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Follow in Raskolnikov's footsteps.

How to Take a Literary Pilgrimage in the Real World

First get lost in the pages, then get lost in the places.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 12, 2019

The manuscript bound into the printed text.

Found: A Medical Manual Linking Medieval Ireland to the Islamic World

Knowledge transcends borders.

Noor Al-Samarrai March 6, 2019

Denzer's books remind you that books are objects. Also, cheese is fun.

objects of intrigue

Every Page of This Book Is a Slice of Cheese

And it's sitting on the shelves at several university libraries.

Abigail Cain February 18, 2019

Caga libri.

Monument to Niccolò Tommaseo

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

The Seuss collection up for auction.

For Sale: Letters and Illustrations From Dr. Seuss

The collection comes from a time when the author was just becoming a household name.

Jonathan Carey January 29, 2019

The Little Free Library next to its house.

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Little Free Library in a 110-Year-Old Tree Stump

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

Innocent kids' stories can be horror stories too.

24 Children's Stories That Still Give Us the Creeps

Atlas Obscura readers wrote in about the classic tales that taught them one thing—unease.

Eric Grundhauser January 25, 2019

Inside the library.

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Royal Library of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

This influential Renaissance-era library was once the haunt of kings and monks.

Medieval bestiary manuscript showing a werewolf.

London, England

British Library Treasures Gallery

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

The teeth looked unremarkable at first glance, but blue pigments jumped out under the microscope.

How a Blue Tooth Led Scholars to a Medieval Manuscript Mystery

And illuminated the hidden contributions of a female artist.

Jessica Leigh Hester January 9, 2019

Consuegra, Spain

Consuegra Windmills

This line of 12 tower mills described in the story of Don Quixote is among the most iconic landscapes in Spain.

In his performances, Dickens took to the stage alone, with little more than a desk and his book.

objects of intrigue

Charles Dickens Couldn't Stop Tinkering With 'A Christmas Carol'

He revised and revised whenever he took his show on the road.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 17, 2018

Adams’ Antiquarian Bookstore.

Hobart, New York

Hobart Book Village

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

How to See the Poetry in Plants

A botanist made fantastical sketches of the rain forests' natural wonders.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 14, 2018

The sculpture.

Woking, England

'The Martian'

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

The Karen Blixen Museum in Nairobi.

Karen Blixen Museum

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

The Book Town.

Urueña

This charming, medieval walled village is Spain's first "book town."

The Writer's Museum.

Edinburgh, Scotland

The Writers' Museum

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.