In the Star Trek universe, the planet of Vulcan is first officer Spock’s home and home to the Vulcan race. Vulcans were once a warring people but eventually developed a culture based around the mastery of logic and the suppressing of emotions. Spock himself is half human, which means he has always struggled between his Vulcan principles and his more human tendencies.

Lorelai and Rory Gilmore of “Gilmore Girls” feed their coffee addiction at Luke’s Diner in Stars Hollow, Connecticut. Although Stars Hollow and its raucous town meetings are not real, it was inspired by other small towns in the state. New Milford has the gazebo said to inspire the center of the village and the Mayflower Inn in Washington is said to have inspired the show itself.

In the classic Marvel comics and the more recent Marvel Cinematic Universe, Asgard is home to Thor, the God of Thunder and Avenger. The Asgardians, including Odin and Loki, correspond with the Earth’s Norse Gods. Likewise, Asgard is a key location in Norse mythology as one of the 12 realms held together by Yggdrasill, the world tree.

The Pevensie children are sheltering in the country during World War II when Lucy Pevensie comes across a wardrobe in her guardian’s house. When she enters, she is transported to the magical land of Narnia in C.S. Lewis’s “The Chronicles of Narnia.” She and her siblings meet inhabitants of Narnia including Mr. Tumnus and Aslan the lion.

In George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series, “A Song of Ice and Fire” (and the corresponding HBO TV series, “Game of Thrones”), the Starks are the lords of the North and live in the castle of Winterfell. It is situated on top of a hot spring, allowing it to be warm even in winters. Keeping Winterfell under the Starks’ control is a key element of much of the series.

In the original “Nancy Drew” books, Nancy and her friends live in River Heights, a city near Chicago, Illinois. However, in the latest television show revolving around Nancy and the Clue Crew, the action was transported to Horseshoe Bay, Maine, a quaint seaside town with a bit of a ghost problem. The characters of the original Nancy Drew are all there, with a 21st-century update.

In the “Harry Potter” book series, wizards and witches co-exist in a world filled with Muggles (non-magical people). But there is one village in Britain exclusively inhabited by wizards and witches, called Hogsmeade. It is located near the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and students above the third year are permitted to take weekend trips into the village.

Leslie Knope, the main character of the NBC show “Parks and Recreation,” works for the Department of Parks and Recreation in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. The map of Pawnee used in the show is actually a map of the real Indiana town Muncie, turned upside down. The characters of this comedy feud with the neighboring fictional town Eagleton.

The Shire is the area of Middle-earth where the Hobbits have settled in the J.R.R. Tolkien book series, “The Lord of the Rings.” The only visitors are occasional dwarves and elves, but otherwise it is guarded from outsiders. The geography, location, weather, and even some of the customs of The Shire are quite similar to rural England, Tolkien’s homeland.

In the DC universe, Gotham City (or simply Gotham) is home to billionaire Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, Batman. The city has a population of approximately 12 million and a very high crime rate. In the Christopher Nolan movies, Chicago was used most often to film scenes of Gotham.