Literature

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

This historic London residence was once the womb of Scientology.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.