The Library of Parliament in Ottawa, Canada holds a special distinction on our list, as it is the only library of such prominence that its likeness is printed on the country’s currency (it is featured on Canada’s ten dollar bill). The design of this national landmark was inspired by the British Museum Reading Room, and includes walls supported by 16 Read more...

One of the best libraries in the world, and certainly one of the most distinctive and an architectural feat in its own right, the National Library of Belarus is shaped like a Rhombicuboctahedron (or this, for our fellow non-mathematicians). The unique 22-story building was opened in 2006, although the library has been in operation since 1922. The library is a Read more...

A supermarket is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food, beverages and household products, organized into sections. A larger full-service supermarket combined with a department store is sometimes known as a hypermarket. Read more...

Nestled among the mountains in Jackson Hole is a library that’s the opposite of stuffy. The building blends in seamlessly with its natural surroundings thanks to its brown log walls. Read more...

A simple brick library is always a classic to visit. Plus, this library has not only over 150,000 books, but also an arsenal of historical federal documents safely stored away — making it even more fascinating on the historic scale. Read more...

By now you’re probably convinced to get a library card pronto, but even if books don’t fascinate you, there’s much more to do at Nashville Public Library’s Bellevue branch than read. The space also includes Read more...

The Boston Public Library is the second largest in the country, at 930,000-square-feet and holding 21 million items — but that’s only part of why it’s so spectacular. The older side of the building, which opened in 1895, features murals by John Singer Sargent, and a courtyard based on the 16th-century Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome. Read more...

The town of Coeur D’alene is named after a neighboring lake, so it’s fitting that its public library has views straight to the water. The neutral-hued library, which opens up onto a neighboring park, also won an Idaho Library of the Year Award in 2012. Read more...

Planet Fitness prides itself on providing the everyday exerciser with “judgment-free” workout zones, calling other fitness facilities out for catering to members who exhibit “Lunky behavior”, intimidating other members as a result. And not only is this fitness franchise on a mission to offer a more welcoming and relaxing exercise atmosphere, but with their most exclusive membership package topping off Read more...

When this mall opened in 1957, its inward-facing design around an open plaza was innovative. It is now New Jersey’s largest shopping mall.   Read more...