Fiction

A grave from the past became Ebenezer Scrooge’s grave from the future in the 1984 production of “A Christmas Carol.”

A real-world location where a fictional murder took place

A ruined farmhouse that inspired an (inaccurate) illustration for Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel “Wuthering Heights.”

The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.

A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.

This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P. Lovecraft.

A bronze statue of the fictional character nicknamed "Mrs. Hat" from a beloved Belgian comedy.

Beside the pew where C.S. Lewis often sat while attending church, a window filled with characters from his beloved stories.

Life-sized statues of two characters from a decades-long Japanese film series stand outside Shibamata station.

A small villa said to have inspired the design of the court jester at the heart of Giuseppe Verdi's 1851 opera.

A monument marks the site where the famed composer stopped to relieve himself on a long journey. Just one problem: Mozart never went to Raschala.

This plaque in one of London's oldest public hospitals commemorates the first meeting of two of Britain's most famous literary heroes: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.