Top USA Literary Tours

Get an equal taste of local brews and local literary icons during this historic tour of Greenwich Village. Follow your friendly guide through city streets and learn where writers, poets, and playwrights lived, drank. and partied. You have time to relax at each stop—purchase a drink if you'd like—while you guide shared details about some of the city's most influential minds.

A history-saturated neighborhood and a literary landmark, Monterey’s Cannery Row is a must-see for fans of John Steinbeck and American literature—and this self-led walking tour offers a seamless, flexible way to discover. Upon purchasing, download the audio tour and use when and as often as you’d like. You’ll learn about the rise and fall of the local fishing industry, Steinbeck’s work, the neighborhood’s revival, and more.

Add a bit of context to your French Quarter explorations with a private, customizable tour led by a long-term resident of the neighborhood who. Your tour will be tailored to suit your interests, with the option to cover topics such as LGBTQ history in the French Quarter, literary history in the neighborhood, or even Voodoo.

Explore the literary highlights of Key West during this walking tour, inspired by David A. Kaufelt’s original literary walking tour. An in-the-know guide whisks you around the Old Town to the former homes and favorite haunts of writers that have called the island home, including Shel Silverstein, Tennessee Williams, and Robert Frost. Since this is a small-group tour, you’ll have plenty of time to ask questions, too.

New York City is filled with TV and movie filming locations from some of the most popular super-hero movies. Let a guide show you more than 40, and take the stress out of trying to find them on your own. From Spider-Man to The Avengers, and Batman and Superman, visit well-known spots where these superheroes saved the world during this super tour of NYC heroes and comics.

Learn all about the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald on this private, historic walking tour in St. Paul. Your guide will be a wealth of knowledge regarding the popular author, and will share stories about life in the Roaring ‘20s, learn about the Victorian lifestyle, and much more. Walk at your own pace on this tour that will last approximately two hours.

Explore the literary side of Brooklyn on a 3 hour walking tour with an informative guide. Visit Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill, stopping at bars that were favorite watering holes for renowned writers. Purchase a drink to sip while hearing passages of the writers' work read aloud and learning about the history of the the bars, the neighborhoods and New York City as a whole. You'll gain insight into the urban planning of Robert Moses, and check out architectural and historical points of interest on this fun and fascinating tour.

See the Library of Alexandria without having to sort out your own transportation on this tour, which includes round-trip transfers from your Alexandria hotel in a private vehicle. Choose from a car-and-driver package or opt for a complete tour, that includes entry fees and the services of your own private guide.

Hop on this 90-minute tour, and you’ll walk away in love with Asheville’s literary scene. Following your guide from stop to stop—including the Thomas Wolfe Memorial and Grove Arcade—hear about (and see!) the city’s deep history across film, literature, pop culture, Hollywood, and more. Doubling as a walking tour of downtown Asheville, you’ll get an intimate look at the “Paris of the South.”

Get to know Boston through an interactive scavenger hunt game. Without the need of an internet connection, follow along with the game and try to solve each clue. As you play, learn about the history of the city and visit some of Boston’s most notable sites. Play at your own pace and in your own time.

Immerse yourself in San Francisco’s rich literary history—and follow in the footsteps of the city’s most famous writers and luminaries—on this walking tour. In the afternoon, meet your author and journalist guide right outside the legendary City Lights Bookstore, and get ready to explore. In between visiting the Beat Museum, art exhibitions, and writer-beloved dive bars, you’ll learn about the city’s literary past.

Saint Francis Wood is not a neighborhood where most visitors to San Francisco will end up, yet the Riddle of the Sphinx Tour found there is incredibly evocative of the city’s spirit of creativity. This guided experience includes playing games and solving riddles in three enchanted gardens, in what may be the most immersive art installation in San Francisco. Described as a journey into the self, this Gregangelo Museum experience is intimate, personal, and uniquely San Francisco.

Join us for “Griffins, Goblets, and Gold,” an interactive ‘Magical Arts’ tour in the Metropolitan Museum inspired by a well-loved book series about magic and wizards. See spaces and places that might remind you of those in the books, from part of an actual castle to mythical creatures that resemble those in the story. You’ll participate in activities, explore the museum from a wizard’s perspective… and maybe even do a little magic. (Appropriate interactive wizards gear is encouraged.) Advance reservations required. Please allow two hours for your tour. Please note: There are no objects or replicas of objects from the movies in the Metropolitan Museum. These tours are in no way endorsed by or affiliated with J.K. Rowling, Bloomsbury Publishing, Arthur Levine Books, Scholastic, Little, Brown, Pottermore or Warner Bros.

The Art of Stories: A Literary Adventure in the Metropolitan Museum of Art We’re all storytellers, and we live in a world of stories. All our interactive museum tours are inspired by stories, and we’re pleased to present our newest tour, a story…about stories themselves. “The Art of Stories” looks at tales of the Met, backstories of the works of art, narratives set in the museum, and the origin of stories themselves, seen through the perspective of works of art. From myths to fairy tales, fables to epic quests, the tour will transport participants to a cave full of treasure and heroes on daring quests, a sword in a stone and a girl who loses her shoe. We’ll see how stories can take us to other worlds, shift our viewpoint of the world we’re in….and sometimes literally save someone’s life.

Discover literary treasures by walking through Capitol Hill. The tour will also include passing by sites like the U.S Capitol and Library of Congress. The tour begins on H St, a vibrant neighborhood for restaurants and entertainment. We will begin with a visit to Solid State, a black-owned independent bookstore featuring a diverse selection of fiction and non-fiction titles. Grab a coffee or tea (included), and we will take a 25 minute walk (or Uber based on weather conditions, which will be included in the price). Next, East City -Is an independent women bookstore founded by local bibliophile Laurie Gillman, followed by Capitol Hill Books, a quaint bookstore with many rooms, including rooms like the Mystery Room, the Cultural Closet and the Weird Section Lastly, you can continue to enjoy vendors and food at DC’s landmark, Eastern Market. The tour will end here, and you will have time to enjoy the market on your own.