I'm a nerd. I love books, I love architecture, I love a good backstory, and libraries have all three. They are some of the most interesting and beautiful buildings we humans create. They're also ...

Steeped in history and intricately decorated, these beautiful libraries around the world draw thousands of visitors each year ...

Travellers, in particular, find novel appeal in the splendour and secrets of grand libraries, for a few of these facades tell endless stories to the world not only through the books on their ...

and frescos, while Taipei's Beitou Branch resembles a treehouse more than a shelter for books. We scoured the internet and found 20 of the most beautifully designed libraries around the world.

From the Library of Congress to Oxford’s Bodleian Library, the British Library to the Vatican Library, there is no shortage of famous beautiful libraries around the world. Others may not be as ...