The Main Branch of the Cleveland Public Library: Cleveland, Ohio

Gems of this city include Lake Erie (tortured as it is by thoughtless development), the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Orchestra + Severance Hall, the Emerald Necklace (aka the Metroparks), and the stellar library system, the peoples' university. The main branch is the 3rd-largest public research library in the country and jam-packed with great stuff, from indoor and outdoor reading gardens to collections of maps and postcards. You can go up to the 10th floor of the Stokes Wing for kille...