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Treasury Building
The 1836 Greek-revival colossus (each of its 30 36ft-high columns was carved from a single granite block) is decorated as befits a treasury, with golden eagles, ornate balustrades and a two-story Cash Room, constructed with eight types of marble. US currency was printed in the base
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Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery
Of three thriving fish hatcheries on the Columbia River, this is the largest and, quite possibly, the most interesting. Created to provide a spawning ground for salmon that had been blocked from migrating upriver by the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in the 1930s, the ongoing
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Sawtooth National Recreation Area
Following the Salmon River, Hwy 75 north from Ketchum to Stanley is part of the nationally designated Sawtooth Scenic Byway . The 60-mile drive is gorgeous, winding through a misty, thick ponderosa pine forest - where the air is crisp and fresh and smells like rain and nuts - befor
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Sacred Garden of Maliko
Up for a meditative moment? The nonprofit Sacred Garden of Maliko, a self-described healing sanctuary, has a pair of rock-garden labyrinth walks guaranteed to reset the harmony gauge. One’s in an orchid greenhouse; the other’s in a kukui (candlenut tree) grove beside Maliko Stream.
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Orlando Wetlands Park
Woodlands, lakes and marshes flush with migrating birds, alligator, deer and all kinds of other critters. There are 20 miles of hiking trails and dirt roads, as well as restrooms, picnic tables and charcoal grills at the main entrance. Biking is limited to unpaved berm roads. The p
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Taos Historic Museums
The 1797 Blumenschein Home & Museum was the home of artist Ernest Blumenschein (one of the founding members of the Taos Society of Artists) in the 1920s. Today its maintained much as it would have been when the Blumenscheins lived here. The period furniture is interesting, and
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Hula Mae’s Laundry
Cossimo Matassa’s J&M Music shop was the place where New Orleans musicians recorded some of the biggest R&B hits in the 1950s. It closed down years ago, but the site, now a busy Laundromat, preserves some fine musical heritage. The pebbly J&M sign is still inlaid on the
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Fort Stevens Park
In a raid on July 11, 1864, Confederate General Jubal Early attacked Fort Stevens, the northernmost of the defensive ramparts ringing DC. A small but fierce battle raged for two days – the only time the Civil War touched District soil – until Early’s men withdrew across the Potomac
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Emily Dickinson Museum
During her lifetime, Emily Dickinson (1830–86) published only seven poems, but after her death more than 1000 of her poems were discovered and published, and her verses on love, nature and immortality have made her one of the most important poets in the US. The museum consists of t
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Buena Vista River Park
Take E Main St to its riverside conclusion and youll find a park that sprawls for more than 2 miles along the Arkansas River. At the northern end are soccer fields, basketball courts, a tennis court, a humble skate park, boat-staging put-ins, and over the bridge from here is the Ba
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Bird Cage Theater
In the 1880s the Bird Cage was a one-stop sin-o-rama. Besides onstage shows, it was a saloon, dance hall, gambling parlor and a home for negotiable affections. The very name derives from the 14 compartments lining the upper floor of the auditorium – like boxes at the opera – where
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Big Bend Ranch State Park
At 433 sq miles, this state park is more than 11 times larger than Texas’ next biggest state park (Franklin Mountains in El Paso). Taking up almost all the desert between Lajitas and Presidio, Big Bend Ranch reaches north from the Rio Grande into some of the wildest country in Nort
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Angel Island State Park
Rising from the middle of San Francisco Bay, Angel Island has served as a military base, immigration station, WWII Japanese internment camp and Nike missile site, leaving it some interesting and thought-provoking forts and bunkers to explore. Spread out a picnic in a protected cove
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Skyscraper Museum
Fans of phallic architecture will appreciate this compact, high-gloss gallery, examining skyscrapers as objects of design, engineering and urban renewal. Temporary exhibitions dominate the space, with past exhibitions exploring everything from New Yorks new generation of super-slim
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Thompson Island
Thompson Island was settled as early as 1626 by a Scotsman, David Thompson, who set up a trading post to do business with the Neponset Indians. Today this island is privately owned and inhabited by Thompson Island Outward Bound, a nonprofit organization that develops fun and challe
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Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Rainbow Bridge is the largest natural bridge in the world, at 290ft high and 275ft wide. A sacred Navajo site, it resembles the graceful arc of a rainbow. Most visitors arrive by boat (www.lakepowell.com), with a 2-mile round-trip hike. The natural monument is located on the south
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Hyde Park
With Henry Plants grand hotel invigorating Tampas late 19th-century economy, expansion over the river was inevitable. Old Hyde Park Village , once given over to citrus groves, provided the perfect spot for the citys first suburb. Streetcar services along Swann St and Rome Ave exist
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Calico Ghost Town
This endearingly hokey Old West attraction is a cluster of pioneer-era buildings amid the ruins of a circa 1881 silver mining town, reconstructed nearly a century later by Walter Knott of Knotts Berry Farm . Admission is cheap, but you’ll pay extra to go gold panning, tour the Magg
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Binions
Binions gambling hall and hotel was opened in 1951 by notorious Texan gambler Benny Binion, who wore gold coins for buttons on his cowboy shirts and spurred the transformation of Fremont St casino hotels from sawdust gambling halls to classy carpet joints. Benny was among the first
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National Arts Club
Founded in 1898 to promote public interest in the arts, the National Arts Club holds art exhibitions, usually open to the public from 10am to 5pm Monday to Friday (check the website for upcoming shows). Calvert Vaux – one of the creators of Central Park – designed the building itse
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