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Milbourne, England

The Millbourne Lane Phone Box Library

A classic red phone box converted into an informal village library.
View of the inside of the library
Yusuhara, Japan

Yusuhara Town Library

High in the mountains of Kochi Prefecture, a magnificent library designed by a world-famous architect.
A contemporary reported that Queen Elizabeth I translated Boethius, Plutarch, and more.
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Found: A Manuscript Sloppily Edited by Queen Elizabeth I

Her Latin was impressive, but her cursive wasn't.
Isaac Schultz December 2, 2019
Private railways once offered fine cuisine for the well-heeled.
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A Newly Digitized Menu Collection Shows Off America’s Lost Railroad Cuisine

Once, Americans rode the rails for charbroiled steak, golden French toast, and prunes.
Claire Voon December 2, 2019
São Miguel, Portugal

Solar Branco Gin Library

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.
Casa del Diablo.
San Luis Tehuiloyocan, Mexico

La Casa del Diablo (The Devil's House)

This house covered in art created with volcanic rocks is shrouded in macabre lore.
Visitors to Lev's Gathering Place can listen to thousands of classic recordings from the Golden Age of black gospel music.
Waco, Texas

Lev's Gathering Place

A musical sanctuary that preserves gospel’s Golden Age is tucked inside a library at Baylor University.
Mendy Cahan, the founder of Yung Yidish, a nonprofit organization preserving Yiddish culture at Tel Aviv's Central Bus Station.
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A Unifying Yiddish Library in Tel Aviv's Dilapidated Bus Station

Amid sputtering engines and towering stacks of books, people gather to revive a suppressed language.
Gitit Ginat September 10, 2019
Beaney House of Art and Knowledge exterior.
Canterbury, England

Beaney House of Art and Knowledge

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.
Inside the Biblioteca Palafoxiana.
Puebla, Mexico

Biblioteca Palafoxiana

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.
The photography library
Yerevan, Armenia

Mirzoyan Library

One man’s collection of photography books has transformed into a charming exhibition space.
Little Free Library on Newington Avenue in Larne Town.
Larne, Northern Ireland

Little Free Library Carnfunnock Park

These tiny book repositories are inspiring new readers across Northern Ireland.
The Bodmer Library
Cologny, Switzerland

The Bodmer Library

A trove of ridiculously valuable prints and manuscripts under one roof.
The Matenadaran and statue of Mesrop Mashtots.
Yerevan, Armenia

The Matenadaran

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.
Gastro Obscura

Charentais Melon

The melon has its own sculpture, festival, and order of knights.
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In a Special Room in an Ohio Library, Toni Morrison’s Legacy Lives On

The Nobel Prize–winning novelist never lost touch with her hometown.
Sabrina Imbler August 8, 2019
Details of Juan O'Gorman's murals.
Pátzcuaro, Mexico

Gertrudis Bocanegra Public Library

This 16th-century church now has a heavenly second life as a cultural hub of Pátzcuaro.
World War II Lee Enfield rifle and Sten sub-machine gun , bayonets, World War I Webley pistol.
Hythe, England

Hythe Library Museum

This vintage weapons display would be the perfect place for bibliophiles to hold out in a zombie apocalypse.