Gotta admit it…

WE’RE BOOK GEEKS!

We still like to spend time combing the aisles of musty bookstores looking for rare out-of-print books.
We’ll bypass Wikipedia to flip through an outdated Encyclopedia Brittanica for outdated history facts.
Sorry Kindle. Our heart STILL belongs to the local public library.

Which is why our heart skipped SEVERAL beats when we discovered there are some prrrrretty
super awesome shrines to books (aka libraries) still not only existing but THRIVING on this planet.
Take that iPad!

Here are some of our favorites from Flavorwire’s list of the 25 Most Beautiful College Libraries in the World.
And trust us…these photos HAVE NOT BEEN RETOUCHED. These are for realz.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT

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Trinity College Library, a.k.a. “The Long Room”, Dublin, Ireland

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Harper Library Reading Room, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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George Peabody Library, John Hopkins Library, Baltimore, MD

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Pontifical Lateran University, Rome, Italy

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Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Wanna be awed some more? Yeah… we do to! Click here.