Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

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

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

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

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

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

This once-booming gold mining hub was basically abandoned overnight.

This crescent-shaped sliver of sand is a magical haven for a herd of feral horses.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.