The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

This 16th-century church now has a heavenly second life as a cultural hub of Pátzcuaro.

Mexico’s first and only Tzotzil Maya bookbinding workshop.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

Explore the evolution of printing technology, from cuneiform to Kindle.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

This centuries-old tree tells an unusual tale of vegetation and fertility in the desert.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.