At the base of all this world does wrong, you will find three things: prejudice, ignorance, and bigotry. This mind-set comes from allowing ourselves to be insular, lack empathy, and only become familiar with our small part of the world. If we could just get over this mind set we would realize how much greater our…
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Top Student Destinations: New York City
What exactly makes a destination one of the most visited in the world? Some sites offer beautiful oceans, sprawling landscapes, natural wonders, rural adventures, and relaxing scenery. Only one destination, however, offers more sites and attractions per square mile than any other city, not to mention a one-of-a-kind melting pot of culture. For students who can't…
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Bunker Hill Monument
Bunker Hill Monument [caption id="attachment_31529" align="alignright" width="200"] Boston Bunker Hill Pixabay Public Domain[/caption] Sitting atop Breed's Hill is the 221-foot granite obelisk erected to commemorate the fallen in the first major battle between the patriots and the British during the Revolutionary War on June 17, 1775. Though it was named the Battle of Bunker Hill,…
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Harvard University
Harvard University [caption id="attachment_31546" align="alignright" width="424"] Harvard University historic building in Cambridge at Massachusetts USA[/caption] Located in Boston, Massachusetts, Harvard University is the oldest and also one of the most popular Ivy League universities in the country. Students will enjoy visiting this institution of learning as Harvard offers campus tours to prospective students and curious…
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Top Art Museums in the Country
Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL Almost 2 million visitors a year enjoy collections from Impressionist and Post-Impressionist to modern and contemporary art housed in the second largest museum in the United States. More than 260,000 works of art fill the one-million-square-foot building on historic Michigan Avenue. Highlights include over 30 paintings by Claude…
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Missouri Botanical Garden
[caption id="attachment_25602" align="alignright" width="319"] Missouri Botanical Garden Credit Danielle Breshears[/caption] Missouri Botanical Garden In the heart of St. Louis, there lie 79 acres of landscaped tranquility at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The park has over 4,800 trees living within its manicured gardens and thousands of carefully chosen and sustained species of plant life from all…
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Meramac Caverns
[caption id="attachment_13872" align="alignright" width="425"] Meramec Caverns STL[/caption] Meramac Caverns Student groups visiting the beautiful Meramec Valley, just an hour away from the famed St. Louis Arch, may be surprised to know Missouri – The Show-Me State - is also known as The Cave State, home to almost 6400 surveyed caves hidden throughout its rolling green…
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Boston University
Boston University [caption id="attachment_31518" align="alignright" width="425"] Boston University Pixabay Public Domain[/caption] Boston University, an incredible academic resource, and the historical campus offers student group tours and information sessions to get better acquainted with the campus as a whole. During your visit, the group can see other city highlights such as the Freedom Trail, a two…
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Fountain of Youth Archaeological
Fountain of Youth Archaeological No trip to historic St. Augustine would be complete without exploring Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park, the original site of the Nation's oldest city, first surveyed by Juan Ponce de Leon in 1513 and settled by Pedro Menendez de Aviles in 1565- the oldest successful European settlement in…
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America’s Best Ghost Towns
Every once and a while, you may be passing through a rural highway on a short cut to the big city, and notice something is a bit off. There isn't a soul in sight. No cars, no pedestrians bustling down Main Street, hardly even a squirrel or bird skittering by. You're in one of America's…
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