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Dr Evermors Sculpture Park
The doc welds old pipes, carburetors and other salvaged metal into a hallucinatory world of futuristic birds, dragons and other bizarre structures. The crowning glory is the giant, egg-domed Forevertron, once cited by Guinness World Records as the globes largest scrap-metal sculptu
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Ecola State Park
Located just north of town, Ecola State Park offers seclusion and great picnicking. Short paths at Ecola Point lead over the headland to dramatic views of Cannon Beachs sandy shore, sharply punctuated by stone monoliths and all hunkered beneath the Coast Range. Leading north from h
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Downtown
Despite the gorgeous scenery just outside of town, theres plenty of human-made distractions in Bar Harbor. Restaurants, taverns and boutiques are scattered along Main St and the intersecting roads of Mount Desert and Cottage Sts. Youll find shops selling everything from wool sweate
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Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center
Occupying the former estate of sugar magnates Harry and Ethel Baldwin, Hui Noʻeau is a regal setting for a community arts center. In 1917 famed architect CW Dickey designed the main plantation house, which showcases the Hawaiian Regional architectural style he pioneered. You’re wel
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Anacostia Museum
This Smithsonian museum has good rotating exhibitions on the African American experience in the USA. They typically focus on art (quilts of a certain region; landscape paintings by an overlooked artist) or history (the first black baseball teams in the area; a slave familys story).
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Wet Caves
Two wet caves lie within the boundaries of Haʻena State Park. Formed by the constant pounding of waves many years ago, themassive cavern of Waikapalaʻe Wet Cave is as enchanting as it is spooky. Its on the opposite side of the street, a short walk from the visitor-overflow parking
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THEARC
The Town Hall Education, Arts and Recreation Campus (THEARC) has been a cornerstone for community redevelopment in River East/Far Southeast. A multipurpose community center, arts education campus and performance space, the building was the first one of its kind in what was then a n
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Sheldon Jackson Museum
East along Lincoln St on the former campus of Sheldon Jackson College is Sheldon Jackson Museum. The college may be gone, but this fine museum survived because the state of Alaska purchased it in 1983. The unusual building, the first concrete one in Alaska, is home to a small but e
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Kakaʻako Waterfront Park
Near downtown, little Kakaʻako feels far away from the urban jungle. Built over a former landfill, this grassy, hilly park attracts experienced surfers in the morning and picnickers in the afternoon. Inline skaters roll along the rock-fringed promenade, offering clear views of Diam
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BLDG 92
In the Brooklyn Navy Yard, this free museum gives an excellent overview of the key historical events that played out on this plot of land over the past 200 years. The building of naval ships, of course, features front and center, but also ties into events happening on both the loca
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Cripple Creek District Museum
Set in an old midland train station terminal is the citys official mueum. Between 1896 and 1949 the train came up from the divide four times daily. The Victorian rooms on the 3rd floor have original antiques, and on the 2nd floor youll find mining gear and railroad memorabilia. Dow
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Minute Man National Historic Park
Two miles west of Lexington center, the route that British troops followed to Concord has been designated the Minute Man National Historic Park. The visitors center at the eastern end of the park shows an informative multimedia presentation depicting Paul Revere’s ride and the ensu
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Maui Agricultural Research Center
It was in this garden operated by the University of Hawaiʻi that the state’s first proteas were planted in 1965. Today you can walk through row after row of their colorful descendants. Named for the Greek god Proteus, who was noted for his ability to change form, the varieties are
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Museum of Jurassic Technology
This is one of LA’s most intriguing exhibition spaces. Nope, it has nothing to do with dinosaurs and even less to do with technology. Instead, you’ll find madness nibbling at your synapses as you try to read meaning into displays about Cameroonian stink ants, a tribute to trailer p
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Lion Country Safari
The first cageless drive-through safari in the country, this incredible animal park puts you in the cage (ie your car) as 900 creatures roam freely, staring at you . Equal parts conservation area and safari, the parks 500 acres are home to bison, zebra, white rhinos, chimpanzees an
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Top of the Rock
Designed in homage to ocean liners and first opened in 1933, this 70th-floor, open-air observation deck sits atop the GE Building, the tallest skyscraper at the Rockefeller Center. Top of the Rock trumps the Empire State Building on several levels: it’s less crowded, has wider obse
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Hirshhorn Museum
The Smithsonian’s cylindrical modern art museum stockpiles sculptures and canvases from modernism’s early days to pop art to contemporary art. Special exhibits ring the 2nd floor. Rotating pieces from the permanent collection circle the 3rd floor, where theres also a swell sitting
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TCL Chinese Theatre
Ever wondered what it’s like to be in George Clooney’s shoes? Just find his footprints in the forecourt of this world-famous movie palace. The exotic pagoda theater – complete with temple bells and stone heaven dogs from China – has shown movies since 1927 when Cecil B DeMille’s Th
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Riordan Mansion State Historic Park
Having made a fortune from their Arizona Lumber Company, brothers Michael and Timothy Riordan built this sprawling duplex in 1904. The Craftsman-style design was the brainchild of architect Charles Whittlesey, who also designed El Tovar on the South Rim. The exterior features hand-
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USS Constitution Museum
For a play-by-play of the USS Constitution ’s various battles, as well as her current role as the flagship of the US Navy, head indoors to the museum. Most interesting is the exhibit on the Barbary War, which explains the birth of the US Navy during this relatively unknown conflict
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