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Libraries

Every Book Is a Journey, But These Old Posters Make Reading Seem Like a Trip

Anika Burgess July 28, 2015

What they do in the off-season is their business.

Phoenicia, New York

The Anglers Parlor, aka The Jerry Bartlett Memorial Angling Collection

On the second floor of a small town library is an homage to angling and memorial to a great local fisherman.

How to Harvest a Library in Just 100 Years

Ella Morton July 14, 2015

objects of intrigue

Object of Intrigue: The Devil's Bible

Ella Morton July 7, 2015

The shelves are the structure.

Mexico City, Mexico

Biblioteca Vasconcelos

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Libraries And Cities Are Terrible At Keeping Track of Art

Sarah Laskow June 11, 2015

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Toronto, Ontario

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

FOUND: Boston's Missing Rembrandt Was in the Library All Along

Sarah Laskow June 5, 2015

Oxford, England

All Souls College Library

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

The Slocum collection

Bloomington, Indiana

Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection

The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.

The A.D. White Library

Ithaca, New York

The A. D. White Library

The library of every book lover's dreams.

Baltimore, Maryland

George Peabody Library

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

Secret Libraries of Chicago

New York Academy of Medicine Rare Book Library

New York, New York

New York Academy of Medicine Rare Book Library

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

Secret Libraries of Rome

Jennifer Clark January 28, 2015

Eight Former Churches Reborn, from Supercomputer to Skatepark

Kevin Lo January 20, 2015

objects of intrigue

Objects of Intrigue: The Tiny Photo Album of a "Fairy Wedding"

Allison Meier January 9, 2015

The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.