy. posted by: dkestrel location: Oregon date approved: 5/11/2013 last visited: 9/18/2016 |
view gallery |  Southwark Bridge - London, UK
in Literary Sites Southwark Bridge spans the River Thames in central London. It traverses the Thames in a NNE/SSW direction and is used by vehicles and pedestrians. Southwark Bridge is mentioned twice by Charles Dickens in his book "Our Mutual Friend". posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/25/2013 last visited: 8/3/2018 |
view gallery |  Amity Harbor Library - Greenwood, British Columbia
in Literary Sites The Greenwood Public Library was used as the Amity Harbor Library mentioned in the book by David Guterson: "Snow Falling on Cedars". It is located at 346 South Copper Street. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 4/20/2013 last visited: 12/31/2013 |
view gallery |  Eastgate House - High Street, Rochester, Kent, UK
in Literary Sites Probably Rochester's most famous son is Charles Dickens and, wandering through the streets, one cannot help but see plaques to Dickens's life. Eastgate House was the inspiration for buildings in two of Dickens's novels. posted by: Master Mariner location: South East England, United Kingdom date approved: 3/22/2013 last visited: 9/13/2014 |
view gallery |  St Andrew Holborn - St Andrew Street, London, UK
in Literary Sites St Andrew Holborn has been a site of worship for at least 1000 years so was most certainly around when Charles Dickens wrote 'Oliver Twist'. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 2/25/2013 last visited: 7/23/2016 |
view gallery |  Waterloo Station - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - London, UK
in Literary Sites Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson came through here at least once in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. posted by: Metro2 location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 2/17/2013 last visited: 2/8/2019 |
view gallery |  The Louvre - The Age of Innocence - Paris, France
in Literary Sites The final chapter of Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence has a scene at the Louvre. posted by: Metro2 location: Île-de-France, France date approved: 1/20/2013 last visited: 6/7/2022 |
view gallery |  Casa-Museu Camilo Castelo Branco - V. N. Famalicão, Portugal
in Literary Sites [PT]A Casa onde viveu Camilo Castelo Branco e onde ele se suicidou com um tiro na cabeça é um museu com o seu nome. [ENG] The house where Camilo Castelo Branco lived and where he killed himself with a gunshot to the head is now a Museum with is name. posted by: razalas location: Braga, Portugal date approved: 1/10/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Governor Palace - São Tomé, Sao Tome and Principe
in Literary Sites The main location of the novel Equador: The Palace of the Governor posted by: Torgut location: Sao Tome and Principe date approved: 11/14/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Green Gables - Cavendish, Prince Edward Island
in Literary Sites This house, Green Gables is now part of a National Park and was the inspiration of Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables". The farm house is located in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. posted by: wildwoodke location: Prince Edward Island, Canada date approved: 10/27/2012 last visited: 8/11/2005 |
view gallery |  South Intermediate High School (Betrayed) - Broken Arrow, OK
in Literary Sites SIHS is a Broken Arrow school mentioned in both of the first two books in the House of Night series posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 10/18/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Hardcragg Hall - "The Tale of Pigling Bland" - Grange-over-sands, Cumbria
in Literary Sites Beatrix Potter visited Hardcragg Hall many times and used her sketches to illustrate and set the story for her book, "The Tale of Pigling Bland". Coordinates are for the front lawn. posted by: flipflopnick location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 7/20/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Auerbachs Keller — Leipzig, Germany
in Literary Sites Auerbachs Keller (Auerbach's Cellar in English) is the best known and second oldest restaurant in Leipzig. It was described in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play Faust I, as the first place Mephistopheles takes Faust on their travels posted by: prussel location: Sachsen, Germany date approved: 7/5/2012 last visited: 4/17/2004 |
view gallery |  Na Hrázi vecnosti - Bohumil Hrabal, Praha - Liben, Czech republic
in Literary Sites Místo, kde stával dum, ve kterém bydlel spisovatl Bohumil Hrabal, místo deje mnoha jeho literárních del / A place where stood the house in which lived the writer Bohumil Hrabal, captured in his many short stories and novels. posted by: Noe1 location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia date approved: 6/29/2012 last visited: 7/8/2020 |
view gallery |  Lake Arcadia - Still the One - Edmond, OK
in Literary Sites Romance novel set mostly in Oklahoma posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 6/8/2012 last visited: 11/21/2019 |
view gallery |  Western/150th Street - Still the One - Edmond, OK
in Literary Sites Romance novel set mostly in the state of Oklahoma posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 6/8/2012 last visited: 11/10/2018 |
view gallery |  Philbrook Museum - Marked - Tulsa, Oklahoma
in Literary Sites The Philbrook Museum of Art is a specific location in the book Marked, the first in the House of Night series. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/20/2012 last visited: 5/10/2015 |
view gallery |  Village in the Sun - Dane Chandos, Ajijic, Jalisco MX
in Literary Sites Ajijc is the setting for Chandos's entire book chronicling his first year arriving in the sleepy little Mexican village in the early 1940's. posted by: bluesneaky location: Jalisco, Mexico date approved: 4/17/2012 last visited: 1/29/2019 |
view gallery |  The Old Curiosity Shop - Portsmouth Street, London, UK
in Literary Sites The book 'The Old Curiosity Shop", by Charles Dickens, was based upon this actual shop that the owner now cashes in on. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/15/2012 last visited: never |
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