Minds are fed a healthy diet here in Carbondale in all ways. Learning contagiously flourishes throughout the community in a variety of ways. Everyone here is encouraged and expected to stay curious. Dozens of museums and historical sites throughout Carbondale, including Woodlawn Cemetery, the R. Buckminster Fuller Dome Home, the African American Museum of Southern Illinois, and the Old Illinois Passenger Depot Railroad Museum, are just a few of the open avenues to learn about our past and imagine the possibilities of the future.