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Niš, Serbia

The Monument of Stevan Sremac and Kalča

A bronze sculpture honoring a famous Serbian writer and a character from his novel.
Nexø, Denmark

Martin Andersen Nexø Museum

The childhood home of the author of Pelle the Conqueror.
Chittenango, New York

All Things Oz Museum

It has a large collection of Wizard of Oz and OZ universe related items.
Oviedo, Spain

La Regenta

A statue honoring the tragic heroine of a Spanish literary masterpiece.
New York, New York

Edgar Allan Poe Street

A tidbit of Poe history on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Fernandina Beach, Florida

The Book Loft

Amelia Island’s oldest independent bookstore is a cozy oasis for literary exploration.
England

Highwayman Higgins’ House

The genteel home of a charming thief who fooled a town, and almost cheated death.
London, England

186 Fleet Street

The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.
Brodzany, Slovakia

A.S. Pushkin Slavic Museum

A museum documenting the unlikely shared literary connection between Russia and Slovakia.
Dresden, Ontario

Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History

The settlement of a leading abolitionist who inspired one of America's most influential novels.
Quintanar de la Orden, Spain

Entremontes Winery’s Tile Mosaics

Cervantes’ Don Quixote lives on in mosaics at this La Mancha winery.
Bergerac, France

Statues of Cyrano de Bergerac

Two very different statues celebrate the literary legacy of this medieval Dordogne town.
Buffalo, New York

The Mark Twain Room

A library room filled with Twain’s relics, and a recovered literary treasure.
Charlotte Temple’s grave
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Here Lies Charlotte Temple, the Woman Who Never Existed

Why have so many people made the pilgrimage to a fictional character’s grave?
The Podcast Team September 16, 2025
Seattle, Washington

Narihira Poetry Plaque

Amid the bustle of the Pike Place Market is a poem by famed Japanese poet Narihira.
The <em>Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam</em> bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe 1909-11
astronomy

The Bejewled ‘Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ at the Bottom of the Ocean

This luxurious edition of the Persian poetry collection went down with the Titanic in 1912.
The Podcast Team August 7, 2025
Omni Parker House Hotel
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The Omni Parker House: Inside the History of Boston’s Most Iconic Hotel

Charles Dickens once stayed here on a reading tour for ‘A Christmas Carol.’
The Podcast Team July 17, 2025
New York, New York

Charlotte Temple’s Grave

A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.