Education

A nuclear reactor created for Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" campaign is now used for research at a Dutch university.

One of the first schools in the U.S. to admit students without regard to race or gender.

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

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

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

The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.

A magnificent, Disneyesque chateau built for 150 lucky kindergarteners.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

It's the only museum of its kind in Ukraine.

This restored colonial house was once home to the botanist responsible for bringing avocados to the U.S.

A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.