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re: Spinoff: Interesting/hidden parts of your campus no one knows about...
Posted on 7/27/15 at 10:12 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Posted on 7/27/15 at 10:12 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Tunnels checking in for South Carolina's campus as well.
Urban legend is that they date back to the civil war but that's more than likely just a myth. They are believed to be haunted but that doesn't keep students away from them.
Most students at SC don't think the tunnels exist, but they do.
Urban legend is that they date back to the civil war but that's more than likely just a myth. They are believed to be haunted but that doesn't keep students away from them.
Most students at SC don't think the tunnels exist, but they do.
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Posted on 7/27/15 at 10:23 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
University of Alabama has tunnels too.
The State Fossil of Alabama: Basilosaurus cetoides resides in Smith Hall, Museum of Natural History on the University of Alabama campus. LINK
Also on display, the Hodges meteorite, the only meteorite confirmed to have struck a human. LINK
A statue, ‘Falling Star,’ stands on the grounds of the Sylacauga Municipal Complex. Sculpted from the area’s fine marble by artist Don Lawler, it is the only known monument in the world dedicated to a meteorite strike, the day stars fell on Alabama. LINK
A copy of the Quran from 1853 was the only book saved from the Yankee burning of the Rotunda Library on the University of Alabama Campus. It's on display in a library on campus.
The State Fossil of Alabama: Basilosaurus cetoides resides in Smith Hall, Museum of Natural History on the University of Alabama campus. LINK
Also on display, the Hodges meteorite, the only meteorite confirmed to have struck a human. LINK
A statue, ‘Falling Star,’ stands on the grounds of the Sylacauga Municipal Complex. Sculpted from the area’s fine marble by artist Don Lawler, it is the only known monument in the world dedicated to a meteorite strike, the day stars fell on Alabama. LINK
A copy of the Quran from 1853 was the only book saved from the Yankee burning of the Rotunda Library on the University of Alabama Campus. It's on display in a library on campus.
This post was edited on 7/27/15 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 7/27/15 at 10:35 pm to DorchesterGamecock
Catacombs of USC
https://i47.tinypic.com/10e4hzk.jpg
Capstone Restaurant (surprised how many people haven't eaten there.)
https://i47.tinypic.com/10e4hzk.jpg
Capstone Restaurant (surprised how many people haven't eaten there.)
Posted on 7/28/15 at 12:16 am to CockInYourEar
Creepy as frick.
A few of my friends went down there as well.
I was always too pussy for the catacombs (claustrophobia). I did go along when we snuck into Longstreet Theatre and the now demolished old mental asylum on Bull Street. That was probably the scariest and craziest thing we've ever done as a group. Ran into some homeless people inside.. freaked us out big time.
A few of my friends went down there as well.
I was always too pussy for the catacombs (claustrophobia). I did go along when we snuck into Longstreet Theatre and the now demolished old mental asylum on Bull Street. That was probably the scariest and craziest thing we've ever done as a group. Ran into some homeless people inside.. freaked us out big time.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 7:00 am to DorchesterGamecock
In addition to being the location of all the memorabilia from the now defunct GA Music Hall of Fame, the UGA Special Collections Library is home to the original Confederate Constitution. Due to its fragility, it is only viewable once a year (on Confederate Memorial Day). UGA Special Collections also has a very detailed display of UGA football history and holds special free tours to the public on Fridays before home games during the season. Would highly recommend visiting if you're in town the day before
Posted on 7/28/15 at 7:16 am to TigersOfGeauxld
Just checking in to say that South Carolina also has tunnels on our campus.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 7:20 am to CockInYourEar
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Catacombs of USC
More like Catacombs of Columbia. Those underground pictures you posted with that red building thing used to be a bunch of restaurants and bars known as "Columbia Down Under". It only lasted a couple years in the 70s before shutting down. I'd imagine that crime was pretty bad down there.
ETA: Video about Columbia's tunnels ...nobody is certain why they were built, and you are unable to explore the entire network. However, they date back to the early days of Columbia. One of the stories says that it was an escape route from the State House to the river.
This post was edited on 7/28/15 at 7:38 am
Posted on 7/28/15 at 7:35 am to TigersOfGeauxld
Posted on 7/28/15 at 8:21 am to madmaxvol
Not technically on campus but just off of it are the remains of the original Alabama capital building from the 1820s. The capitol was moved to Montgomery in the 1850s but the building stayed and it burned in the 1920s.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 8:25 am to jatebe
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The State Fossil of Alabama: Basilosaurus cetoides resides in Smith Hall, Museum of Natural History on the University of Alabama campus
That really is hidden. It looks like every other building around the quad. My first week as a freshman my cousin who was a couple of years ahead of me was taking me around and I remember going in there.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 9:02 am to StopRobot
I would add all four or five buildings that survived the burning of the campus by the Union army in 1865.
This post was edited on 7/28/15 at 9:04 am
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