David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...

A collection of wax anatomy by the great sculptor Clemente Susini.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

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

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

A 19th century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

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