Galileo's life runs through Pisa, Padua, Rome and Florence: the cathedral lamp and Leaning Tower of Pisa, the University of Padua, the Minerva convent in Rome, Villa Il Gioiello in Arcetri and Santa Croce. The route follows him from birth in Pisa in 1564, through his teaching years, the trial of 1633 and house arrest, to his burial in Florence. Two Pisa stories, the lamp and the cannonballs, are legend rather than record.
Lampedusa's The Leopard is set in Palermo and the fictional Donnafugata, which is really Santa Margherita di Belice; Visconti's 1963 film borrowed Ciminna and Palazzo Gangi for the same scenes. The route follows the Prince of Salina through the Sicily of 1860: his observatory villa near Palermo, the ruined town palace of the author's family, the country estate at Donnafugata and the great ball. The novel's places are partly invented, so each stop says how closely the pin matches the page.
伊能忠敬の足跡：佐原の酒造家の家、最初の測量前に参拝した深川の富岡八幡宮、函館山、日本橋。伊能は1800年から10回の測量で日本を測り、その地図は1924年になお使われていた。 このルートは、忠敬の生涯をゆかりの地でたどる。佐原の商家、最初の測量の前に祈りを捧げた神社、函館山と北海道にあるその旅の最果て、日本橋、墓所、そして忠敬を祀る神社である。測量はそれぞれ別の遠征だったため、各地は一続きの道のりではない。