Haskell Public library straddles U.S.-Canadian border

There's a black line across the floor in the Haskell Free Library and Opera House. It divides Kenneth Baldwin International Reading Room in two: Canada on one side, the United States on the other. The world-famous building "was constructed deliberately astride the boundary line separating Canada from the United States" and has been classified a historic site by the Canadian and American governments, as well as the Province of Quebec.

Patrons enter the turn-of-the-century Victorian building in Derby Line, Vermont, and check out their books in Stanstead, Quebec.

According to the official site:

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