Edinburgh, Scotland
Paperback Bookshop Rhinoceros
This small sculpture honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
This small sculpture honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.
Paris, France
The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.
Evanston, Illinois
Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
Lille, France
Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.
New York, New York
A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.
Chicago, Illinois
The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.
Washington, D.C.
A nostalgic bibliographic gem.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.
New York, New York
This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.
London, England
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
New York, New York
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.