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Louis Armstrong House
At the peak of his career and with worldwide fame at hand, legendary trumpeter Armstrong settled in this modest Queens home, and lived there until his death in 1971. The place has been immaculately preserved in groovy style, down to the dazzling turquoise kitchen fixtures. Guided t
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Sea Lions at Pier 39
Beach bums took over San Francisco’s most coveted waterfront real estate in 1990 and have been making a public display of themselves ever since, canoodling, belching, scratching their naked backsides and gleefully shoving one another off the docks. Naturally these unkempt squatters
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Patagonia
A few gentle trails meander through this enchanting riparian willow forest. Managed by the Nature Conservancy, the preserve supports seven distinct vegetative ecosystems, four endangered species of native fish and more than 300 species of birds, including rarities from Mexico. For
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Thousand Islands Museum
A beautiful drive that can easily be done in a day from Niagara, with plenty of scenic stops as you progress alongside Lake Ontario and the Seaway Trail, will bring you to the Thousand Islands , a stunning collection of small islands dotted with turn-of-the-century dream homes. Hea
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Main Street Station
This filigreed casino re-creates Victorian opulence with its unique design, detailed craftwork and an extensive antiques collection. Pick up a brochure at the hotels front desk and take a self-guided tour of the objets dhistoires . Highlights include exquisite bronze chandeliers (o
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Little Buenos Aires
The area stretching in a ten-block radius around 71st Ave and Collins Ave may be one of the best places outside Mendoza to people-watch with a cortada (Argentine espresso) before digging into traditional pasta and steak dishes. With that said, today the Argentines compete with thei
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Painted Hills Unit
Because no cap rock protects them from erosion, the Painted Hills have eroded into low-slung, colorfully banded hills that were originally formed about 30 million years ago. A series of eruptions drifted into beds hundreds of feet deep, layering the brick-red, yellow, black, beige
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Grape Island
Grape Island is rich with fruity goodness – not grapes, but raspberries, bayberries and elderberries, all growing wild amid the scrubby wooded trails. The wild fruit attracts abundant bird life. Park rangers lead an interesting ‘wild edibles’ tour highlighting the fruits of the ear
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Grand Isle State Park
The end of the road down bayou way is 70 miles southeast of Houma, in Grand Isle . The windswept barrier-island town took quite the beating from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but many businesses have reopened and the Old Fishing Bridge has been restored. In addition to seafood shack
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Cornerstone Sonoma
There’s nothing traditional about Cornerstone Gardens, which showcases 25 walk-through gardens by renowned avant-garde landscape designers who explore the intersection of art and nature. Let the kids run free while you explore top-notch garden shops, taste wine, and gather informat
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Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory
Discover new galaxies and constellations in this 70ft domed planetarium that projects the night skies in startling detail enhanced with laser effects and accompanied by soaring soundtracks from Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles. On Friday and Saturday nights, volunteers help
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Abingdon Square
This historical dot on the landscape (just a quarter-acre) is a lovely little patch of green, home to grassy knolls, beds of perennial flowers and winding bluestone paths, as well as a popular Saturday green market. It’s a great place to enjoy a midday picnic or rest after an after
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Cape Fear Serpentarium
Herpetologist Dean Ripas museum is a fun and informative place to spend an hour or two – if you dont mind standing in a building slithering with venomous snakes, giant constrictors and big-teethed crocodiles. Theyre all behind glass but…ssssssss. Just hope theres not an earthquake.
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Barboursville Vineyards
Spread across 900 acres, the Barboursville Vineyards has earned high praise for its fine wines, and you can plan an afternoon of wine-tasting ($7 per person – a good value, considering the many wines you can sample), strolling the grounds, having a picnic (a shop sells goodies to g
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Salvation Mountain
Southeast of the Salton Sea, Salvation Mountain is a mighty strange sight indeed: a 100ft-high hill of concrete and hand-mixed adobe slathered in colorful paint and found objects (hay bales, tires, telephone poles) and inscribed with religious messages, surrounded by chapel-like gr
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Outlaws & Lawmen Jail Museum
Set in the old Teller County Jail, which rather remarkably operated from 1901 all the way until 1992, when the ACLU filed the lawsuit that made them upgrade. Youll be able to explore the tiny 6.5ft-by-9ft cell that held six men each. The men slept on hammocks, practically on top of
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Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park
The remains of this historic fort are unspectacular, but they mark the spot where Las Vegas was first settled by non–Native Americans back in 1855. A modest adobe quadrangle provided a refuge for travelers along the Mormon Trail between Salt Lake City and San Bernardino. Some of th
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
The 7.5-acre memorial pays tribute to the longest-serving president in US history and the era he governed. Visitors are taken through four red-granite ‘rooms’ that narrate FDR’s time in office, from the Depression to the New Deal to WWII. The story is told through statuary and insc
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Fort Myers Historical Museum
This museum is a hit with kids if only to tour the Esperanza , a private Pullman railroad car. Permanent exhibits document the citys history and include Calusa and Seminole artifacts and a display on Colonel Myers - the man for whom the city is named (though he never actually visit
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El Museo del Barrio
Bienvenido to one of New York’s premiere Latino institutions, whose thoughtful, rotating exhibitions span all media, from painting and photography to video and site-specific installations. The shows often showcase El Museo’s strong permanent collection, which includes pre-Columbian
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