Places rog18 Wants to Go

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.

A three-shelf library serves as a memorial in the Jewish cemetery of Krems.

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

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

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

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

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

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

The library of every book lover's dreams.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

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

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

One of Hungary's most influential places of learning is also home to one of the world's most beautiful libraries.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

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

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

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.