<p>Attractive, but very midwestern. It is in many ways similar to Carleton, but don’t expect the gothic-ness of your northeastern schools. I actually found the campus more attractive than Amherst’s, although the area around it doesn’t compare. Grinnell the town is small, rural, and not very pretty, like most small towns in Iowa (and I say this as a visitor to many, many towns in Iowa).</p>