Trivia / Eternity Road

• The book references several Real Life places which are ruins in the book.
  • The book starts in the area of Memphis, Tennessee, in a land then called "Illyria"
  • The book describes the Memphis Pyramid as a decaying relic, its purpose unknown.
  • The Alben Barkley Museum in Peducah, Kentucky is mentioned. It existed when the book was published, but closed in 2008.
  • They pass the Hovey Lake Fish and Wildlife Area
  • They have a run in with a bank security system in Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Orin Claver lives near Bennington, Vermont, the obelisk in his yard is the Bennington Battle Monument