In this article, the author shares his experience as he traveled from island to island with a single objective--to reach the archives. He found out that not all archives are the same. In recent months, his daydreaming in various facilities has yielded a recurrent question on what would constitute the Ideal Archive. What follows, in no particular order, are the features of his own private Dream Archive: (1) long hours; (2) grants of any size; (3) silence; (4) lighting; (5) security; (6) photocopying; (7) get wired; (8) comfortable seating; (9) ambience and form; and (10) creative programming.