<p>How about compiling a list of links to amassed collections of pictures of colleges, if colleges even have such a thing? Like... an album posted by the college on their website of pictures of their campus that we could browse through and try to imagine the atmosphere.</p>
<p>Try the college visit section here on CC. No pictures, but good descriptions of visits that people have been on. </p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/</a></p>
<p>Join a facebook group of the universities you are interested in (maybe the groups for the class of 2011). Those usually have a lot of pictures about their college online.</p>