Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Running nearly the entire length of the MIT campus from the east end ...

There is a very long hallway on the MIT campus, the Infinite Corridor, that is aligned with the sun at certain times of the year, in mid-November and late January. I can only imagine the ...

and lit up the long corridor as about 100 spectators oohed ... his time trying to coach other spectators to the sides of the hallway so his view would not be obstructed. Other researchers placed ...

The hallway she is referring to is known colloquially as the "Infinite Corridor" and runs through the main buildings of MIT. Man's 'Smallest Apartment' in NYC Stuns Viewers in Video Viewed 22M ...

Basically what happens is, twice a year, in January and November, the setting sun perfectly aligns with an 825-foot hallway on the school’s campus known as the Infinite Corridor. When it does ...

For generations of MIT students, the Infinite Corridor has been more than the hallway that runs from 77 Massachusetts Avenue to Ames Street. It is the excitement of racing between classes.