Home to the city's lofty University/Foothill district, the East Side is both a lively urban neighborhood and a scenic slice of nature, with its many trails twisting and turning into the Wasatch Range. Occupying what was once the eastern shoreline of ancient Lake Bonneville, the University of Utah is the state's largest higher-education institution and the oldest university west of the Mississippi. It's the cultural hub of University/Foothill, home to museums, the football stadium that was the site of the opening and closing ceremonies during the 2002 Winter Olympics, a 15,000-seat indoor arena, and numerous prominent medical and research facilities. Near campus, scenic Red Butte Garden and Arboretum is a great place to learn about plants that thrive in dry climates such as Utah's, and the gleaming copper-colored Natural History Museum of Utah is one of the city's must-see attractions.