Universities

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.

Explore the evolution of printing technology, from cuneiform to Kindle.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

Purdue students would lean over this iron fence to skirt campus rules against smoking and courting.

The cremains of those who donated their bodies to science are buried in a tiny cemetery behind the building.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

A distinctive former power plant turned university lecture hall looks like it could make you breakfast.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”