This is the latest for our series The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries. I won’t bury the lede: Quebec City’s Morrin Centre might be the only library you’ll ever visit that also has a dungeon. Okay, ...

Some libraries aren't just places to borrow books — they're destinations with deep history and architecture that tell stories beyond the pages. The 1000 Libraries Awards 2025 highlights some of the ...

For the last couple years, Jill Harness has been rounding up the world's most beautiful libraries by continent. Here they are all in one place, in no particular order. Aside from being absolutely ...

They're one of the last remaining places where you can just sit and explore for hours on end. When done right, they're also beautiful spaces that fill visitors with awe. Business Insider has ranked ...

Duke Humfrey's Library in the UK's University of Oxford came 4th. It's one of Europe's oldest reading rooms still in use. P.S. The only Asian spot in the various Top 10 lists is the stunning ...

You might have missed it, but a passage in author Christopher Hitchens’s 2010 memoir, Hitch-22, triggered a happy buzz among library bloggers at the time, and it can still judder the heart of library ...

It may come as a surprise, but one of the most audacious and beautiful Gilded Age libraries in America was built in a town in the Shenandoah out of spite. Former Travel Editor Henry H. Gardiner, ...

If Belle is your favourite Disney character, and you absolutely love reading, then you'll be desperate to go and visit this stunning library that looks like it's straight out of Beauty & the Beast.

A new exhibition at the British Library in London celebrates the ability of a gorgeous graphic to tell the story of data, revealing an important truth about our world. Beautiful Science: Picturing ...