"Drunken ship" sculpture memorializing the French poet in the city where he died.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

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

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

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

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

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

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

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

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

A garden of flying flowers.