50 Fictional Destinations You Can Actually Visit

50 FICTIONAL DESTINATIONS YOU CAN ACTUALLY VISIT Book Film Radio Game TV Comic Book Myth ARLEN AMITY ISLAND ARENDELLE ARLEN JAWS DISNEY'S FROZEN KING OF THE HILL MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MASSACHUSETTS NÆRØYFJORD, NORWAY WACO, TEXAS Picturesque Martha's Vineyard was The setting for the smash hit Disney animation Frozen, the kingdom of King of the Hill was set in Arlen, a director Steven Spielberg's chosen fictional town in suburban Texas. location for the filming of Jaws. As Arendelle was inspired by Arlen is supposed to be located in well as being a popular vacation destination which was integral to the Nærøyfjord, a fjord in Aurland, Norway. Not only is Nærøyfjord a central Texas, somewhere between Houston and Dallas. story, the island's shallow surrounding sea bed allowed for easier filming of the mechanical truly stunning location of natural beauty, it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. sharks, BASIN CITY BAYSIDE CITY BORDURIA SIN CITY SAVED BY THE BELL ADVENTURES OF TINTIN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA BALKAN MOUNTAINS, BULGARIA PACIFIC PALISADES, CALIFORNIA Frank Miller, the creator and writer of Bayside High School was the setting Borduria is a fictional country in The Sin City, has never specified that his iconic comic is set in a particular US city, but the clues all point to LOS for popular US early 90s sitcom Saved By The Bell, Bayside being Adventures of Tintin, the comic book series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The dramatic and mountainous located in the affluent coastal neighbourhood Pacific Palisades. terrain has been likened most to the Angeles. Miller's love of Hollywood film noir, his time spent living in Balkan Mountains which run from California and multiple geographical Bulgaria to Serbia. references (such as the 'Santa Yolanda Tar Pits', based on the La Brea Tar Pits in LA) all point towards the City of Angels. TUPELO Ш FIRST TVA CITY CAMELOT CAPESIDE CLANTON 'A TIME TO KILL' THE LEGEND OF DAWSON'S CREEK KING ARTHUR JOHN GRISHAM WICKLOW CAPE COD, MOUNTAINS, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI MASSACHUSETTS IRELAND Camelot and the Legend of King Clanton, Mississippi is a fictional town and the setting for John's Many of the external filming on Arthur have appeared in a number of Dawson's Creek took place in Wilmington, North Carolina, but fictional Capeside is actually located further north in the Cape Cod area of Massachusetts. different guises and locations, but Grisham's novel 'A Time to Kill'. It most recently the BBC TV series also features in some of his other 'Camelot' was filmed on location in legal thrillers. Clanton is a town the picturesque Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. troubled by murder. Many have claimed its name is suggestive of 'Klan Town' (the Ku Klux Klan), though the name is coincidental according to Grisham. EL DORADO EURASIA FAIRVIEW DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES SOUTH AMERICAN 'NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR' MYTHOLOGY GEORGE ORWELL RUSSIA / SOVIET UNION GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA GALESBURG, ILLINOIS El Dorado (Spanish for 'the golden one') is a mythical city which has spawned a number of legends, Eurasia is one of three fictional 'super The iconic Wisteria Lane setting for states' in George Orwell's futuristic Eighty-Four. It Desperate Housewives is located in novel Nineteen the fictional town of Fairview. While quests and expeditions, all in the encompasses Russia/Soviet Union, the geographical location of Fairview search for the 'Lost City of Gold'. In most of mainland Europe and some has been debated, the references to popular culture 'EI Dorado' has been parts of Asia. the Mississippi River and Chicago used in numerous films, books, O'Hare airport suggest it lies video games and television shows - General Motors even named a car somewhere in the US Midwest. after it, the Cadillac Eldorado. GOTHAM CITY GREENBOW HILL VALLEY BATMAN FORREST GUMP BACK TO THE FUTURE NEW YORK CITY, VARNVILLE, ENE PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA NEW YORK SOUTH CAROLINA Greenbow, Alabama was the setting Gotham City has been described as 'New York at night', by comic book legend Frank Miller. Others have Hill Valley is a fictional town in for Academy Award winning Forrest California, and is the setting for all Gump. Most of the film was shot in three Back to the Future movies. likened Batman's home to 'New York location in South Carolina and While the famous town square and below 14th Street', including some of Georgia, with downtown Varnville, South Carolina the location for many courthouse were constructed on the the less desirable and more sinister Universal Studios back lot, the town areas of Manhattan. of the key scenes in the movie. of Petaluma was first considered as a filming