Places dswalsh7 Wants to Go

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

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

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

Lava stone structures possibly dating back to the 19th century may have been a stopping point for voyagers between ancient Egypt and the Mayan Civilization.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

This influential Renaissance-era library was once the haunt of kings and monks.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

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

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

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

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

Mysterious library of an infamous financier and spiritual seeker.

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

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

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

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents