The biggest library in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is the Library of Congress found in the United States. The judgment was based on the shelf space that the library collection occupies. The Library of Congress occupies a space of about 850 km (530 miles) for its 150 million item collections.

Library of Congress – World’s biggest library
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So where is the biggest or largest castle in the world located? Is it in Europe? Or is the largest castle in North America? How would you know the total area of a castle? An article came up with an idea to compute the size using KML Area Calculator. The top 5 on the list are shown below. I added photos of the castles.

Malbork Castle in Poland – 143,591 square meters

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The list below of the Worlds Largest/Biggest Shopping Malls contains the world’s 13 largest shopping malls, based on gross leasable area (GLA) rather than total area. Gross leasable area indicates the amount of floor space available to be rented. It is defined as the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including any basements, mezzanines, or upper floors.

1. New South China Mall in Dongguan, China – 600,000 m2 (6.46 million sq ft)

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The ‘skinniest’ house or narrowest house in New York city is now for sale for a price tag of $2.7 million. Built in 1873, its dimension is 9 1/2 feet wide and 42 feet long.

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The prices of the Most Expensive houses in the U.S. have gone down due to the economic recession. If a house is priced over $100 million, will you still buy it?

Forbes released the 2009 America’s Most Expensive Homes. The list includes mansions, urban townhouses, monumental ski lodges and country estates.

Here they are, the Top 10, in photos.

1. $125 million — Fleur de Lys (Beverly Hills, California) — Suzanne Saperstein’s gem is aptly called the Fleur de Lys. Modeled after Louis XIV’s palace at Versailles, the 45,000-square-foot home took five years to build following Saperstein’s accumulation of five acres in Holmby Hills during the 1990s. Should strolling the grounds bore you, there is a 50-seat screening room and a library filled with first-edition books. Auto collectors will salivate over the nine-car garage.
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Most roofs are only appreciated when viewed from the top, like that mansion in Berkshire where there is a 60 ft drawing of a phallus. But there are few unique roofs that attract viewers even from up front. Here are 6 unique roof photos that you might consider in your next house renovation.

Torajan ancestral houses – South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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