<p>To counteract the other, more pessimistic (but informative) thread. :]</p>
<p>I'm going to start out by saying that I have visited Princeton and it is gorgeous! UCLA is nice too</p>
<p>Indiana! Absolutely gorgeous. Lehigh was stunning as well, although a little too hilly for my tastes. Colgate's up there too.</p>
<p>The answer to this question depends on personal preference. I grew up in Boulder, CO, and at a ripe old age I still think the University of Colorado campus is unbeatable. My younger son, on the other hand, thinks Columbia takes the cake.</p>
<p>Amherst College in the Spring.</p>
<p>Every New England college looks like a dreary wasteland in Autumn...</p>
<p>Covenant College. It's almost completely unknown, but it sits upon Lookout Mountain, GA, on the Southern tip of the Appalachian mountains. Here's a few pictures:</p>
<p>In addition to that, as has already been mentioned, the University of Colorado at Boulder is absolutely beautiful! Perhaps the most beautiful large university campus in the US. I wouldn't put the University of Minnesota on the most beautiful list, but because I'm biased, I think it has a nice campus as well.... at least in the non-winter months haha.</p>
<p>Cornell University</p>
<p>This is, by far, the most beautiful university campus in the US. But the University of Cambridge in the UK is probably the most beautiful university on the face of the earth.</p>
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<p>Other schools that deserve mentions include: UCLA, UC Berkeley, Princeton, UC Santa Barbara, UCSD, Indiana U, Bowdoin College, Boston College and Rice University.</p>
<p>I've been to over 30 campuses throughout the years, and I'd probably rank my top 5:</p>
<p>1) U-Virginia (not only are the grounds stunningly gorgeous, but also historic; T. Jefferson designed the university)
<a href="http://pro.corbis.com/images/KK002043.jpg?size=67&uid=%7B345B93EC-9775-46FF-BFA9-3FA6D788BFC7%7D%5B/url%5D">http://pro.corbis.com/images/KK002043.jpg?size=67&uid=%7B345B93EC-9775-46FF-BFA9-3FA6D788BFC7%7D</a>
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<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Western_colonnade,_Rotunda,_University_of_Virginia.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Western_colonnade,_Rotunda,_University_of_Virginia.jpg</a></p>
<p>2) Princeton (old buildings...if you like 'em, they're everywhere)</p>
<p>3) UCLA (every day as I walk past Royce I get swept up in its beauty)
<a href="http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/%7Esrm/srm/royceshapiro.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/%7Esrm/srm/royceshapiro.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/general/newletters/Images/2007/RoyceArches.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/general/newletters/Images/2007/RoyceArches.jpg</a>
-Powell Library from Royce: <a href="http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/division/srm/srm/powell2.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/division/srm/srm/powell2.jpg</a></p>
<p>4) Cornell (Ithaca is gorges)!</p>
<p>5) Notre Dame (I actually wasn't as impressed as I thought I would be, never got the "wow" factor, but it is quite pretty)</p>
<p>6) UC Berkeley (The campus is nice for its size, and the views of the bay from the dorms are incredible, especially at sunset)</p>
<p>7) Duke (cathedral....'nuff said)</p>
<p>8) Stanford (not a fan of Palo Alto, but if you like the wealthy, perfectly-kept look, it's a good place to be)!</p>
<p>9) University of Michigan (law quad-take a look)!</p>
<p>10) Boston College (it definitely keeps with the historic/colonial feeling of Boston, and its look gives it a close-knit feel)</p>
<p>close: UNC-Chapel Hill; cute town with a booming college scene
School I was disappointed in: U-Maryland, College Park. The dead grass everywhere just did not look appealing, even if that is the way it grows naturally.</p>
<p>Visit this site to see more pics of Stanford. Any</a> Pictures of Stanford University and the surrounding areas? - SkyscraperCity</p>
<p>SWARTHMORE!
So gorgeous!
So many trees, flowers! <a href="http://www.singlestravelservice.com/images/swarthmore_campus.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.singlestravelservice.com/images/swarthmore_campus.jpg</a>
The amphitheater! <a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/65/200300288_f14146f49c.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://farm1.static.flickr.com/65/200300288_f14146f49c.jpg</a>
Lang auditorium! </p>
<p>The whole campus is an arboretum.</p>
<p>In the South you've got Furman and Wake Forest. Duke has taken crummy buildings and wrapped them with an impressive Gothic facade. Georgia College & State University is the epitome of the dazzling red brick-and-columns collegiate look. Rollins is beautiful in a country club kind of way. I always looked forward to seeing Eckerd, and then when I finally visited, I found it to look like a dilapidated '70s low-rent apartment complex plunked down in a beautiful waterfront setting.</p>
<p>Outside of the South, I really like Dartmouth and Colorado.</p>
<p>Wake Forest and Elon are gorgeous! If you like the city, I honestly think that BU has a nice campus (Bay State Road is really pretty!). BC has a suburban feel, but it still conveys the colonial feel of Boston - really beautiful campus, too.</p>
<p>Dartmouth, Bowdoin, Wellesley (also an Olmstead arboretum, plus lake). For urban campuses: Harvard, Yale, U of C. And Magdalen College, Oxford.</p>
<p>Yeah, those European schools are knockouts. Of American schools, Princeton has always mesmerized me. In addition to the visual appeal, there's a palpable "spirit" about the place. Ghosts of the past? :-)</p>
<p>Duke has a botanical garden in the center of its campus. The buildings are pretty depressing (gothic style) but the gardens are awesome.
The</a> Sarah P. Duke Gardens</p>
<p>I never would have guessed that those earlier pictures were Stanford. I had imagined a less cramped campus. Maybe my misimpression is due to hearing it called "The Farm". I was sure the pictures were from an urban school- likely in LA.</p>
<p>Vassar, Notre Dame, Miami (OH) are beautiful</p>
<p>I think Cambridge wins the prettiest-school-in-the-world award. Princeton has gotta take the cake for the US though.</p>
<p>Definitely the University of Notre Dame.</p>