Charles Dickens

The remains of the debtor’s prison that shaped Charles Dickens’ life and writing.

An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.

A rare full-sized statue of one of Britain's famous writers.

This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.

This 17th-century pub once had a hole in its wall so the neighboring blacksmith could easily access beer.

Hundreds of 19th-century characters descend upon an Ohio town every autumn.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.