Libraries are pretty awesome. Not only do they house abounding knowledge and cherished stories they're also quiet, peaceful, and quite nice to look at.

Here are some of the most beautiful libraries in the world.

1. Abbey Library of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

2. Admont Abbey Library, Admont, Austria

3. Austrian National Library, Vienna, Austria

4. Biblioteca Palafoxiana, Puebla, Mexico

5. Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France

6. Clementinum, Prague, Czech Republic

7. Codrington Library, Oxford, England

8. Coimbra Library, University of Coimbra–Alta and Sofia, Coimbra, Portugal

9. Conarte Library, Monterrey, Mexico

10. George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

11. Hearst Castle Gothic Study, San Simeon, California, USA

12. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA

13. The Library of El Escorial, Madrid, Spain

14. Melk Monastery Library, Melk, Austria

15. Mortlock Wing State Library, Adelaide, Australia

16. National Library of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan

17. Raza Library, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India

18. Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

19. Strahov Monastery Library, Prague, Czech Republic

20. Stuttgart City Library, Stuttgart Germany

21. Trinity College Old Library, Dublin, Ireland

22. Yangzhou Zhongshuge, Yangzhou, China

So there you go, don't you already feel calm and productive just looking at all those books?

Remember, these are just twenty-two of the hundreds of libraries across the country. While your own local library might not have the same pizzaz or grandeur as some of these I'm sure, if you looked close enough, you'd find something quite beautiful in the collection of knowledge all libraries supply.