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Chefs Elizabeth Johnson of Pharm Table in San Antonio and Juan Cabrera Barrón of Fonda Fina in Mexico City page through the collection's oldest book.

Generations of Handwritten Mexican Cookbooks Are Now Online

North America's largest-known Mexican cookbook collection inspires both tears and restaurant dishes.

Nils Bernstein February 10, 2020

The collection comprises volumes from all over the world, including this handwritten holy book, composed on parchment in an Ethiopian monastery.

The Belgrade Book Collection That Survived War, Fascism, and Neglect

One family has kept it going—and growing—since 1720.

Bhavya Dore January 30, 2020

Milbourne, England

The Millbourne Lane Phone Box Library

A classic red phone box converted into an informal village library.

View of the inside of the library

Yusuhara, Japan

Yusuhara Town Library

High in the mountains of Kochi Prefecture, a magnificent library designed by a world-famous architect.

A contemporary reported that Queen Elizabeth I translated Boethius, Plutarch, and more.

Found: A Manuscript Sloppily Edited by Queen Elizabeth I

Her Latin was impressive, but her cursive wasn't.

Isaac Schultz December 2, 2019

Private railways once offered fine cuisine for the well-heeled.

A Newly Digitized Menu Collection Shows Off America’s Lost Railroad Cuisine

Once, Americans rode the rails for charbroiled steak, golden French toast, and prunes.

Claire Voon December 2, 2019

São Miguel, Portugal

Solar Branco Gin Library

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

Casa del Diablo.

San Luis Tehuiloyocan, Mexico

La Casa del Diablo (The Devil's House)

This house covered in art created with volcanic rocks is shrouded in macabre lore.

Visitors to Lev's Gathering Place can listen to thousands of classic recordings from the Golden Age of black gospel music.

Lev's Gathering Place

A musical sanctuary that preserves gospel’s Golden Age is tucked inside a library at Baylor University.

Mendy Cahan, the founder of Yung Yidish, a nonprofit organization preserving Yiddish culture at Tel Aviv's Central Bus Station.

A Unifying Yiddish Library in Tel Aviv's Dilapidated Bus Station

Amid sputtering engines and towering stacks of books, people gather to revive a suppressed language.

Gitit Ginat September 10, 2019

Beaney House of Art and Knowledge exterior.

Canterbury, England

Beaney House of Art and Knowledge

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

Inside the Biblioteca Palafoxiana.

Biblioteca Palafoxiana

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

The photography library

Yerevan, Armenia

Mirzoyan Library

One man’s collection of photography books has transformed into a charming exhibition space.

Little Free Library on Newington Avenue in Larne Town.

Larne, Northern Ireland

Little Free Library Carnfunnock Park

These tiny book repositories are inspiring new readers across Northern Ireland.

The Bodmer Library

Cologny, Switzerland

The Bodmer Library

A trove of ridiculously valuable prints and manuscripts under one roof.

The Matenadaran and statue of Mesrop Mashtots.

Yerevan, Armenia

The Matenadaran

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

Charentais Melon

The melon has its own sculpture, festival, and order of knights.

In a Special Room in an Ohio Library, Toni Morrison’s Legacy Lives On

The Nobel Prize–winning novelist never lost touch with her hometown.

Sabrina Imbler August 8, 2019