Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture

The oldest subscription library in Britain was started by lead miners in southwest Scotland.

The world's smallest Austen museum is inside an unassuming phone booth.

In 1889, a small group of women began meeting to discuss literature, art, and other topics. Their every-other-week salon grew into a lending library that still exists today.

This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

One man’s collection of photography books has transformed into a charming exhibition space.

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.