Want to take a literary vacation? I'd love to! Check out shortlist.com's article, A Literary Travel Guide To The USA. It includes such legends at John Steinbeck, Pacific Grove, CA, Jack London, Glen Ellen, CA, William Faulkner – Oxford, MS, Harriet Beecher Stowe - Hartford, CT, Mark Twain, Hartford, CT, Cormac McCarthy – Knoxville, TN, Ernest Hemingway – New Orleans. (Yeah, they missed Poe, Baltimore) But they didn't miss Stephen King.
The article advises trip goers to visit Bangor for a taste of King's literary Derry. The added bonus is that Bangor is King's home town. How often he's still in residence there I have no idea; but somehow I get the feeling he spends a lot of time in Florida these days.
Shortlist offers as a "Must-see" the Mount Hope Cemetery, which was an inspiration for Pet Sematary and was used as a filming location for the movie. Of course, there is also the Thmoas Hill Standpipe from IT.
The shortlist article also gives suggestions on where to stay. Since the Stanley Hotle is clear out in Colorado, and King is not offering his house up on Airbnb, the article suggests The Hilton Garden Inn,
boasting a an eerily similar entrance and interior as bucolically grand. Don’t be upset at the lack of bloodless elevators and ghoulish staff, mind - king rooms are available.King rooms are available? That would be cool -- but it just means suites. Man, now I'm wishing for a Stephen King themed hotel. COME ON AMERICA!
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