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La Purísima Mission State Historic Park
One of the most evocative of Southern California’s missions, La Purisíma Mission State Historic Park was completely restored in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Today its buildings are furnished just as they were during Spanish colonial times. The missions fields
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Lubbock Lake Landmark
Another Tech-run attraction, this site is a sort of time capsule for all the cultures that have inhabited the South Plains for the last 12,000 years. Bones of critters such as wooly mammoths were first unearthed here when agricultural irrigation caused Lubbock Lakes water table to
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Virginia Robinson Gardens
Beverly Hills’ ultimate ‘secret’ garden is tucked among the manicured estates north of Sunset Blvd. Virginia Robinson, wife of department-store mogul Harry Robinson, had a passion for plants and devoted much of her life to creating this sloping, six-acre symphony of trees and flowe
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St Patricks Cathedral
Fresh from a major restoration, Americas largest Catholic cathedral graces Fifth Ave with its Gothic Revival splendor. Built at a cost of nearly $2 million during the Civil War, the building did not originally include the two front spires; those were added in 1888. Step inside to a
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Miami City Cemetery
This quiet graveyard, the final resting place of some of Miami-Dade’s most important citizens, is a sort of narrative of the history of the city cast in bone, dirt and stone. The dichotomy of the past and modernity gets a nice visual representation in the form of looming condos sha
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Makua Valley
The scenic Makua Valley opens up wide and grassy, backed by a fan of sharply fluted mountains. It serves as the ammunition field of the Makua Military Reservation. The seaside road opposite the southern end of the reservation leads to a little graveyard that’s shaded by yellow-flow
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Old Lighthouse Museum
Climb the winding iron staircase of this squat, granite lighthouse for 360-degree views from the lantern room. Afterwards browse the small museum, which recounts unsuccessful British assaults on the harbor during the American Revolution and the War of 1812, as well as hosting exhib
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Kaloko Fishpond
At the northern end of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, this fishpond is one of the most interesting sites because its massive rock retaining wall is being completely rebuilt, so it can once again be fished in the traditional way. Some speculate that the bones of Kamehame
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Jewish Museum
This New York City gem is tucked into a French-Gothic mansion from 1908, housing 30,000 items of Judaica, as well as sculpture, painting and decorative arts. It hosts excellent temporary exhibits, featuring retrospectives on influential figures such as Art Spiegelman, as well as wo
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Jackie Robinson Ballpark & Museum
The Jack made history when, in 1946, the Montreal Royals, Jackie Robinsons team, were in Florida to play an exhibition against their parent club, the Brooklyn Dodgers: other Florida cities refused to let the game proceed due to segregation laws, but Daytona Beach cried, Play ball!
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Indian Temple Mound & Museum
One of the most sacred sites for local Native American culture to this day, the 17ft-tall, 223ft-wide ceremonial and political temple mound, built with 500,000 basket loads of earth and representing what is probably the largest prehistoric earthwork on the Gulf Coast, dates back to
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Waterfront Area & South Franklin Street
Between the cruise ships and Willoughby Ave, Marine Park is an open space where kids practice skateboard tricks, state workers enjoy a sack lunch and tired tourists occasionally take a sunny nap. The dock has a sculpture of Patsy Ann , the late faithful Fido, the ‘Official Greeter
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Wonderworks
In a fake upside-down building, this new interactive museum/amusement zone perfectly encapsulates Myrtle Beachs fun-but-migraine-inducing spirit, with ropes courses, laser tag and various beeping, flashing science exhibits such as an anti-gravity chamber.
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Yokohama Bay
Some say this is the best sunset spot on the island. It certainly has the right west-facing orientation and a blissfully scenic mile-long sandy beach. You’ll find rest rooms, showers and a lifeguard station at the park’s southern end. Swimming is limited to the summer and then only
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Pacific Design Center
Interior design is big in WeHo, with over 120 trade-only showrooms at the Pacific Design Center and dozens more in the surrounding Avenues of Art & Design (Beverly Blvd, Robertson Blvd & Melrose Ave). PDC showrooms generally sell only to design pros, but often you can get i
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Old Plaza
El Pueblo’s central, magnolia-shaded square is crowned by a pretty wrought-iron gazebo. Sleepy during the week, it often turns into a full-blown fiesta zone on Saturdays and Sundays, drawing mariachis, costumed dancers, kissing couples and strolling families. The best time to be he
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Spindletop & Gladys City Boomtown Museum
Several prospectors saw promise in the salt dome named Spindletop, but it took nearly a decade before an exploratory well leased by Anthony Lucas blew a fountain of oil. Almost overnight Gladys City, full of wildcat oil explorers, sprang up. Soon wooden oil derricks crowded togethe
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
This 91-acre wooded island, in the Potomac off Rosslyn, is a wilderness preserve honoring the conservation-minded 26th US president. A large memorial plaza and statue of Teddy dominate the island’s center, and trails and boardwalks snake around the shorelines. The island’s swampy f
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Mission San Juan Bautista
Founded in 1797, this mission claims the largest church among California’s original 21 missions. Unknowingly built directly atop the San Andreas Fault, the mission has been rocked by earthquakes. Bells hanging in the tower today include chimes that were salvaged after the 1906 San
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Museum of the National Park Ranger
The historic log Norris Soldier Station (1908), one of only three left from the era of the parks army control, now houses this small museum, often staffed by chatty retired NPS employees. The exhibits detail the evolution of the ranger profession from its military origins, includin
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