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Mt Roberts Tram
As far as trams go, this tramway is rather expensive for a five-minute ride. But from a marketing point of view its location couldn’t be better. It whisks you right from the cruise-ship dock up 1800ft to the treeline of Mt Roberts, where you’ll find a restaurant, gift shops and a s
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Niagara Falls State Park
The traditional way to see Niagara Falls is on the Maid of the Mist , a boat cruise that’s ferried soaking visitors into the rapids right below the falls since 1846. You can also walk along the Prospect Park Point walkways to view the American Falls. Goat Island is accessible by fo
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Museum of Flight
Chronicling flight history from Kitty Hawk to Concorde , the city that spawned Boeing, not surprisingly, coughs up one of the nations finest aviation museums. Its a multifarious affair. Gluing together a broad sweep of flying-related memorabilia, this clever amalgamation of several
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Living Room
Just to remind you that you’re entering the Design District is a big, honking, public art installation of, yep, a living room – just the sort of thing you’re supposed to shop for while you’re here. Actually this Living Room, by Argentine husband-and-wife team Roberto Behar and Rosa
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Leslie
Expected to double in size in 2016, the worlds first museum dedicated to LGBT themes stages six to eight annual exhibitions of both homegrown and international art. Offerings have included solo-artist retrospectives as well as themed shows exploring the likes of art and sex along t
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Kyle Field
Having packed in a record 90,000 fans, behemoth Kyle Field is one of largest football stadiums in this football-crazed state – one notorious for successfully intimidating visiting teams. With that many fans standing and chanting in unison the entire game, it’s not hard to understan
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St Roch Cemetery
One of New Orleans’ more interesting cemeteries is a few blocks from Faubourg Marigny (driving is recommended). Named for St Roch, a semilegendary figure whose prayers supposedly averted the Black Death, the site became popular with Catholics during yellow-fever outbreaks. Walk thr
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Strawberry Fields
Standing inside the park across from the famous Dakota apartment building , where John Lennon was fatally shot in 1980, is this poignant, tear-shaped garden – a memorial to the slain star. It’s the most visited spot in Central Park, and is maintained with some help by a $1 million
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South Park City
South Park City has nothing to do with Cartman, Kyle etc. Its a collection of 35 original buildings, built in the 1870s and 1880s in places like Fairplay, Alma, Como and the surrounding South Park area. All were restored and moved to this site in the late 1950s to better preserve t
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Pepperdine University
Self-assuredly holding court atop a grassy slope where deer graze at sundown, this private institution has views of the Pacific and the mountains, and is one of Californias most beautiful campuses. Ken Starr, the independent investigator who revealed to the world where Bill Clinton
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Vulture Mine
Town founder Henry Wickenburg discovered gold nuggets here in 1863. The mine spat out gold until 1942, then decayed into a crusty ghost town, one that spooked the hosts of the Travel Channels Ghost Adventures . A mining company, Vulture Peak Gold, purchased the property in 2011. Fo
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University of California, San Diego
UCSD was established in 1960 and now has more than 18,000 students and a strong reputation, particularly for mathematics and science. It lies on rolling coastal hills in a parklike setting, surrounded by tall, fragrant eucalyptus. Its most distinctive structure is the Geisel Librar
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Makapipi Falls
Most waterfall views look up at the cascades, but this one offers a rare chance to experience an explosive waterfall from the top. Makapipi Falls makes its sheer plunge right beneath your feet as you stand on the ocean side of the Makapipi Bridge. You don’t see anything from your c
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Offshore Keys
Long Elliott Key has picnicking, camping and hiking among mangrove forests; tiny Adams Key has only picnicking; and equally tiny Boca Chita Key has an ornamental lighthouse, picnicking and camping. These little islands were settled under the Homestead Act of 1862, which gave land f
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Occidental Square
Occidental Sq, another cobblestone space flanked by unusually handsome Victorian buildings, is one of the nicest places in this area. Visit Glasshouse Studio to see local artists’ impressive works of blown, cast and lamp-worked glass. If you need a shot of caffeine or a chance to
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Museum of Yachting
Want to look at some boats? Head inside this bad-boy museum inside the 1831 Aquidneck Mill for a collection of model yachts, a handful of craft being restored by an on-site restoration school and pictures of the New York Yacht Club winning the Americas Cup regatta for 130 consecuti
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Mt Whitney
West of Lone Pine, the jagged incisors of the Sierra surge skyward in all their raw and fierce glory. Cradled by scores of smaller pinnacles, Mt Whitney is a bit hard to pick out from Hwy 395, so for the best views, take a drive along Whitney Portal Rd through the Alabama Hills. As
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Fifth Avenue & Around
Immortalized in film and song, Fifth Ave first developed its high-class reputation in the early 20th century, when it was known for its country air and open spaces. The series of mansions called Millionaires Row extended right up to 130th St, though most of those above 59th St face
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Belmont Shore & Naples
If downtown Long Beach feels urban and corporate, Belmont Shore exudes a quintessential SoCal laid-back air. It has a fine beach with a pier for fishing and watching sunsets, and keeps it real along a buzzy, four-block strip of boutiques, cafes and bars filled with surfers and stud
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Balboa Island
In the middle of the harbor sits the island that time forgot. Its streets are still largely lined with tightly clustered cottages built in the 1920s and ‘30s when this was a summer getaway from LA. The 1.5-mile promenade that circles the island makes a terrific car-free stroll or j
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