Universities

A giant sequoia tree slice that traveled across oceans and lived through wars

An unlikely link between a quiet English town and Sydney’s skyline.

The Acropolis house that became Modern Greece’s first university.

A stunning modern interpretation of a Roman temple.

A Portuguese museum display features a bizarre assortment of objects.

A Munch-inspired sculpture brings the despair of war to life.

This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.

A memorial honoring a mathematician likely murdered by Taiwan's authoritarian government.

Student protesters used these bells as symbols of defiance in the early 1970s.

A purported 17th-century religious artifact with noteworthy associations to Catholic history in the U. S.

A tile mosaic displaying a saying from the prophet Muhammad presents the mission of Durham University's Oriental Museum.

This massive 286,200-tile mosaic was the largest mural of its kind in the United States and is an early example of computer-generated art.

This legendary clock tower has dominated Kathmandu’s skyline since it was built in 1894.

This public Skyspace created by artist James Turrell for his alma mater puts on a show every day at sunrise and sunset.

Since its accidental discovery in 1977, this sarcophagus has been described as "the greatest masterpiece of Merovingian sculpture north of the Alps."

This fine arts hall honors the mastermind behind our beloved creepy and kooky Addams Family.

In the high desert east of Bend, the University of Oregon maintains a research observatory on a remote mountain peak.