location. HUNDRED ACRE WOOD ISLA DE MUERTA HOGWARTS HARRY POTTER 'WINNIE-THE-POOH' PIRATES OF A.A. MILNE THE CARIBBEAN GLENCOE, ASHDOWN FOREST, ENGLAND HAITI SCOTLAND The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft Ashdown Forest is famous as the Isla de Muerta is a pirate island in the Caribbean, central to the plot of setting which inspired Hundred Acre Wood, with the forest acknowledging and Wizardry is the centrepiece location in the Harry Potter series. the Pirates of the Caribbean films. It Located somewhere in Scotland, the original Winnie-the-Pooh author A.A. can be likened in climate and picturesque Glencoe village was used Milne and illustrator E.H. Shepard geography to Haiti. as a backdrop when the Harry Potter with a memorial plaque. Visitors can books were translated to film. even visit the iconic areas of the forest by taking the 'Pooh Walk', JURcoS phoo JURASSIC PARK KING'S LANDING A GAME OF THRONES KRAKOZHIA THE TERMINAL JURASSIC PARK REPUBLIC OF KAUA'I, HAWAII MDINA, MALTA MACEDONIA Steven Spielberg picked the island of The city of Mdina in Malta was Krakozhia is the fictional country Kaua'i as the main location for chosen to represent and bring to life which Viktor Navorski, Tom Hanks' Jurassic Park, and followed this by character in 'The Terminal' is trying King's Landing in the TV adaptation of the popular A Game of Thrones. also shooting scenes for both to return to. While the geographical location of Krakozhia is kept intentionally vague, references to the Republic of Jurassic Park 2 & 3 on several Like King's Landing, Mdina is a walled Hawaiian islands. medieval city built upon a hill. Macedonia, Belarus and Russia feature throughout the film. LAS VENTURAS LLAREGGUB METROPOLIS GRAND THEFT AUTO: 'UNDER MILKWOOD' SUPERMAN SAN ANDREAS DYLAN THOMAS LAS VEGAS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK NEVADA NEW QUAY, WALES The fictional city of Las Venturas in Radio drama Under Milk Wood is If Gotham City is 'New York at night' based in fictitious Llareggub ('bugger GTA: San Andreas is based upon Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Venturas is one then Metropolis is 'New York in the all' spelt backwards!), written by daytime', and is even referred to as of three cities to feature in the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. The town 'The Big Apricot' just as NYC is nicknamed 'The Big Apple'. Despite fictional state of San Andreas, with of New Quay is thought to be the basis behind Llareggub, where players also able to explore Los Santos (Los Angeles) and San Fierro (San Francisco). this, co-creator of Superman Joe Thomas was staying while he wrote the play. Shuster modelled the first Metropolis skyline on Toronto, where he was born and raised. MIDGAR MORDOR MOS EISLEY FINAL FANTASY VII LORD OF THE RINGS STAR WARS MOUNT TONGARIRO, NEW ZEALAND TOKYO, JAPAN DJERBA, TUNISIA The city of Midgar is the backdrop to The region of Mordor in The Tunisian island of Djerba was Final Fantasy VII, and is an industrial metropolis taking influence from New York, Detroit and most notably Middle-earth was a key location in all selected as the backdrop for Mos of the Lord of the Rings books. When Eisley, the fictional spaceport on they were translated to film by director Peter Jackson, it was crucial planet Tatooine in George Lucas' Tokyo. Star Wars. to select the right backdrop for the key scenes, and Mount Tongariro was selected, NARNIA NEPTUNE PANDORA THE CHRONICLES OF VERONICA MARS AVATAR NARNIA OAMARU, NEW ZEALAND SANTA ANA, KAUA'I, HAWAII CALIFORNIA Oamaru and the surrounding South The fictional town of Neptune, Director James Cameron selected Island area of New Zealand was the California is the setting for TV series the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i as the backdrop to much of the film version Veronica Mars. While filming on the backdrop to Pandora, the planet he of The Chronicles of Narnia. Selected show took place across Orange created for the ambitious Avatar. for its dramatic landscape and County and the wider southern temperate climate, Oamaru is a popular filming location, also being used in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. California area, the city of Santa Ana is most consistent with the geographical references in the show. PAWNEE QUAHOG PARADISE FALLS PARKS FAMILY GUY UP AND RECREATION ANGEL FALLS, VENEZUELA BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND Paradise Falls is the beautiful setting Pawnee, Indiana is the setting for Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane for the animated Pixar adventure Up. TV sitcom Parks and Recreation, a grew up in the New England area of The waterfall is based on Angel Falls in Venezuela, the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979m. fictional town located somewhere in the US, so setting the show in Rhode Island made a lot of sense. South Central Indiana. Pawnee's cult status has grown with the MacFarlane