<P> The actual road is believed to be one in Peekskill , New York , where L. Frank Baum attended Peekskill Military Academy . According to a local legend , the Yellow Brick Road was derived from a road paved with yellow bricks near Holland , Michigan , where Baum spent summers . Ithaca , New York , also makes a claim for being Frank Baum 's inspiration . He opened a road tour of his musical , The Maid of Arran , in Ithaca , and he met his future wife Maud Gage Baum while she was attending Cornell University . At the time , yellow bricks paved local roads . Yellow brick roads can also be found in Aberdeen , South Dakota ; Albany , New York ; Rossville ( Baltimore County ) , Maryland ; Montclair , New Jersey ( Parkhurst Place and Afterglow Way ) ; Bronxville , New York ( on Prescott and Valley roads ) ; Chicago , Illinois ; Liberal , Kansas ; Sedan , Kansas and Chittenango , New York , as well as a school in Abington , Pennsylvania , and abroad in Sofia , Bulgaria . </P>
<P> The actual road is believed to be one in Peekskill , New York , where L. Frank Baum attended Peekskill Military Academy . According to a local legend , the Yellow Brick Road was derived from a road paved with yellow bricks near Holland , Michigan , where Baum spent summers . Ithaca , New York , also makes a claim for being Frank Baum 's inspiration . He opened a road tour of his musical , The Maid of Arran , in Ithaca , and he met his future wife Maud Gage Baum while she was attending Cornell University . At the time , yellow bricks paved local roads . Yellow brick roads can also be found in Aberdeen , South Dakota ; Albany , New York ; Rossville ( Baltimore County ) , Maryland ; Montclair , New Jersey ( Parkhurst Place and Afterglow Way ) ; Bronxville , New York ( on Prescott and Valley roads ) ; Chicago , Illinois ; Liberal , Kansas ; Sedan , Kansas and Chittenango , New York , as well as a school in Abington , Pennsylvania , and abroad in Sofia , Bulgaria . </P>
where is the real yellow brick road located
where is the real yellow brick road located
in Peekskill , New York
in Peekskill , New York