11 Items Tagged

Mark Twain

From epics to sci-fi, an eclipse in literature means something bad is about to happen.

Stephen King, Shakespeare, and Many Writers Agree: Eclipses Are Doom

Beware the foreshadow of a darkened sky.

Suzie Dundas March 16, 2024

The Explorer's Guide to Highway 36: The Way of American Genius

Soak in the brilliance on a road trip along this brainy Missouri route.

Sponsored by Visit Missouri

The memorial stone and bridge.

Jonesport, Maine

Nellie Chapin Day Memorial

A memorial to an ill-fated Holy Land mission once described by Mark Twain as “a complete fiasco.”

Watch a Claymation Mark Twain Take Tom, Huckleberry, and Becky to Meet Satan

It'll have you repeating after Becky, "I want to go home."

Mariana Zapata October 31, 2016

The Tom and Becky Goodwill Ambassadors visit the Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

Inside the Perplexing 'Tom and Becky' Contest in Mark Twain's Hometown

Every year, two 12-year olds are chosen to represent the famous characters.

Amelia Ayrelan Iuvino October 18, 2016

What Did Abraham Lincoln Dream About? 8 Stories of Famous Dreams

Map depicting Kentucky Bend's isolation

Tiptonville, Kentucky

Kentucky Bend

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Connecticut)

Hartford, Connecticut

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

Barnard Castle, England

The Silver Swan

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

Nevada City, California

Nevada Theatre

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

Crypt of the Three Skeletons.

Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."