Places kbanshee Wants to Go

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

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

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

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.