15 College Towns That Feel Like Stepping Directly into a Hallmark Movie

5. Sewanee, Tennessee (University of the South)

Perched on the Cumberland Plateau and shrouded in mist, Sewanee looks like a Gothic novel got a Southern rewrite. Students wear academic gowns. Chapel bells echo through the fog. And sandstone buildings hide in plain sight among trees so tall they blur the sky. The town is small—more village than city—but its soul is massive. Trails lead from campus to waterfalls. Sunsets pour over mossy stone. It’s a place where tradition walks beside wonder, and everyone seems to be holding their breath in reverence. In Sewanee, you don’t visit—you drift.