Literature

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

This massive work of art was designed to commemorate Burns Night and the national poet of Scotland.

A stained-glass window from the 15th century offers a vision of the end of the world.

Experience history from the stomping grounds of the great Scottish poet.

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

A different kind of swan princess.

The histories of modern Chinese literature and anti-Japanese resistance collide in this Shanghai park.

This peaceful park saw the beginning of an extraterrestrial invasion in H.G. Wells's 'The War of the Worlds.'

Welsh literary history is preserved in the delicate pages of these medieval manuscripts.

It's believed the famed author's parents once used this spring to gather water.

The grounds of this Catholic boarding school are said to have inspired Arthur Conan Doyle and J.R.R. Tolkien.

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

This bank is widely believed to be the inspiration for the offices of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective featured in a number of Raymond Chandler's stories.

According to legend, King Arthur killed a beast that dwelled beneath the waters of this Welsh lake.