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A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

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

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

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

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.

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

The library of every book lover's dreams.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

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

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

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

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

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

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

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

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

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

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

Site where Moses may have received the Ten Commandments.