Kolkata, India
College Street
The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Kolkata, India
The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.
Boston, Massachusetts
A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.
Salem, Massachusetts
"Try not to knock anything over!"
Boston, Massachusetts
A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.
Ithaca, New York
The library of every book lover's dreams.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Union, Connecticut
This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
San Francisco, California
With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.
Washington, D.C.
A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.
Boston, Massachusetts
Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.
Birmingham, Alabama
A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.
Utrecht, Netherlands
'The Letters of Utrecht' lays out a ribbon of poetry one letter at a time, with no final verse in sight.
Oxford, England
An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.
Big Sur, California
It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.
Providence, Rhode Island
Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.
Los Angeles, California
World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.
Baku, Azerbaijan
A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.
New York, New York
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
Stamford, Connecticut
An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
London, England
This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.
Grantham, England
One of the oldest libraries in England, and one of the last of the great medieval chained collections.
Berlin, Germany
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Aix-en-Provence, France
A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.