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The residence of a Taiwanese literary scholar sits down an alleyway adorned with depictions of snails.

A commemoration of the little-known cultural influence that Tolstoy had on India.

The Russian author's writing desk remains inside the house where he spent part of his Siberian exile.

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

The only monument in Slovenia celebrating the famous writer, who stayed there for one night entirely by mistake.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

The writer took refuge in this home in Southern France for the last 17 years of his life.

Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.

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

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

The Nobel-Prize-winning author of The Stranger is buried beneath a simple gravestone in a sleepy French village.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.

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

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

A sandstone block marks the alleged spot where the legendary writer was conceived.