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Notre Dame, IU named in top 20 most beautiful colleges list

Posted at 6:37 AM, Feb 07, 2017
and last updated 2017-02-07 18:55:45-05

Indiana has not one, but two of the top 20 most beautiful college campuses, according to a new list by Conde Nast Traveler.

The University of Notre Dame and Indiana University - Bloomington are No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. 

Conde Nast Traveler praised Notre Dame's golden dome on top of its main building and the Gothic, stained-glass-filled chapel, which is 218 feet high.

The architecture of some of IU's oldest buildings caught Conde Nast Traveler's eye. They were made from locally quarried limestone. The website also mentioned the Jordan River as a reason for the high ranking.

Indiana could probably use some good news. After all, a new report from 24/7 Wall St. listed the state as one of the most miserable in the country.

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Conde Nast Traveler's full list is below: 

1. University of Chicago
2. Notre Dame
3. IU
4. Brigham Young
5. Duke
6. SMU
7. Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
8. Pepperdine
9. Loyola Marymount
10.  UCLA
11.  Dartmouth
12.  UNC at Chapel Hill
13.  Princeton
14.  University of the South
15.  Stanford
16.  Yale
17.  Lewis & Clark College
18.  University of Colorado
19.  Colgate University
20.  University of Virginia