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Dublin, Ireland

Marsh's Library

The oldest public library in Ireland.
Minsk, Belarus

National Library of Belarus

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.
Pristina, Kosovo

National Library of Kosovo

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.
Permanently Closed
A wall of sketchbooks at the Brooklyn Art Library.
St. Petersburg, Florida

Brooklyn Art Library

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles
John M. Mossman Lock Collection. (Press photo)
New York, New York

John M. Mossman Lock Collection

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.
The Waring Historical Library. (Press Photo)
Charleston, South Carolina

The Waring Historical Library

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.
Prelinger Library
San Francisco, California

Prelinger Library

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.
Paul Parquet's Fougère Royale
Versailles, France

The Osmothèque

Perfume museum and library.
Brussels, Belgium

Bibliotheca Wittockiana

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.
Oxford, England

Duke Humfrey's Library at the Old Bodleian Library

One of Europe's oldest libraries.
San Francisco, California

Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.
A close-up photograph of the chained books
Hereford, England

Hereford Cathedral Chained Library

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.
A book describing the man that is also made from.
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Athenaeum Skin Book

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.
EPFL Learning Center
Ecublens, Switzerland

EPFL Learning Center

The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.
Providence, Rhode Island

John Hay Library

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.
Permanently Closed
London, England

Wellcome Collection & Library

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
Jean-Martin Charcot's Library
Paris, France

Doctor Charcot's Library

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.
Jerusalem, Israel

National Library of Israel's Hidden "Stalag" Collection

Hidden out of public view in the National Library of Israel is a collection of "Stalag's," 1960s Nazi themed porno paperbacks written and consumed by Israelis.