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Ripton, Vermont
Robert Frost Interpretive Trail
This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.
Cambridge, England
Ascension Parish Burial Ground
The graveyard with the highest IQ in Britain.
San Francisco, California
Poet's Corner
A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Wall Poems of Charlotte
Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.
Lowell, Massachusetts
Jack Kerouac Park
A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.
Camden, New Jersey
Walt Whitman's Grave
The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.
Tomkins Cove, New York
Bear Mountain Walt Whitman Statue
The poet's been ambling through these New York woods since 1940.
Ozd, Romania
Castle of Magyarózd
Home of the first female Hungarian poet, where her secret writing lay hidden for over a century.
Menlo Park, California
The Great Spirit Path
A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.
Stockholm, Sweden
Pompes Grav (Pompe the Dog's Grave)
A tombstone on the grounds of the royal castle marks the burial site of a Swedish king's beloved dog.
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Emily Dickinson's Black Cake
This brandy-spiked recipe reveals the reclusive poet was actually a well-known baker.
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For Sale: Original Poetry, Handwritten by Bonnie and Clyde
The outlaw lovers had some literary tendencies.
Los Angeles, California
Venice Beach Poet's Monument
The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.
Florence, Italy
The English Cemetery
Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.
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Mari Lwyd
In Wales, midwinter is the right time to look a gift horse in its gaping skull-mouth.
Bognor Regis, England
Blake's Cottage
Poet William Blake penned some of his most famous work during his brief stay at this beloved country cottage.
New York, New York
Rivers Cosmogram
A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.
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The 10th-Century Baghdad Cookbook That’s a Poetic Tome to Food
The text features exhaustive directions for cooking, eating, and being.
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