Days of our lives where is salem

It was built and named in , since Salem celebrated its year birthday in It was vaguely set in New England, until it was moved to somewhere in the Midwest in the s. For many years the real Salem, Illinois held a Salem Days fest, which several members of the cast attended.

While it is constantly referenced as a town, it features more characteristics of a city; for example it is home of the large, multinational corporations DiMera Enterprises, Titan Industries and Basic Black, Mythic Incorporated, as well as a full University and an international airport. Despite its otherwise innocuous presence, over the years it has been a hotbed of foreign intrigue, organized crime, and other strange happenings. Characters often make reference to Chicago being nearby and the Area Code, indicating Salem may be in Illinois.

This, however, had contradicted characters mentioning going to Illinois and by the license plates of the cars in Salem. Is notable to mention that some characters are Chicago Bears and Chicago Cubs fans, meaning that Salem is probably located in a fictional state that borders Illinois and is close to Chicago. It was mentioned that Salem had legalized gay marriage in a January episode.

In October , Today confirmed that Salem's location is in the state of Illinois. Jake and Jessica also stayed here at that time and planned on making love there. Jake also planned to strangle her and Renee here. In , Neil Curtis and Marie Horton were married here. Located near the airport. It was at this hotel that Kate and Eugenia set up Sami and Brandon to be found in bed in This motel is on the Salem county line, about 2 hours from the city of Salem. It gets its name from the fact that it is the last motel before you cross the county line.

In , Jake and Jessica stayed here when they were going to Las Vegas to elope. Another hotel located near the airport. Belle was supposed to meet Phillip here in but they ended up meeting at The Towers instead. Melanie and Nick later spend the night here in A run-down hotel frequented by prostitutes. In , Eve and Jack met here and agreed on a marriage of convenience. A seedy motel on the riverfront frequented by prostitutes. In , Eve was beaten and raped here by a rough john.

The same john also beat Kim and caused her to miscarry. This is the hotel Celeste stayed in when she came to Salem. It is here that she read the tarot cards and warned Stefano and where Bo and John found her and arrested her. This is the hotel where Donna Temple threatened to commit suicide, causing Don Craig to fall off the ledge. The main hotel in Salem. In , it was noted that the Inn had an Art Gallery.

Alex Marshall once owned it, but he set the place on fire on July 23, in order to get the insurance money. It was later reopened, and remains a place where visiting Salemites stay or where those without homes or apartments stay temporarily.

The Salem Inn is located at Washington Avenue. It is a brick and wood structure, ten stories high, housing quaint hotel rooms above several restaurants, lounges and meeting rooms.

Daniel Scott stayed in room while he was in Salem. It is also the hotel from which Laura almost fell of its roof in After not being seen for many years, the Salem Inn became popular again in and Lily Favreshem stayed at a suite there while she lived in Salem.

Princess Gina also resided there while she was impersonating Hope. Shawn and Belle hoped to spend a night together there. Nicole and Victor had numerous interactions there as well. A classy romantic and luxurious restaurant, located at the riverfront. Laura and Dr. Roger Hunt were supposed to dine there, but they lost the reservation, so they went to the "Cheatin' Heart". Mentioned in May Alice wanted to take Shawn Douglas there so they wouldn't intrude on Bo and Hope's romantic dinner.

Julie called this restaurant and ordered a roasted rosemary chicken, mashed potatoes, eggplant parmigian and some other items for Bo and Hope's romantic dinner, May Established in and owned and run by the Shawn and Caroline Brady.

As of , it remains the most prominent casual dining restaurant in Salem. The pub opened on September 25, Although we never saw the place, we saw Vivian and Ivan's costumes when they got jobs here during the summer of Vivian was dressed as fries while Ivan was a burger. The Burger Barn is mentioned often when people talk about grabbing a quick meal. They renewed their vows right in the dining room. Mickey hired a 5 star chef from her favorite restaurant in Paris. It opened in and was previously the Cheatin' Heart.

It would be re-banded as Club TBD in Owned and operated by Calliope. It opened in and was only open for about a year. Ethan Reilly, Calliope's boyfriend helped her out there. The main attraction was Norm dePlume, Tom Horton who read his poetry. It is currently owned by Rafe Hernendez as of January A male stripper club where Pete got a job, thanks to Speed. Pete only worked here to make money so he and Melissa could leave town. It was owned by Madame X who was later discovered to be Linda, Melissa's mother.

Owned by Peter Blake and located in a warehouse. Shady dealings went on here, which is how Jude St. Clair became involved with Peter. Hope Williams Brady stripped at the Blue Moon while undercover. A bar where Kimberly worked as a prostitute when she had multiple personalities. Billie also hung out there.

It is located on the north side of town on 2nd Street. Adrienne mentioned this upscale restaurant in This was during the time after Blondie's closed but before Wings opened. Sami sent Franco there in June to see if he would hit on a woman she hired to come on to him.

Lucas was also there with his date. It seems to be the same place that was referred to previously as the "Piano Bar. It was previously Common Grounds. A gay bar. In Will Horton 's ' coming out ' storyline, he visits the bar with Sonny. He has his first same-sex kiss there.

The bar also serves an alibi for Will who was at the location at the time of the Stefano DiMera shooting. Will, who is a suspect, is uneasy about revealing his patronage because it will reveal his sexual orientation to Roman, and much of Salem.

The building that housed Lawrence's various companies, including Jencon. John worked here for a short time after he found out he was an Alamain. It is located at Riverside, top floor. It was started as a fashion company, but was later revealed to be a front for John's ISA work. In , John wanted to sell the business. Kate Roberts and Victor Kiriakis own the majority of the Titan stock. Since Tony's death, Kristen has voted on the board.

When she "died", Stefano inherited her stocks. This was the company responsible for the illegal dumping of toxic waste in Tract 5 that caused Abby's Aplastic anemia. A major soap manufacturer in Salem. Mickey Horton was hired as the company's attorney in This company was responsible for the pollution of the Salem River, which caused various people to get sick and die. Design business owned and run by Anna DiMera in the mid '80s. It was owned by Alex and Tony. Calliope was a seamstress there.

The grand opening was January 17, This is the nursing home where Jill Stevens stayed after she left the hospital — The patients seemed to be young, not the typical old people that one sees in a normal nursing home. Its sign said that it was established in This is where Isabella was wrongly held when she first was shown in Salem.

Her father had locked her up basically because he did not like her. She was not at all insane. Mickey was the first Salemite in residence at Bayview. It was here that we were introduced to Marlena for the first time.

This was also where Samantha Evans had Marlena committed in after she became addicted to drugs and began to steal from Marlena. Sam impersonated her sister and had her committed. Lee Dumonde was committed to Bayview Sanitarium.