Cambridge, Massachusetts
Longfellow House
One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Chicago, Illinois
A Bibliophile's Dream.
Union, Connecticut
This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
West Hartford, Connecticut
This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.
Rochester, New York
A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.
Birmingham, Alabama
A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.
New York, New York
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
Oxford, England
An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.
Oxford, England
J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.
Big Sur, California
It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.
Hereford, England
Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.
Oxford, England
One of Europe's oldest libraries.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles
Dublin, Ireland
The oldest public library in Ireland.
Crieff, Scotland
Scotland's first free lending library, which protects literacy through inheritance.
Stamford, Connecticut
An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Grantham, England
One of the oldest libraries in England, and one of the last of the great medieval chained collections.
New York, New York
The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.
Berlin, Germany
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Manchester, England
Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.
Aix-en-Provence, France
A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.