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These Libraries Will Surprise You With Their Creativity

The entrance to the kid's section at a local library. 2. Teaching you not to judge a book by its cover. 3. This local library has a beehive in the kid's section with a tube that leads to the outside. 4. This school's library has a noise guide. [related_articles] 5.

12 Stunning Libraries That Will Captivate Bibliophiles

Related: If I Had a Home Library Like This I’d Never Leave My House 1. Morgan Library And Museum, New York Image credit: Richard Silver 2. Strahov Library, Prague, Czech Republic Image credit: Richard Silver 3. Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library, Antwerp, Belgium Image credit: Richard Silver 4. 

20 Nostalgic Images of Circulating Libraries

Greensboro, North Carolina, 1936 Image Source: Crossett Library / Flickr 9. Patrons Visiting The Bookmobile Image Source: Anne Arundel Country Public Library / Flickr 10. Chris Junapa Standing In The Bookmobile, 1980 Image Source: Kern County Library / Flickr [related_articles] 11. 

Welcome to the Most Beautiful Library in the World

The Klementinum Library is one of the most beautiful examples of Baroque style architecture. It was first opened in 1722 as part of the Jesuit University. It houses over 20,000 volumes and has been voted as the most majestic and stunning library in the world.

Judge a Book by Its Library - Beautiful!

Libraries, as the holders of knowledge, were some of the most important structures in any city. That is why some of them are breathtakingly beautiful, built with love for the knowledge they guard and give to their visitors.

This is Probably the Most Beautiful Library in the World...

The Admont Abbey in Admont, Austria contains the world's largest monastic library in the world, as well as the largest scientific collection. The Abbey was founded by Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg in 1074, but the library was not built until 1776 by the architect Joseph Hueber.

If I Had a Home Library Like This I’d Never Leave My House

Traditional home library in San Francisco Source: Houzz Modern home library in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid Source: Twisted Sifter Home library on Harbor Island, the Bahamas Source: Design File Actor Ben Stiller's home library Source: Everything Fab Professor Richard Macksey's library Source: Night RPM

10 Exquisite Libraries You Must See to Believe

Paris is home to some of the most elegant libraries in the world. French photographer, Franck Bohbot, has traveled the world to show his appreciation for the vintage book buildings. Bohbot currently resides in New York and is renowned for his symmetric compositions.

The World's Coolest Library Features 1.2 Million Books

Have you ever seen a library as stunning as this? The structure is incredible. It features a giant spherical auditorium in the middle that looks just like a giant eye.

Are These Buildings or Works of Art? Truly Astonishing

Public Library - Kansas City, Missouri, USA 5. Longaberger Basket Building - Newark, Ohio, USA 6. Wonder Works - Pigeon Forge, North Carolina, USA 7. Upside down house - Shimbark, Poland [related_articles] 8. Crooked house - Sopot, Poland 9. Tenerife Auditorium - Canary Islands, Spain 10.

These Incredible Designs Will Blow Your Mind!

Spotted at Egypt's Library of Alexandria. 8. Because two hands are old-fashioned... 9. The perfect design. 10. Does this ad for baking powder grab your attention? 11. Seven letters, seven animals. 12. The car that was built for 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'. 13.

7 Historical Facts That Aren't Actually True

The library of Alexandria was destroyed long before the famous fire Thousands of scrolls and pieces of priceless knowledge were all supposedly burned during Julius Caesars' attack on Alexandria in Egypt. But in reality, Caesar didn't practically destroy anything.

The Seven Ancient World Wonders Beautifully Reconstructed

The rest, which includes the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria, sadly no longer exist.

11 Magical Christmas Towns in America

Natchitoches, Louisiana Fly to: Alexandria International Airport This part of the states houses some of the most breathtaking historic French-Creole townhouses in the country. It is also home to one of the most famous Christmas festivals in the world - the Natchitoches Christmas Festival.

These Full-Color WWII Training Photos Are Most Striking!

IMAGE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS An M4 tank in action. IMAGE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS [related_articles] An M3 tank and crew prepare for the next maneuver. IMAGE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS An infantryman uses a half-track for cover while holding an M1 Garand rifle.

This Manuscript Has Stumped Scientists for Centuries!

Image: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library/Yale University Image: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library/Yale University Image: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library/Yale University Image: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library/Yale University Image: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library/Yale

Historical Window: Looking at Women Workers in WWI

Source: University of British Columbia Library Welding a frame tug for a military airplane. Source: University of British Columbia Library Pulling skins out of a lime pit in a tannery. Source: University of British Columbia Library Workers in a tannery.

See the World of Native Americans at the Turn of the 1900s

Curtis/Library of Congress Image: Edward S. Curtis/Library of Congress [related_articles] Image: Edward S. Curtis/Library of Congress Image: Edward S. Curtis/Library of Congress Image: Edward S. Curtis/Library of Congress Image: Edward S. Curtis/Library of Congress Image: Edward S.