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Wunden der Erinnerung (Wounds of Memory), LMU Library

Munich, Germany

Wunden der Erinnerung (Wounds of Memory), LMU Library

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

Göttingen, Germany

Planetenweg Göttingen

A 1:2 billion-scale solar system leads visitors into this German university town.

MPS satellite models.

Göttingen, Germany

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research Satellite Models

A staggering collection of satellite models and actual flight parts.

Göttingen, Germany

Physicalisches Cabinet

This small university museum houses a priceless collection of scientific instruments.

Donor Memorial.

Birmingham, Alabama

Donor Memorial

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

Camilo Egas Mural at The New School.

New York, New York

Camilo Egas Mural at the New School

After surviving abandonment, this powerful Latin American mural is alive again.

A cell of the Göttingen studentenkarzer.

Göttingen, Germany

Göttingen Studentenkarzer

One of the oldest student jails in Germany.

The pond at the center of the gardens with labeled wetland plants.

East Lansing, Michigan

W. J. Beal Botanical Garden

The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.

Springfield Armory.

Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield Armory

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

University of New Mexico's Center of the Universe is just one of the world's great campus curiosities.

18 Unique Campus Landmarks That Every Alum Knows About (But You Probably Don't)

Atlas Obscura readers recommend their favorite hidden wonders at colleges and universities.

Eric Grundhauser August 14, 2019

Cambridge, England

Ascension Parish Burial Ground

The graveyard with the highest IQ in Britain.

Garching bei München, Germany

Abacus Clock

This unique abacus hanging in the Technical University of Munich actually tells the time.

Class of 1959 Chapel.

Boston, Massachusetts

Class of 1959 Chapel

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

The Copiapó.

Copiapó, Chile

The Copiapó

South America's oldest surviving locomotive.

Hitchcock's "stone book."

Amherst, Massachusetts

Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

Dinosaurs on the facade.

Mexico City, Mexico

Museo de Geología (Museum of the Institute of Geology)

The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.

Tübingen, Germany

Schlosslabor

The old castle kitchen where nucleic acid was first isolated is considered the "cradle of biochemistry."

Terra Mineralia

Freiberg, Germany

Terra Mineralia

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.