Middlebury, Vermont: Anti-Gravity Monument
Businessman Roger Babson paid a number of colleges to erect these granite monuments in the early 1960s, hoping they would inspire future scientists to "harness" or "control" gravity. Babson had a pet peeve about gravity.
- Address:
- Old Chapel Rd, Middlebury, VT
- Directions:
- From downtown, drive west on VT-125/College St. After you pass the big white stone church on the right, make the next left onto the campus of Middlebury College. Drive in a hundred feet, and you'll see the tombstone-like monument on the left.
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Found on Middlebury College campus.
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Part of a tribute to anti-gravity research on other campuses.