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Poʻipu Beach
Although its nicknamed Sheraton Beach or Kiahuna Beach, this long swath of sand is not private. It merely fronts these hotel and the condo complexes, both of which scored big-time with their location here, lying west of Poʻipu Beach Park.The waters are often too rough for kids, alt
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Kalahuipuaʻa Historic Trail
The first segment of this easy trail meanders through a 16th-century Hawaiian settlement, passing lava tubes once used as cave shelters and a few other archaeological and geological sites marked by interpretive plaques.The trail then skirts ancient fishponds lined with coconut palm
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Union Station
Built on the site of LA’s original Chinatown, the station opened in 1939 as America’s last grand rail station. It’s a glamorous exercise in Mission Revival with art-deco accents. The marble-floored main hall, with cathedral ceilings, original leather chairs and grand chandeliers, i
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MDC Museum of Art & Design
Miami-Dade College operates a small but well-curated art museum downtown; the permanent collection includes works by Matisse, Picasso and Chagall and focuses on minimalism, pop art and contemporary Latin American art. The museums home building is art itself: the Freedom Tower , an
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Old St Patrick’s Church
A Chicago fire survivor, this 1852 church is not only the city’s oldest but also one of its fastest-growing. Old St Pat’s is best known for its World’s Largest Block Party, a weekend-long bash in early July with big-name rock bands where Catholic singles can flirt. Its famed for ma
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Dumbarton Oaks
The mansions 10 acres of enchanting formal gardens are straight out of a storybook. In springtime, the blooms – including heaps of cherry blossoms – are stunning. The mansion itself is worth a walk-through to see exquisite Byzantine and pre-Columbian art (including El Grecos The Vi
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Discovery Cove
At Discovery Cove, guests spend the day snorkeling in a fish and ray-filled reef, floating on a lazy river through an aviary, and simply relaxing in an intimate tropical sanctuary of white-sand beaches. For an added price beyond the Resort Only package, you can swim with dolphins a
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Biscayne National Park
The park itself offers canoe rentals, transportation to the offshore keys, snorkeling and scuba-diving trips, and glass-bottom boat viewing of the exceptional reefs. All tours require a minimum of six people, so call to make reservations. Three-hour glass-bottom boat trips ($45) de
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Apgar Village
Supporting little more than a couple of lodges, a gift shop or two and a restaurant, this collection of tourist facilities sits quietly on the southern shores of Lake McDonald. Dimon Apgar, for whom the settlement is named, built the first road from Belton to the lake in 1895, allo
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Ridgway Railroad Museum
Ridgway was the birthplace of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, a narrow-gauge rail line that connected to Durango with the ‘Galloping Goose,’ a kind of hybrid train and truck that saved the struggling Rio Grande Southern for a number of years. This museum is dedicated to the pluck
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Museum of the Big Bend
On the campus of Sul Ross State University, this little museum is a great place to delve into the past, with exhibits on marine fossils (a warm shallow sea covered Big Bend 135 million years ago), Native American pictographs, Spanish missionaries, Mexican pioneers, buffalo soldiers
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Eldora State House Museum
Eldora was a small waterfront community of around 100 citrus farmers and fishermen, many of them veterans of the Civil War, who settled here between 1877 and 1900. The town depended on the waterway for supplies, tourists and transport. It was fairly prosperous – at least prosperous
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Whale skeletons hang from the ceiling. Butterflies flutter past your shoulder. Emerald tree boas make you shiver. And swarms of unleashed elementary school children rampage all over the place if you arrive after 10am on a school day. Be warned. The glossy new Nature Research Center
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Oneloa Beach
Fringed by low sand dunes covered in beach morning glory, this white-sand jewel is a picturesque place to soak up the rays. On calm days swimming is good close to shore, as is snorkeling in the protected area along the rocky point at the northern side of the beach. When there’s any
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Kauleonanahoa
Kauleonanahoa (the penis of Nanahoa) is Hawaiis premier phallic stone, standing proud in a little clearing inside an ironwood grove, about a five-minute walk from the parking area. The legend goes that Nanahoa hit his wife Kawahuna in a jealous rage and when they were both turned t
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Hollywood Beach & Broadwalk
Reminiscent of Californias famed Venice Beach, this beach and adjacent promenade teem with scantily clad Rollerbladers and fanny-pack-wearing tourists. The Broadwalk itself is a 2.2-mile, six-person-wide path, extending from pretty North Beach Park , where the route is lined with s
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Cathedral of St Matthew the Apostle
The sturdy redbrick exterior doesn’t hint at the marvelous mosaics and gilding within this 1893 Catholic cathedral, where JFK was laid in state and his funeral mass was held. Its vast central dome, altars and chapels depict biblical saints and eminent New World personages – from Si
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San Francisco Murals at Rincon Annex Post Office
Only in San Francisco could a post office be so controversial. This art-deco landmark is lined with vibrant Works Project Administration murals of San Francisco history, begun by Russian-born painter Anton Refregier in 1941 – but WWII and political squabbles over differing versions
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Kingsley Plantation
Tour portions of the oldest standing plantation house in Florida as well as the remains of 23 tabby-construction slave cabins, here at this this former cotton and citrus plantation. The main house is under near-constant restoration due to termites and humidity, but the sprawling sh
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Museums of Old York
York, called Agamenticus by its original Native American inhabitants, was settled by the British in 1624 and was granted a charter by King Charles I in 1641. Nine of its best-preserved buildings are now cared for by the Old York Historical Society, which has turned them into indivi
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