Inspired by the fictional town of Whistle Stop, AL from the book Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, and also the movie adaptation, Fried Green Tomatoes
Ilium is a fictional town in eastern New York state, used as a setting for many of Kurt Vonnegut's novels and stories, including Player Piano, Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, and the stories Deer in the Works and Poor Little Rich Town