I was just thinking of many real places around the world that The Hardy Boys have visited in the course of their mysteries. I don't think this has been done on here before- or if it's on The Hardy Boys Wiki- but I was thinking it would be fun to try to create a list of all the cities/states/provinces/cantons/counties/countries, etc. that Frank and Joe have been to at some point.
Obviously, Frank and Joe live in Bayport in the United States of America and have solved a number of Mysteries there, including their first one, The Tower Treasure. (I think most fans seem to assume that Bayport is in New York. The 1977-1979 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries TV show states Bayport to be in Massachusetts.) Since The USA is the home country for The Hardy Boys, I figured we could start there and cover the states and capital and then add other countries. I have filled in a few I knew offhand; please post others I have forgotten. Thanks!
Alabama
Alaska - The Mystery at Devil's Paw
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado - Trouble at Coyote Canyon
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida - Perfect Getaway
Georgia - Deathgame
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana - Frame-Up
Maine - The Lazarus Plot (many of the same places revisited in Dead of Night)
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Pure Evil
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York - Deadly Engagement
North Carolina - The Hunt for the Four Brothers
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina - Danger in the Fourth Dimension, Courting Disaster
South Dakota - Dead Man in Deadwood
Tennessee - Uncivil War
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Washington, D.C. - The Infinity Clue
Canada
Halifax, Nova Scotia- Countdown to Terror
Spain- The Mystery of the Aztec Warrior, Too Many Traitors
Greece- The Borderline Case
(Specifically Corfu)- The Shattered Helmet
England- The Witchmaster's Key
Iceland- The Arctic Patrol Mystery
Barbados- The Dead Season
Doing a quick query into the database, I come across the following countries (not sure these were actually visited or some may have been only talked about):
Algeria
Argentina
Bahammas
Barbados
Bermuda
Brazil
Britain
Canada
Chile
Cyrena
Czechoslovakia
England
France
Gabiz
Germany
Greece
Gurnistan
India
Italy
Japan
Katara
Lichtenstein
Mexico
Morocco
Nepal
Netherlands
Russia
San Marcos
Spain
Sultanate of Bhotai
United Kingdom
United States
And in doing the query I came across a few countries that needed some technical updates. :)
Nice! Thanks for adding those.
I do want to specify that I am just looking for places Frank and Joe actually visited, rather than places that were just discussed at some point.
I've never heard of the Hardy's visiting "Halifax, Nokia Scotia", not heard of Nokia Scotia!
But with Canada they also visited British Columbia in Mystery At Devil's Paw and the Northwest Territories in The Viking Symbol Mystery. They were also in the Maritimes in The Twisted Claw.
Then they were also in West Germany in The Submarine Caper/The Deadly Chase, and a reunified Germany in THe Emperor's Shield.
Also Australia in The Firebird Rocket and Egypt in The Mummy Case.
They went to New Mexico in The Sign of the Crooked Arrow & WIthout A Trace, and Mexico in The Mystery of the Aztec Warrior. They were also in Arizona or New Mexico in The Crimson Flame. The Crimson Flame also sent them to Thailand.
Also, Time Bomb had the Hardy's pay a visit to Niagra Falls, Ontario, and they were in Niagra Falls, New York in the revised The Melted Coins.
Quote from: tomswift2002 on July 02, 2022, 10:38:12 PMI've never heard of the Hardy's visiting "Halifax, Nokia Scotia", not heard of Nokia Scotia!
LOL! Stupid auto correct! ;D I hate when my phone does that- especially when it looks correct when I post it! ::)