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Elisabet Ney Museum
A German-born sculptor and spirited trailblazer, Elisabet Ney lived in Austin in the early 1880s, and her former studio is now one of the oldest museums in Texas. Filled with more than 100 works of art, including busts and statues of political figures, the castle-like building made
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White House Visitor Center
Getting inside the White House can be tough, so here is your backup plan. Browse artifacts like Roosevelts desk for his fireside chats and Lincolns cabinet chair. Multimedia exhibits give a 360-degree view into the White Houses rooms. It’s obviously not the same as seeing the real
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Steves Homestead Museum
Most of the mansions in the King William District can only be appreciated from curbside, but one of them provides guided tours: the Steves Homestead. Volunteer docents from the San Antonio Conservation Society run guided tours through this Italianate villa and French Second Empire–
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Rosecliff
Stanford White designed Rosecliff to look like the Grand Trianon at Versailles, and its palatial ballroom (Newports largest) and landscaped grounds quickly became the setting for some truly enormous parties. Houdini entertained at one. Rosecliff was built for Mrs Hermann Oelrichs,
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La Villita Historic Arts Village
History meets commerce at downtowns La Villita. San Antonios first neighborhood, this little village of stone and adobe houses dates back to the early 1800s and now contains a collection of touristy shops and galleries. It doesnt exactly offer a portal into the past, but its worth
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San Francisco Plantation
Destrehan Plantation looks plain-Jane in comparison to the next stop – the candy-colored ‘steamboat Gothic-style’ San Francisco Plantation , 21 miles upriver. The 1700-acre site was purchased in 1830 by Edmond B Marmillion from Elisee Rillieux, a free person of color. With $100,000
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Moore’s Cabin
A block southeast of the city museum is Skagway’s oldest building, Moores Cabin. Captain William Moore and his son, Bernard, built the cabin in 1887, when they staked out their homestead as the founders of the town. The NPS has since renovated the building and, in doing so, discove
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Ogunquit Beaches
A sublime stretch of family-friendly coastline, Ogunquit Beach is only a five-minute walk along Beach St, east of US 1. Walking to the beach is a good idea in summer, because the parking lot fills up early (and it costs $4 per hour to park). The 3-mile beach fronts Ogunquit Bay to
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Post Office
Make it a point to mail a postcard from this 1937 deco gem of a post office, the very first South Beach renovation project tackled by preservationists in the 70s. This Depression moderne building in the ‘stripped classic’ style was constructed under President Roosevelt’s reign and
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Johns Pass Village
For an industrial-strength concentration of Florida seaside tackiness, tie up the boat (er, park the car) at this former fishing village now transmogrified into an all-in-one, wharf-sized nautical tourist trap. Any kind of rental or boat trip is available: Waverunners, pirate ships
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Glover Archbold Park
Glover is a sinuous, winding park, extending from Van Ness St NW in Tenleytown down to the western border of Georgetown University. Its 180 tree-covered acres follow the course of little Foundry Branch Creek, along which runs a pretty nature trail. It’s a good bird-watching destina
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Deer Island
Funny thing about Deer Island: it’s not actually an island. A hurricane in 1938 created the causeway that now connects the ‘island’ to the mainland, so the Harbor Express boats do not go here (it’s accessible only by car). The other funny thing about Deer Island is that it is domin
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Heidelberg Project
Polka-dotted streets, houses covered in Technicolor paint blobs, strange sculptures in yards – this is no acid trip, but rather a block-spanning art installation. Its the brainchild of street artist Tyree Guyton, who wanted to beautify his run-down community. Arsonists have burned
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Far North Bicentennial Park
Comprising 4000 acres of forest and muskeg in east central Anchorage, this park features 20 miles of trails. In the center of the park is the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Campbell Tract, a 700-acre wildlife preserve where it’s possible to see moose and bears in the spring an
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Fort Bliss
As the largest air defense training center in the Western world, Fort Bliss consumes much of the desert northeast of El Paso, and trains troops from all the NATO-allied nations. The Fort Bliss Museum is housed in a reconstruction of the forts 1854–68 location. It depicts life at th
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Columbarium
Art nouveau stained-glass windows and a dome skylight illuminate more than 8000 niches honoring dearly departed San Franciscans and their beloved pets. San Franciscos Columbarium revived the ancient Roman custom of sheltering cremated remains in 1898, when burial grounds crowded th
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College Football Hall of Fame
It is impossible to overstate the importance of college football to American culture. This new museum, relocated from Indiana in 2014 and revamped into this three-story, 94,256-sq-ft gridiron sanctuary, is a supremely cool and suitable shrine. Pledge your allegiance to your team of
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Clarke House Museum
The Henry B Clarke House is the oldest structure in the city. When Caroline and Henry Clarke built the imposing Greek revival home in 1836, log cabins were still the rage in Chicago residential architecture. The interior has been restored to the period of the Clarkes’ occupation, w
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Alexandria Black History Resource Center
Paintings, photographs, books and other memorabilia documenting the black experience in Alexandria, one of America’s major slave ports, are on display at this small resource center (enter from Wythe St). Pick up a brochure for self-guided walking tours of important Alexandria black
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African American Civil War Memorial
Standing at the center of a granite plaza, this bronze memorial depicting rifle-bearing troops is DC’s first major art piece by black sculptor Ed Hamilton. The statue is surrounded on three sides by the Wall of Honor, listing the names of 209,145 black troops who fought in the Unio
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