10 Great Fictional Places, From Cicily, Alaska to Brokeback Mountain
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 10.01.07 | 12:46 PM ET
In addition to featuring our list of the 10 Greatest Fictional Travelers, Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle highlighted editors’ 10 favorite fictional places, “not because they are the most beautiful or Utopian (yawn), but because the description or script struck a chord that made us yearn to go there—just as good travel writing and videos should do for real destinations.” They came up with an intriguing mix from books, TV and movies, including Cicily, Alaska (from “Northern Exposure”); Brokeback Mountain (from Annie Proulx’s short story and Ang Lee’s film of the same name); and San Piedro Island, Washington (from the novel and film “Snow Falling on Cedars”). They note that they chose not to include Margaritaville. Why? Because it might have a hazardous pop top or two? For shame.
Related on World Hum:
* 10 Greatest Fictional Travlers
* How Did We Love Jack Kerouac This Week?
* Jimmy Buffett: Celebrating Changes in Latitudes
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
