Universities

Where George Lemaître discovered the expanding nature of the universe.

This 19th-century zoological collection has withstood the test of time.

Above the door of a house, a plaque claims to commemorate the future living place of the inventor of time travel.

The original building of a mining school endowed by one of the barons of the Comstock Lode now houses a museum of earth science and mining history.

A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.

This redwood is a historic landmark, a town’s namesake, and the dancing sideline symbol of Stanford University.

This statue is a commemoration of the only place where Freud spoke in the United States.

Dedicated to a college founder's alleged ancestor who was martyred in 1555.

Ornamented with "Bristol Diamonds," this exotic shell grotto is considered to be the finest surviving example from the eighteenth century.

A 132-year-old telescope continues to keep watch over the night skies above Providence.

This simple rock stands as a memorial of the major student protests of 1968.

The ruins of what is considered the world's oldest university.

This stately building once housed the office of the university for a brief period of time.

The van that carried William Least-Heat Moon through the journey documented in the book 'Blue Highways' sits in the Mizzou archeological museum's storage.