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I love the Atlas columns on the Jefferson Building.

Now wait a minute, which libraries are truly amazing?

In honor of National Library Week 2010, the Huffington Post is celebrating America's most amazing libraries. Here are America's most amazing libraries from the list, but I am rejecting the private libraries because they do not provide free, public access.

America's Most Amazing Libraries
Boston Public Library
*Library of Congress*
NY Public Library
Salt Lake City Public Library
Seattle Public Library

Some Other Terrific Libraries
Exeter Academy Library
George Peabody Library
Yale University Rare Book and Manuscript Library

You can vote for your favorite library on their website!

Jorge Luis Borges said, "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library."

The Writer's Almanac this morning talked about libraries, which you can also listen to:

It was on this day in 1833 that America's first tax-supported public library opened, in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Today, there are more than 9,000 public libraries in the United States, including the Peterborough Town Library, which is still going strong.

Jorge Luis Borges said, "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library."

Dr. Samuel Johnson said, "No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library."