My favorite academic thing that we have seen recently is the Palazzo Vecchio (the building that used to be home to the royal family with the prison tower). I didn't know anything about the building before we saw it yesterday, including that it was home to the Medici family. I think that it looks really cool and has a neat history! Plus I went up inside the prison tower and seeing the cells was cool. And of course the view from the top was the best part!