THE HIGHWAY THAT connects Pullman, Washington, and Moscow, Idaho, is roughly nine miles. It's a well-known stretch for those on the Palouse, cutting through the rolling hills and wheat fields of the region.
Other than the turnoff for the tiny Moscow-Pullman Regional Airport, there aren't many notable landmarks between the college towns of Washington State University and the University of Idaho. It's mostly farmland, but when making the drive from the west, one large white structure stands out.
It comes into view about a half-mile before the state border, dwarfing everything around it on the University of Idaho campus.