Literature

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

The home of one of America's most beloved fictional characters has become a real world landmark.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.