Places LibrariNerd Wants to Go

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

One of the oldest libraries in England, and one of the last of the great medieval chained collections.

This floating cinema brings new meaning to the phrase "going out" to the movies.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.