This archive in Toronto has been active since 1792. Over 1.2 million photographs are stored, including the first known photos of the city taken in 1856-1857.
Ranked as the 4th most beautiful library in the world by Time Magazine, this Brazilian library is also a national cultural heritage site.
This library features an historic rotunda painted with intricate murals and a zodiac chandelier with 48 lights - the number of states at the time of construction.
These fanciful interiors belong to the oldest private club in Johannesburg, South Africa that has undergone transformations in recent years.
Built on reclaimed sea salt farms in Macau, this former school was transformed into a library in 1983.
A former savings and loan bank, this exhibition center is a hub for black art and culture.
Multiple societies came together in the late 1800s to create the first free public library in Rhode Island, which later morphed into this magnificent structure.
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The Morgan Library & Museum, once the private office and library of financier J.P. Morgan, is now a museum and scholarly research center in New York City.
The Peabody Institute in Baltimore, MD is known as the "Cathedral of Books" and is now part of Baltimore's free library system.
Thirty years after its founding, the University of Bucharest inherited this library which quickly grew from 3,400 volumes to over two million books and periodicals.
Founded in 1864, the Delaware Historical Society (DHS) was initially created to preserve materials related to the American Civil War.
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