Books

A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.