Shiny glass spheres gleam from the shelves of freshman Fiona Byrne’s large display of exotic snow globes.

Byrne started collecting snow globes at age 5. She has more than 30 of them, and her collection is still growing. Most of her snow globes are simple, containing little people dancing in the snow.

“I have them from Frankenmuth and Ireland and Italy and Hawaii, all these places my family members have traveled to,” Byrne said.

But there’s one in particular that stands out.

“It’s from Italy, and it has Mount Vesuvius in it,” Byrne said. “My mom used to be an archaeologist, and she went to Italy on a dig, and she brought it for me from a gift shop.”

Byrne hopes her family’s travels let her add to her collection.

“I want my next snow globe to be from Africa,” Byrne said. “I want to have 100 snow globes one day.”