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The Dalles Dam & Lock
The Dalles Dam, built in 1957, produces enough electricity to power 800,000 homes. Access to this power came at a price, however. The dams reservoir, Lake Celilo, flooded the culturally rich area around Celilo Falls, which was for thousands of years a Native American meeting place
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Lake Union
Unifying Seattle’s various bodies of water, freshwater Lake Union was carved by glacial erosion 12,000 years ago. Native American Duwamish tribes once subsisted on its then-isolated shores, but 21st-century Lake Union is backed by densely packed urban neighborhoods and is linked to
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Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
Science lovers and history buffs can geek out at this small but fascinating museum. Located inside the Harvard Science Center, it showcases a selection of the 20,000 items in the university collection, some of which date to the 15th century. Look for the geometric sector designed b
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Makoleʻa Beach
Amazingly, this secluded black-sand beach belongs to Kekaha Kai (Kona Coast) State Park. Although theres no shade and its too rocky for swimming, its natural beauty rewards those who make the effort to visit (which is usually some local fishingfolk). To reach this small, dark treas
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Jack Daniels Distillery
The irony of the recently-revamped Jack Daniels Distillery being in a dry county is lost on no one – local liquor laws dictate that no hard stuff can be sold within county lines, but they do give out small samples on their free hour-long tours. For $10 you can take a two-hour Disti
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Spanish Village Art Center Artist Colony
Behind the Natural History Museum is a grassy square with a magnificent Moreton Bay fig tree (sorry, climbing is prohibited). Opposite the square stand there’s an enclave of small tiled cottages (billed by park authorities as ‘an authentic reproduction of an ancient village in Spai
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Tower of the Americas
San Antonio’s 750ft-high Tower of the Americas is a skyline-defining landmark left over from the 1968 World’s Fair. From the 579ft-high observation deck you’ll mostly see the tops of buildings, but the sheer height alone might earn a few ‘ooohs’ and ‘aaahs.’ Your admission also inc
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Texas State Cemetery
Revitalized in the 1990s, the states official cemetery, Texas State Cemetery, is the final resting place of key figures from Texan history. Interred here are luminaries including Stephen F Austin, Miriam Ma Ferguson (the states first female governor), writer James Michener and Lone
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Longfellow House
Brattle St’s most famous resident was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, whose stately manor is now a National Historic Site. The poet lived here for 45 years, from 1837 to 1882, writing many of his most famous poems including Evangeline and Hiawatha . Accessible by guided tour, the Georg
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Liberty Bell Center
A glass-walled building protects this icon of Philadelphia history from the elements. You can peek from outside, or join the line to file past, reading about the 2080lb objects history along the way. The queue starts on the buildings north end, where the foundations of George Washi
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Firehouse No. 1 Museum
This small, painstakingly curated museum is run by the Nevada County Historical Society. From stunning Nisenan baskets to preserved Victorian bridal wear, its collections tell the story of the local people. The prize exhibit are relics from the Chinese settlers who often built but
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Arthur Roy Mitchell Memorial Museum of Western Art
Also known as ‘The Mitch,’ this pleasant gallery was built in honor of local cowboy artist, and the original, if unofficial, town historian, AR Mitchell. Set in an old late-19th-century department store (those tiled ceilings are original), the ground floor is the permanent collecti
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Castle Island & Fort Independence
The 19th-century Fort Independence sits on 22 acres of parkland called Castle Island (a misnomer, as it’s connected to the mainland). A paved pathway follows the perimeter of the peninsula – good for strolling or cycling – and there is a small swimming beach. From the Seaport Distr
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Big Apple Roller Coaster
This Coney Island–inspired roller coaster makes a heartline twist-and-dive maneuver, producing a sensation similar to that felt by a pilot during a barrel roll in a fighter plane. The rest of the three-minute trip includes stomach-dropping dips, high-banked turns, a 180-degree spir
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McMillan Reservoir Sand Filtration Plant
On Michigan Ave and North Capitol St, you’ll notice a string of cylindrical concrete structures that look like the entrance to the Kingdom of the Mole People sticking out of a grassy field. This is the McMillan Reservoir Sand Filtration Plant; the buildings are ruins of old water r
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Peterson Bay Field Station
Though technically it’s outside the park, this field station operated by the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies provides an excellent introduction to the ecology and natural history of the area. In summer, staff members lead day-long educational tours of the coastal forest and wate
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Ether Dome
On October 16, 1846, Thomas WG Morton administered ether to the patient Gilbert Abbott, while Dr John Collins Warren cut a tumor from his neck. It was the first use of anesthesia in a surgical procedure and it happened in this domed operating room in Mass General Hospital. The dome
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Herald Square
This crowded convergence of Broadway, Sixth Ave and 34th St is best known as the home of mammoth department store Macys , where you can still ride some of the original wooden elevators. As part of the city’s ‘traffic-free Times Square’ plan, you can also (try to) relax in a lawn ch
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Glacial Boulder
Just before Inspiration Point is this huge granite boulder scooped up from the Beartooth Mountains, 15 miles away, by a glacier and deposited here 80,000 years ago. The Glacier Boulder Trail starts here for the 11-mile return hike to Sevenmile Hole. An easy, one-hour (2-mile) round
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Dodger Stadium
Built in 1962, and one of Major League Baseball’s classic ballparks, Dodger Stadium offers behind-the-scenes tours of the historic stadium. Your 90-minutes will cover the press box (basecamp of the legendary Vin Scully), the Dodger dugout, the Dugout Club, the field and the Tommy L
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