Writers come out of every corner of the world and the places they come from often influence their writing.

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While some readers just care about the story, others like to know more about the person who wrote it. A great way to do that is to see where they lived. Some famous writers have even gotten their homes turned into museums! Here are 10 homes that belonged to famous writers to consider visiting on your travels.

10 John Steinbeck's House In California

John Steinbeck is most famous for his book, The Grapes of Wrath. He was born and grew up in this Californian home that has been converted into a museum and restaurant. The house is pretty gorgeous and was built back in the late 1800s. It still has a lot of old furniture from Steinbeck's life on display.

For those wanting something to remember their visit, the home's basement was turned into a gift shop, so you can visit and also do some shopping.

9 Jane Austen’s House Museum In England

This country cottage was the location where Jane Austen wrote and revised a lot of her famous publications, one of the most notable being Pride and Prejudice. Readers may also know her from her other works such as Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.

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Jane Austen lived in this house for the eight last years of her life and now it's open to the public. It's another great writer's house to visit on your travels.

8 The Vladimir Nabokov House Museum In Russia

Vladimir Nabokov is most famous for his book, Lolita. This museum includes a recreation of the dining room and library from Nabokov's childhood home.

On display, they have a lot of memorabilia that Nabokov collected such as a butterfly collection and unofficially published samizdat copies from the Soviet Union.

7 The Mark Twain House & Museum In Connecticut

Mark Twain wrote well-known books such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He wrote those books in this home as well as The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, A Tramp Abroad, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

Before its life today as a museum, this building also served as a school, a collection of apartments, and a public library. Its architecture is very notable, as it was styled in Victorian Gothic Revival architecture.

6 The Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum In Florida

Hemingway wrote a ton of books, the notable ones being The Old Man and the Sea, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Sun Also Rises.

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His home is open for visitors and there's a ton to see. If you're a cat lover, you can see the various Hemingway cats on the property that are famous for their extra toes. The house has gardens, a pool, and a lot of 17th and 18th century Spanish furniture which the writer collected. If you and your loved one are major fans of Hemingway, then know that the property even does weddings!

5 Dylan Thomas’ Home, The Boathouse, In Wales

Dylan Thomas was a famous poet and writer. He is most well known for the poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' and the play Under Milk Wood.

Even if the poet did not live here, the Boathouse is a lovely place to visit. It has plenty of remarkable views. Thomas even had a special writing shed above the Boathouse. While he died young, his family still visit the location from time to time. We recommend going with the goal of snacking in one of the Boathouses' tearooms.

4 The Anne Frank House In The Netherlands

Anne Frank became famous from her published diary after she passed away in a concentration camp. The place you can visit was more than a home for her family, but a hiding place from the Nazis. Anne Frank spent over 700 days in a Secret Annex and wrote plenty in her diary at the time. She couldn't go outside, so she wrote in her diary.

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The house is open to visits where you can explore the main house, the annex, and Anne Frank's room. There are also a lot of objects to see such as her original diary, pictures Anne Frank put up on the wall of her room, and more.

3 C.S. Lewis' Home, The Kilns, In England

Most known for his Narnia series, C.S. Lewis is one of many fantasy writers that flourished from Oxford, England. Tours of his home are made by appointment only, but it's well worth the planning if you want to learn more about this master of fantasy.

What sets it apart from many other homes on this list is that it isn't a museum. The official website states,  "It is the Foundation’s intention to honor the memory of C.S. Lewis by encouraging its continued use as a quiet place of study, fellowship and creative scholarly work, much in the manner that characterized Lewis’ own period of residency there."

2 The Karen Blixen Museum In Kenya

Karen Blixen is most famous for her memoir, Out of Africa, which detailed 17 years of her life which she spent living in Kenya.

Since her most famous work is a memoir, this estate really brings the book to life. There are continuous tours of the home with original decor and props from the film adaptation of her memoir. For those who haven't read her books, it's worth knowing that the property is also a coffee farm.

1 Gabriel García Márquez House Museum In Colombia

Most famous for his books, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Autumn of the Patriarch, and Love in the Time of Cholera, Márquez was a major Colombian writer and died rather recently in 2014. Despite his death not being too long ago, his house has already been converted to a museum for visitors.

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According to visitors, visiting the museum feels like being in one of Márquez's books. Also, visiting is free and the small town its located in offers an experience of seeing another side of Colombia.

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