Be an original! Find unique gifts and support literacy by visiting our favorite literary landmark shops. Each offers unusual and meaningful gift ideas for the book lovers, teachers, librarians, and history buffs in your life. Author Adventures receives no compensation from these fantastic stores other than sheer joy.
1888 at Hotel Del Coronado (CA): https://store.hoteldel.com
Birchbark Books (MN): birchbarkbooks.com/onlineshop
Booked Up (TX): bookedupac.com
Fairchild Garden (FL): store.fairchildonline.com
Franklin Institute (PA): scistore.fi.edu
Ghost Ranch (NM):ghostranch.org/trading-post
Hearst Castle (CA): shop.hearstcastle.org
The King Center (GA): choosenonviolence.org/bookstore
Library of Congress (DC): library-of-congress-shop.myshopify.com
Margaret Mitchell House (GA): atlantahistorycenter.com
Mark Twain House (CT): store.marktwainhouse.org
Monticello (VA): monticelloshop.org
Norman Rockwell Museum (MA): store.nrm.org
Old Salem Museum & Gardens (NC): shop.oldsalem.org
Orchard House (MA): louisamayalcott.org/shop.html
Plimoth Plantation (MA): plimoth.org/plan-your-visit/shop
Powell’s Books (OR): powells.com
Prairie Lights (IA): prairielights.com
The Strand (NY): strandbooks.com/about-strand-books
Tattered Cover (CO): tatteredcover.com
And don’t miss checking out UneekDollDesigns, whose one-of-a-kind miniature dolls of literary figures appear on several pages of authoradventures.org. An example is here: Emily Dickinson.