has likened the fictional popularity of the TV show, with popular official merchandise being created, most featuring Pawnee's Quahog to Cranston, RI, a suburb of Providence. town slogan: 'First in Friendship, Fourth in Obesity'. WELCOME TO WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY ROYSTON VASEY rou'LL NEVER LEAVE A HOME OF A UMBRELLA. RACCOON CITY ROYSTON VASEY RUTHERFORD THE LEAGUE THIRD ROCK RESIDENT EVIL FROM THE SUN OF GENTLEMEN BOULDER, COLORADO HADFIELD, ENGLAND CANTON, OHIO The cult British TV show The Raccoon City is the backdrop to Resident Evil, and is the setting of A suburban city of Rutherford, Ohio League of Gentlemen was set in the dark town of Royston Vasey, with was the fictional setting for 90s the city destroyed by the catastrophic t-Virus outbreak. sitcom Third Rock From The Sun, Hadfield in Derbyshire used for the where a group of aliens attempt to majority of external filming. live as a normal human family, as part of an extra-terrestrial research expedition. Welcome to SILENT HILL SHANGRI-LA SHERMER SILENT HILL LOST HORIZON' JAMES HILTON SIXTEEN CANDLES SILENT HILL KUNLUN NORTHBROOK, CENTRALIA, MOUNTAINS, TIBET ILLINOIS PENNSYLVANIA Shangri-La is a fictional places first Sixteen Candles was the first of The town of Silent Hill was the many John Hughes films to be set in fictional Chicago suburb, Shermer, Illinois. Hughes grew up in described by James Hilton in the setting of the eerie horror video game of the same name, and can be likened to Centralia, Pennsylvania, a near-ghost town with an estimated population of just 10. In 1962, a 1933 novel Lost Horizon. Described as a mystical paradise where people are eternally happy and almost immortal, Shangri-La has been Northbrook which Shermer was largely based on. geographically likened to the Kunlun mine fire beneath Centralia caused Mountains in Tibet. mass evacuation and a fire continues to burn today - at current rate it could burn for another 250 years. KVIK-E-MART SOUTH PARK UU SMALLVILLE SOUTH PARK SPRINGFIELD SUPERMAN SOUTH PARK THE SIMPSONS FAIRPLAY, TOPEKA, KANSAS SPRINGFIELD, USA COLORADO Smallville, a small and idyllic rural Trey Parker and Matt Stone's As there are a number of American town, is the childhood foul-mouthed animated sitcom has Springfields in the US, the debate about which one is The Simpsons is hometown of Superman. Although its geographical location was never been running for nearly 20 years, and is set in a small town in the based on has been raging ever since established in the comics, most Rocky Mountains. South Park is based on Fairplay, Colorado, home the popular TV show first aired! For this reason, we'll stay out of it! sources point to rural Kansas. to about 679 residents. ELE SUNNUDALE STARS HOLLOW CANYON OF THE CRESCENT MOON SUNNYDALE BUFFY THE GILMORE GIRLS VAMPIRE SLAYER INDIANA JONES WASHINGTON, VENTURA, PETRA, JORDAN CONNECTICUT CALIFORNIA Although built entirely on the Sunnydale is the fictional setting of The ancient city of Petra was central Warner Brother studio back lot in Buffy The Vampire Slayer. to the plot in Indiana Jones and the California, the fictional town of Stars Hollow is loosely based on Geographical references and clues point to a somewhat isolated Last Crusade. The iconic Al Khazneh (The Treasury) stood in for the Washington, Connecticut. location, near the ocean and in the temple housing the Holy Grail. Greater Los Angeles area. THE ISLAND THE SHIRE TWIN PEAKS LOST LORD OF THE RINGS TWIN PEAKS MATAMATA, NEW ZEALAND NORTH BEND, WASHINGTON OAHU, HAWAI The mysterious 'The Island' which is Director Peter Jackson once again The town of Twin Peaks is the a central character in the TV show setting for David Lynch's psychological cult thriller. Rural Washington state was the setting for much of filming, with Lynch keen used the fruits of his homeland for Lost is actually luxurious Oahu in inspiration to create The Shire in Lord of the Rings. Jackson built the Hawaii. fictional village of Hobbiton right into the Matamata countryside, which can even be visited today. to use eerie locations that also had a sense of family and community. SOURCES & REFERENCES IMDB.COM COMPLEX.COM CRACKED.COM PUBQUIZREFERENCE.CO.UK WIKIPEDIA.ORG RICKSTEVES.COM WALFORD WEST EGG FROMMERS.COM EASTENDERS THE GREAT GATSBY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD LONG ISLAND, EAST LONDON, ENGLAND NEW YORK The fictional London borough of Scott Fitzgerald's novel is set in the Walford is the setting to one of the prosperous town of West Egg, located in Long Island, New York. Known for being a popular vacation most popular shows on British TV. Although there is debate on exactly spot for New Yorkers, the characters in the book regularly where in East London and on which JUST THE FLIGHT Underground line Walford would sit, there is no doubt about EastEnders' make the short trip across the river JUSTTHEFLIGHT.CO.UK importance to British television. to visit Manhattan.