Places oddfigg Wants to Go

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

One of the oldest libraries in England, and one of the last of the great medieval chained collections.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.