Contemporary Places or Settings

The list of settings--places a story can take place--is almost endless. This is the list of contemporary places or settings in which you can set a story. You might also wish to try the medieval/fantasy and future/science fiction place lists, though they are pretty sketchy at this point. If you want to add to any of these lists, please e-mail me at julia at juliahwest dot com. If you want a randomly-generated place, go to Random Contemporary Places, Random Fantasy Places, or Random Science Fiction Places.

7-11 Adult bookstore Air Force base Airport Amusement park Antique store Apartment building Arcade Archaeological dig Archery range Art supply store Auto wrecking yard Bakery Ball park Bank Bar Barbershop Beach Beauty parlor Bed and breakfast Billiard parlor Bookstore Boutique Bowling alley Cabin Cafe Cathedral Cemetery Church City Hall Clinic Computer store Copy shop Cruise ship Dance club

Day care center Delicatessen Dentist's office Discount store Dormitory Duplex Elementary school Farm Fast food restaurant Fishing boat Gas station Ghetto Gift shop Golf course Greenhouse Grocery store Haunted house Health food store High school Hospital Hotel House of ill repute Inn Jail Junior high school Junkyard Library Middle school Mobile home park Monastery Mortuary Motel Museum Music store Newspaper office

Ocean liner Office supply store Office building Park Parking garage Parking lot Pastry shop Pet store Pharmacy Pizza place Planetarium Post Office Public restroom Radio station Record store Restaurant Retirement home Seaside resort Shoe store Shopping mall Slum Souvenir shop Stadium State capitol building Synagogue Tattoo parlor Temple Theater Toolshed TV station University Used car lot Video store YMCA

Illustration from http://www.morguefile.com; photographer mconnors