Can’t say I find myself in a library often these days, many believe I was put off after finding out my department at University was called “Department of Library Studies” until a couple of years before I attended. (It changed to the Department of Information Science, if you were wondering. Sneaky, huh.)

However, turns out that some of these book-wielding buildings actually look really cool inside. Granted, I nearly clicked away from the web site that presented me with this insight (another stumble…) after it’s title was “Hot Library Smut”. Thankfully the first paragraph reassured me and I scrolled down to see the impressive interiors of the BNF in Paris and the British Library, amongst others.

It’s no secret that I like looking at buildings. It’s also no secret that I like flying. Eero Saarinen’s main building of Terminal 5 at New York’s JFK airport is just about the perfect amalgamation of the two. I absolutely love it.

Photo credit: plemeljr / grubbykid.com

The photo above was taken by plemeljr of grubbykid.com (real name currently unknown - if this is you, get in touch and I’ll credit you accordingly!) and is part of a larger photo set on his flickr account and a particularly well written blog post.

Web Urbanist has a post with pictures of abandoned buildings throughout America.