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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

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

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

charles dickens

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.

Burros Alfa and Beto, seen here with Luis Soriano in 2008, have been helping the teacher deliver books for more than 20 years.

How One Man and His ‘Biblioburro’ Spreads Literacy in Rural Colombia

Luis Sorriano straps his books to two trusted donkeys and brings the classroom to children in hard-to-reach towns.

The Podcast Team July 5, 2025

London, England

Sherlock Holmes Statue

This tribute to the fictional detective stands at the famous literary character's address.

Boyne City, Michigan

Horton Bay General Store

Ernest Hemingway used to frequent this general store, which appears in several of his short stories.

Lakeside, Nebraska

Mari Sandoz Gravesite

The final resting place of the West’s original scribe.

Valladolid, Spain

Museo Casa de Cervantes

The Spanish writer devoted hours to writing 'Don Quixote' in this house.

F. Scott Fitzgerald poses in his military uniform in 1917; he was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville in March 1918.

The Great Gatsby’s Grand American Dream Began in Louisville

How this Kentucky city fueled the imagination of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Sponsored By Louisville Tourism

London, England

Victorian Penny Chute

An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.

Guildford, England

Lewis Carroll’s Pulpit

Hidden in plain sight inside this church is a pulpit that was occasionally used by the author of ‘Alice in Wonderland.’

Oxford, England

Lamb and Flag

A less famous, short-lived meeting spot of the Inklings.

For years, this slab engraved with the name "Charlotte Temple" and no other information drew crowds of mourners to the graveyard at New York's Trinity Church.

What Lies Beneath the Gravestone of a Fictional It Girl?

Here lies Charlotte Temple, who did not exist.

Allegra Rosenberg February 11, 2025