Princeton comes to mind first b/c it's easy to get there on the train from NYC. The town is very pretty with lots of history. Tons of little shops and cute restaurants.

Vanderbilt--and you do not have to be a fan of country music to enjoy Nashville!

I'm a bit biased because I'm an alum, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a more beautiful campus than Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. It sits in a valley south of the city and all the architecture is Georgian-Colonial (even the press box on the football field). It's small enough to walk around in a few minutes...makes a nice stop if you're headed to the Gulf Coast on I-65 from the north.

Since my daughter is a student at Hampshire College, I just had to butt back in to add to WG's post by saying that Hamshire and UMASS are the other two schools in the consortium. While Hampshire's campus is pretty and wooded, the architecture leaves much to be desired!;)

In the East? Cornell. Further West (in case any others were wondering...): University of California at Berkeley and surrounds(views of the Bay and GG Bridge, classic architecture/landscape - Maybeck, Morgan and Olmstead); and University of Washington in Seattle.

I agree with both the Vanderbilt and University of Virginia suggestions. Vanderbilt's campus is also a national arboretum.

Because I work here..The University of Georgia, especially North Campus..
Colgate University in NYS also has a nice Campus.
But Cornell....absolutely specatcular!

St. Mary's College in Maryland. Beautiful campus right on the water. Lots of places to think deep thoughts - wish I'd gone there!

Ohio University, Athens Ohio.

In the South, Tulane and Rice both have extremely attractive campuses.

Actually agree with Duke...but compelled to say OSU especially the Oval, and The 'Shoe'. If you don't know what I'm talking about, oh well, Duke will do.

And for the few and proud, would agree with Annapolis.