All posts by Alexander Castro

Syracuse University has only one official color: orange. That citrusy hue is also the nickname of the school’s Division I... Read more >

With a research budget of more than $1 billion, it’s safe to say Stanford University is one of the more... Read more >

Some would be quick to call it the center of the world, so we probably don’t need to tell you... Read more >

Vanderbilt University (affectionally called “Vandy”) may be located in urban Nashville, Tennessee, but its campus is actually a national arboretum.... Read more >

Gastonia sits roughly 20 miles west of Charlotte, the largest city and urban hub of North Carolina. Gastonia, meanwhile, is... Read more >

Far west of Boston is the Massachusetts city of Northampton, a paradise for left-leaning thinkers. Website Epodunk once rated it... Read more >

You might not expect the fourth-most populated city in Wyoming to be a symbol of cultural difference. And yet it... Read more >

For surf and shore near Wilmington, NC, it might be suggestible to head towards Wrightsville Beach, a town within the... Read more >

This Wyoming city of about 55,000 people is nicknamed “The Oil City,” given the oil booms that once occurred there.... Read more >

Originally designed as a railhead in the late 1800s, the city of Gallup sits on what used to be Route... Read more >