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Education

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.

The pincushion is still pierced by eight little pins inserted around the edge.

objects of intrigue

For Sale: A 19th-Century Silk Map of North America, Tiny Enough to Fit on a Pincushion

The cartographic curio was probably an educational tool.

Jessica Leigh Hester September 27, 2019

This serene garden and modest fountain marks the heart of Montcalm Park.

Oswego, New York

Montcalm Park

This Upstate New York park squeezes a lot of history into its two-acre triangular space.

Midnight feasts and fudge-making were mild forms of college rebellion.

America's Early Female College Students Held Illicit Fudge Parties

"Vassar chocolates" became emblems of women's education.

Anne Ewbank June 28, 2019

The Dutch Windmill, which was purchased by Paula Doulaveris and Richard Birdsong in 2010.

How a Maryland Finishing School Became an International Architectural Wonderland

National Park Seminary had an unconventional approach to education.

Matthew Blitz May 29, 2019