The McAllen Public Library in McAllen, Texas, is the size of 2.5 football fields — the largest single-story library in the United States. But in its former life, its size wasn’t all that unusual.

That’s because the McAllen library used to be a Walmart. 

The cavernous space allowed plenty of room for an auditorium, computers lab, classrooms and meeting rooms, and adult and teen reading lounges — not to mention hundreds of thousands of books. 

And the best part? Library registration jumped 23% upon opening. 

Color me jealous.

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