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Cape Cod Highland Light
Sitting on the Capes highest elevation (a mere 120ft!), Cape Cod Highland Light dates to 1797 and casts the brightest beam on the New England coast. Admission includes a 10-minute video, an exhibit in the keepers house and a climb up the lighthouses 69 steps to a sweeping vista. Ch
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Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater Welcome Center
Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald once walked across the stage of the Lyric, a major stop on the ‘Chitlin’ Circuit’ – the black live-entertainment trail of preintegration USA. As years passed both the theater and the neighborhood it served, Overtown, fell into disuse. Then the Bla
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Big Bend National Park
This national park is almost as big as Rhode Island. When you’re traversing Big Bend’s 1252 sq miles, you come to appreciate what ‘big’ really means. It’s a land of incredible diversity, vast enough to allow a lifetime of discovery, yet laced with enough well-placed roads and trail
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American Folk Art Museum
This tiny institution contains a couple of centuries worth of folk and outsider art treasures, including pieces by Henry Darger (known for his girl-filled battlescapes) and Martín Ramírez (producer of hallucinatory caballeros on horseback). There is also an array of wood carvings,
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UFO Spotting
Maybe its activity from the nearby Pensacola Naval Air Station, but this stretch of the gulf has apparently had hundreds of UFO sightings in the past few decades; Shoreline Park in Gulf Breeze is a particular hot spot, where youre likely to find local skywatchers (including members
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Wildlife Gardens
Alligator lovers shouldn’t miss the opportunity to see babies to big ’uns up close at Wildlife Gardens , 20 miles northwest of Houma. The 30 acres of swamps, walking trails, an alligator farm, rescued animals and an old trapper’s cabin have come a long way since Betty Provost Esche
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St Joseph Church
Built in 1901, when there were 20,000 people living in Nome, this church and its spire was located on Front St and used as a beacon for seamen. By the 1920s, after the population of the city had plummeted to less than 900, the Jesuits abandoned the structure. It was used for storag
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Ravine Gardens State Park
A pleasant 2-mile walkable road loops the inner boundary of this 182-acre state park . A ravine, created millions of years ago by the St John’s River, slices through the center of this pristine picnic spot. Some of the best views of this shallow gorge are from the swinging suspensi
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Bowmans Beach
Bowmans Beach is the quintessential Sanibel beach, a bright dollop of coast with soft white sand, supplied with a playground and excellent facilities. It’s remote in the sense that it rarely feels crowded, except perhaps at the height of tourist season. Alphabet cones, angel wings,
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Frye Art Museum
This small museum on First Hill preserves the collection of Charles and Emma Frye. The Fryes collected more than 1000 paintings, mostly 19th- and early-20th-century European and American pieces, and a few Alaskan and Russian artworks. If this inspires a stifled yawn, think again. S
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Excalibur
This medieval caricature, complete with crayon-colored towers and a faux drawbridge, epitomizes gaudy Vegas. Inside the mock castle, casino walls are hung with coats of arms and cheap stained-glass imitations depicting valiant knights and lovely damsels. Buried in the Fun Dungeon a
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Curry Hammock State Park
This park is small but sweet and the rangers are just lovely. Like most parks in the Keys, it’s a good spot for preserved tropical hardwood and mangrove habitat – a 1.5-mile hike takes you through both environments. Rent a kayak (single/double for two hours $17.20/21.50) or, when t
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Crane Point Museum
This is one of the nicest spots on the island to stop and smell the roses. And the pinelands. And the palm hammock – a sort of palm jungle (imagine walking under giant, organic Japanese fans) that only grows between MM 47 and MM 60. There’s also Adderly House, a preserved example o
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Jackson Park
This 543-acre, lagoon-filled green space fringes Hyde Park to the east. Historically, its where the city held the 1893 World’s Expo, when Chicago introduced the world to wonders such as the Ferris wheel, moving pictures and the zipper. Boat harbors, beaches, the Osaka Garden and a
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Mike OCallaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
Featuring a pedestrian walkway with perfect views upstream of Hoover Dam, this bridge is definitely not recommended for anyone with vertigo. Mike OCallaghan was governor of Nevada from 1971 to 1979. NFL star Pat Tillman was a safety for the Arizona Cardinals when he enlisted as a U
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NASCAR Hall of Fame
The race car simulator at this rip-roaring museum hurtles you onto the track and into an 8-car race that feels surprisingly real. Elsewhere, learn the history of this American-born sport (which traces back to moonshine running), check out six generations of race cars and test your
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Lever House
Upon its debut in 1952, 21-story Lever House was at the height of the cutting-edge. The UN Secretariat Building was the only other skyscraper to feature a glass skin, an innovation that would redefine urban architecture. The buildings form was equally bold: two counter-posed rectan
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SF Camerawork
Since 1974, this nonprofit art organization has explored and encouraged experimental photo-based imagery beyond classic B&W prints and casual digital snapshots. Since moving into this spacious new Market St gallery, Cameraworks far-reaching exhibitions have shed new light on co
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Santa Barbara Historical Museum
Embracing a romantic cloistered adobe courtyard, this peaceful little museum has an endlessly fascinating collection of local memorabilia, ranging from the simply beautiful, such as Chumash woven baskets and Spanish-colonial-era textiles, to the intriguing, such as an intricately c
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Patagonia Lake State Park
A brilliant blue blip dolloped into the mountains, 2.5-mile-long Patagonia Lake was formed by the damming of Sonoita Creek. About 7 miles southwest of Patagonia, the lake is open year-round. At 4050ft above sea level, buffeted by lake and mountain breezes, the air is cool – making
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