The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Great Neck on Manhasset Bay inspired West Egg, and Manhasset Neck on Manhasset Bay inspired East Egg.
Walden, by Henry David Thoreau: Here's where Thoreau built his cabin, living life out in the woods.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: There was no 221B Baker Street when Doyle first published Holmes, but this museum is likely to now be where he imagined it so long ago.
The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer: This was where the pilgrims in Chaucer's stories were heading during their storytelling.
The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House is now a museum, but was once the location of Frank's Secret Annex.
A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole: A statue of the character Ignatius J. Reilly can be found near the former site of the D.H. Holmes Department Store, mentioned in the novel.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, by Victor Hugo: Readers and Disney-movie-lovers alike can appreciate Quasimodo's hangout.
Henry VIII, by William Shakespeare: OK, so the play wasn't set here...but the play was being performed when Shakespeare's famous stomping ground caught on fire.
"Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey," by William Wordsworth; "Tears, Idle Tears," by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The ruins of Tintern Abbey inspired poets Wordsworth and Tennyson.
The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller: Check out the birthplace of an inspiring woman.
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller: From the island of Elba you can see the island of Pianosa, the location of the military base in Catch-22.
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer: Meyer set her sparkly vampires and shirtless werewolves afoot in Forks, Washington.
Aeneid, by Virgil; Iliad, by Homer: The legendary Aeneas and Helen would have been from this very real ancient city.
Ulysses, by James Joyce: Would you like a gorgonzola cheese sandwich and a glass of burgundy? Leopold Bloom would.
