literary sites
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Inn of the Turquoise Bear
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Birthplace of F. Scott Fitzgerald
St. Paul, Minnesota
1896
The birthplace of American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Jane Austen Birthplace
Steventon, England
1775
The rectory where Jane Austen was born no longer survives, but the scenic site where it used to stand is worth visiting.
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Jane Austen House
Bath, England
1792–96 (built); 1801-05 (Austens in residence)
Jane Austen lived in this townhouse at 4 Sydney Place with her family from 1801 to 1805.
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Hotel Monteleone
New Orleans, Louisiana
1886; 1954
Founded in 1886 and mostly rebuilt in 1954, this luxurious French Quarter hotel has been owned by a Sicilian-American family since the beginning.
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J. R. R. Tolkien House
Oxford, England
A blue plaque marks the family home of author J. R. R. Tolkien from 1930 to 1947, at 20 Northmoor Road in Oxford. Here Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and the first two volumes of The Lord of the Rings.
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Anna Sewell House
Great Yarmouth, England
early 17C
The Sewell House in Great Yarmouth is a Grade II listed building constructed in the early 17th century. Best known as the birthplace of Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty, it is open to visitors as part of the Redwings Horse Sanctuary.
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Jane Austen's House Museum
Chawton, England
Jane Austen lived at Chawton Cottage in Hampshire during the happiest and most productive period of her life, from 1809 to 1817.
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Anna Sewell House
Old Catton, England
18C
The Anna Sewell House in Old Catton is a Grade II listed building constructed in the 18th century. It was the home of its namesake, the author of Black Beauty (which was written here), for the last 10 years of her life, 1867-1878.
