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Main Gallery of RLS Museum
St. Helena, California

Robert Louis Stevenson Museum

This California museum is home to one of the largest collections related to the 'Treasure Island' author.
Women of the Indigenous Purépecha community, here shown in line for local elections, have always taken an active role in the politics of Cherán, Mexico. Local legend even tells of a woman named Eréndira, who stole horses from Spanish invaders and led a rebellion against the colonialists.
literature

14 Women Activists Whose Names You Should Know

These feminist editors, swimming suffragists, and renegade cooks reshaped the world.
Sarah Durn March 3, 2022
House of Romeo
Verona, Italy

House of Romeo

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.
Khalil Gibran Memorial Monument
Washington, D.C.

Khalil Gibran Memorial Monument

Surrounded by a verdant garden and a backdrop of ivy, a monument to beloved poet Khalil Gibran stands outside of the Lebanese embassy.
The author's punch recipe is "a knockout."
charles dickens

Drink Like Dickens With the Author's Punch Recipe

With flair and fire, he turned mixology into a performance.
Sam O'Brien December 21, 2021
'Tick Tock'
Kirriemuir, Scotland

'Tick Tock'

A re-purposed wooden sculpture, depicting one of Scotland's most beloved writer's amphibious creations.
Zora Neale Hurston was an author, filmmaker, anthropologist, and leading light of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Keeping the Memory of Zora Neale Hurston Alive in a Small Florida City

The preservation of a heritage trail, where the author and anthropologist spent the last years of her life, takes a whole community.
Tunika Onnekikami December 6, 2021
Benches in the Park #2.
Toronto, Ontario

Lucy Maud Montgomery Park

Named after one of Canada's greatest writers who lived out her days in this quaint neighborhood.
Michael Ende Kurkpark (Michael Ende Park)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Michael Ende Kurkpark (Michael Ende Park)

A park dedicated to the titular writer filled with references to his work.
castles

Podcast: The Real Alchemist of Castle Frankenstein

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team October 25, 2021
This depiction of the Demon Boatman from the 1835 <em>Calendar of Horrors!</em> is one of the many penny dreadfuls that fueled Victorian moral panic over what children were reading.
murder

How Gruesome Penny Dreadfuls Got Victorian Children Reading

Despite causing a moral panic, these salacious tales helped boost literacy in Victorian England.
Sarah Durn October 22, 2021
Robert Penn Warren's Birthplace
Guthrie, Kentucky

Robert Penn Warren's Birthplace

The birthplace of the first author to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction and poetry.
Kostis Palamas House
Athens, Greece

Kostis Palamas House

The home of Greece’s national poet sits crumbling in the middle of a popular tourist district.
Permanently Closed
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Red Planet Books & Comics

The only Native American comic shop in the world.
The finished cottage loaf, left, with a simple version of <em>boeuf en daube</em>.
food

Virginia Woolf and the Complexities of Cottage Loaf

The famous feminist’s love for baking helps us understand her relationship with food, class, and mental illness.
Reina Gattuso September 24, 2021
Caroline "Caddie" Woodhouse's home.
Menomonie, Wisconsin

Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park

This park harkens back to frontier life in Wisconsin.
The plaque
London, England

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson Plaque

This plaque in one of London's oldest public hospitals commemorates the first meeting of two of Britain's most famous literary heroes: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Maryborough, Australia

The Story Bank

A museum dedicated to the legacy of writer P.L. Travers and her most beloved character, Mary Poppins.