Ludlow, Vermont
Okemo Fire Tower
A 60-foot-tall tower provides unparalleled views of the southern Green Mountains.
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Ludlow, Vermont
A 60-foot-tall tower provides unparalleled views of the southern Green Mountains.
Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Chicago, Illinois
A Bibliophile's Dream.
Sydney, Australia
One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.
Maastricht, Netherlands
This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.
Homewood, Alabama
Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.
Kolkata, India
The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.
New York, New York
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
Brussels, Belgium
A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.
East Lyme, Connecticut
With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.
Lisbon, Portugal
The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.
Yangzhou Shi, China
Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.
Detroit, Michigan
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
Sonora, California
A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.
London, England
This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
Chicago, Illinois
The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.
Lille, France
Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.
Urueña, Spain
This charming, medieval walled village is Spain's first "book town."
Wigtown, Scotland
This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.
Quartzsite, Arizona
The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.
Nanjing, China
With former lives as a bomb shelter and government parking lot, this shop is one of China’s most extraordinary locales for book-lovers.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A beautiful little bookshop located in the middle of a desert.
London, England
Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.