We’ve compiled different ways for you to tour the world, right from the comfort of your home. Take online virtual tours, listen to travel books, and watch documentaries…with a little help from your local library.
Online Virtual Tours
Cities and Places
Museums
- The Louvre Paris, France
- National Museum of Natural History, a Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC
- The Vatican Museum Vatican City
- The White House Washington, DC
- Winchester Mystery House San Jose, CA
- Google Arts & Culture Museum Partners: Google Arts and Culture has numerous partner museums to choose from including the Met, MOMA, British Museum, Van Gogh Museum, The Getty, and so many more.
Monuments
- Acropolis Athens, Greece
- Buckingham Palace London, England
- Angkor Wat Temple Cambodia
- The Colosseum Rome, Italy
- Eiffel Tower Paris, France
- Great Wall of China
- Machu Picchu Peru
- Old Quebec City Quebec, Canada
- Pyramids of Giza Greater Cairo, Egypt
- Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia
- Taj Mahal Agra, India
- Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge Hunan, China
Botanical Gardens
- Cheekwood Estate and Gardens Garden Nashville, TN
- Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Richmond, VA
- Longwood Gardens Kennett Square, PA
- Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis, MO
- New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY
- Portland Japanese Garden Portland, OR
- Hestercombe Gardens Somerset, England
- U.S. Botanical Garden Washington, DC
National Parks
- Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, & Idaho
- Yosemite California
SPPL resources
RBdigital Audiobooks
Great Courses
- Ancient Mesoamerica
- Great Tours: Greece & Turkey
- Great Tours: Medieval Europe
- Lost Worlds of South America
- The World’s Greatest Churches
Kanopy
- American Yogi: An American Travels to India in Search of a More Meaningful life
- Great Estates of Scotland
- Great National Parks of Australia
- Ken Burns: the National Parks
- Railway Sleepers: Traveling by Train through Thailand
- Undiscovered Haiti with Jose Andres
- World School: The Journey of a Mother and Son Traveling the World