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Genge used drone shots of the Scottish countryside to provide a field-like experience.

Using Video Game Tech to Teach Field-Starved Geology Students

A couple of enterprising professors started with Italy and Scotland, and then took to the stars.

Robin George Andrews April 30, 2021

Old Fourah Bay College

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Old Fourah Bay College

The first European-style university in western Sub-Saharan Africa.

Huang Kuan Statue

Edinburgh, Scotland

Huang Kuan Statue

The first Chinese student to graduate from a European university.

The College of Psychic Studies

London, England

The College of Psychic Studies

This educational institution and reference library specialize in the psychic arts and mediumship.

The school building.

Ashikaga, Japan

Ashikaga School

The oldest academic institution in Japan provides a glimpse of university life during the days of the samurai.

Meridianen för den Akademiska Kvarten

Meridianen för den Akademiska Kvarten (Meridian for the Academic Quarter)

The marker that allows students all over the world to be late for class.

Glenwood Institute

Matawan, New Jersey

Glenwood Institute

A condo complex once housed a boarding school with the 24th U.S. Vice President among its notable alumni.

Holly, Colorado

Pleasant Hill Memorial

A monument at the site of the Towner School Bus Tragedy, which lead to changes in school bus safety.

Yakuimon Gate.

Mito Daiichi High School

An old-fashioned school with interesting grounds and deep history, including the original Mito Castle gate.

Fairhaven, Massachusetts

Fairhaven High School

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

Sacred Harp Singing directional sign for the Lookout Mountain Sacred Harp Convention at Pine Grove Church, Collinsville, Alabama.

‘Sacred Harp’ Singing Treats Every Human Voice as Holy

In the rural American South, these non-denominational sing-alongs are part of a long musical tradition.

Shannon Dell June 3, 2020

Inaccessible Island is an extinct volcano rising out of the South Atlantic Ocean. Surely there's an inaccessible island in your life.

Art Challenge: Take a Photograph Inspired by a Wondrous Place

Show us how far-flung sights inspire you, even when you're stuck at home.

Michelle Cassidy May 28, 2020

A vision of the Swing at the End of the World in Ecuador in oils, by Alexandrea Farquhar.

Art Challenge: Readers Draw Places They've Never Seen

Some of your creations are even more extraordinary than their real-life counterparts.

Michelle Cassidy May 7, 2020

Good luck with the dense details on this 1746 map of London—the image at left is just one corner of the map—based on a survey by John Rocque.

Cartographic Puzzles Are Poised for a Comeback

When nothing in the world seems to fit together, “dissected maps” offer a cognitive balm.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 5, 2020

Prague, Czechia

J.A. Comenius Museum

Dedicated to the "father of modern education," this museum documents the history of education in Czechia.

Benemérita y Centenaria Escuela Normal Oficial de Guanajuato.

Guanajuato, Mexico

Teaching School of Guanajuato

One of the city's most imposing Neoclassical buildings is also one of its most prestigious schools.

Front View of Iviswold Castle before the remodel of Building 7, now Education Commons

Rutherford, New Jersey

Iviswold Castle

Originally built in 1869, this castle is currently part of Felician University's campus.

Courthouse.

Dayton, Tennessee

Rhea County Courthouse

The site of the Scopes Trial contains a small exhibit dedicated to the famous case.