Do you enjoy visiting other libraries when traveling? Check out these awesome libraries that are tourist destinations in and of themselves.

The American Library Association would like your best library photos! Make submissions by August 16th. You could win an ALA store gift certificate!

Are you a Harry Potter fan and traveling to the UK sometime soon? Buzzfeed has put together a fun Harry Potter road trip! Start at Platform 9 3/4 and end up in the Scottish highlands. 🙂

Many of the old New York Public Library branches were built with apartments in them for custodians and their families. Coal was used to heat many of these buildings and the custodians needed to be there day and night to keep the fires fed. Atlas Obscura has a fascinating article about these old apartments.

Do you need more reading goals? Goodreads has a fun new Summer Reading Challenge.

Don’t forget to sign up for summer reading at DBRL, too!

Can we get enough pretty pictures of libraries? Absolutely not! Feast your eyes on these gorgeous libraries around the world, from National Geographic.

Can’t get enough of these gorgeous photos of the insides of libraries around the world! They were taken by architectural photographer Reinhard Görner.  Do you take photos of libraries when you travel?

Have you visited any of these extreme libraries?

Love libraries and baking? There is Sourdough Library in Belgium! Get a tour by watching the video here by Atlas Obscura.

Visiting New York City? It now has a Cocktail Book Library!