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Boott Cotton Mills Museum
Five blocks northeast along the river, the Boott Cotton Mills Museum has exhibits that chronicle the rise and fall of the industrial revolution in Lowell, including technological changes, labor movements and immigration. The highlight is a working weave room, with 88 power looms. A
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Aspen Art Museum
No permanent collection here, just edgy, innovative contemporary exhibitions featuring paintings, mixed media, sculpture, video installations and photography by artists such as Mamma Andersson, Mark Manders and Susan Phiipszmark. Art lovers will not leave disappointed. Visit in Aug
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Woodlawn Museum
Just north of Mt Desert Island, the small town of Ellsworth is a slice of old-school Americana, with a pretty Main street lined with shops, galleries and restaurants. Nearby is the Woodlawn Museum located 0.25 miles south of US 1. The former home of three generations of the wealthy
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Reuben H Fleet Science Center
One of Balboa Park’s most popular venues, this hands-on science museum features interactive displays and a toddler room. Look out for opportunities to build gigantic structures with Keva planks and visit the Gallery of Illusions and Perceptions . The biggest drawcard is the Giant D
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Portland Head Light
Fort Williams Park, on Cape Elizabeth, has rolling lawns dotted with bunkers and gun emplacements, from WWII, although the fort actively guarded the entrance to Casco Bay from 1873 to 1964. Right next to the park stands Portland Head Light, the oldest of Maine’s 52 functioning ligh
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Lowe Art Museum
Your love of the Lowe, located on the campus of the University of Miami, depends on your taste in art. If you’re into modern and contemporary works, it’s good. If you’re into the art and archaeology of cultures from Asia, Africa and the South Pacific, it’s great. And if you’re into
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Leon Sinks Geological Area
More than 6 miles of trails and boardwalks marked with interpretive signs wind past sinks and swamps in this fascinating park. Be sure to stay on the trails, as the karst (terrain affected by the dissolution of the underlying limestone bedrock) here is still evolving, and new sinkh
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Salmon Canneries
Every summer Cordova’s population swells with young idealists, opportunists and stragglers hoping to make a mint canning salmon on 16-hour shifts. Whether you’re curious about the effects of sleep deprivation on adventurous teenagers or just want to see how some of the finest salmo
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Ruth Asawas San Francisco Fountain
Covered in local landmarks and colorful SF characters, Ruth Asawas 1973 San Francisco Fountain captures the citys spirit. Sculptor Asawa used unconventional techniques: she collected favorite images of San Francisco from 250 people – famous artists to schoolchildren – sculpted them
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National Geographic Society Museum
The museum at National Geographic Society headquarters can’t compete with the Smithsonian’s more extensive offerings, but it can be worth a stop, depending on what’s showing. Exhibits are drawn from the society’s well-documented expeditions to the far corners of the Earth, and they
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United Nations Plaza
This brick-paved triangle with an often-dry fountain awkwardly commemorates the signing of the UN charter in San Francisco. At best in broad daylight, UN Plaza offers clear views of City Hall, skateboarders attempting fountain flips, Scientologists drumming up converts and the odd
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St Armands Circle
Conceived by John Ringling in the 1920s, St Armands Circle is essentially an upscale outdoor shopping mall surrounded by posh residences on St Armands Key. Yet even more than downtown, this traffic circle is Sarasotas social center; its where everyone strolls in the early evening,
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Society of the Cincinnati
The Society of the Cincinnati is a private patriotic group that educates the public about the Revolutionary War. Who knew? What’s key here is the chance to go inside the Renaissance Revival mansion (aka Anderson House) where it has its headquarters and check out the opulent interio
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St Andrews State Park
This peaceful 1260-acre park is graced with nature trails, swimming beaches and wildlife, including foxes, coyotes, snakes, seabirds and alligators (fear not: gators live in freshwater, and the swimming areas – including the kiddie pools 4ft-deep water, near the jetties – are in th
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Petrified Forest
Three million years ago at this now roadside-Americana attraction, a volcanic eruption at Mt St Helena blew down a stand of redwoods. The trees fell in the same direction, away from the blast, and over the millennia the mighty giants’ trunks turned to stone. Discover them on a shor
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Kenjis House
Kapaʻau native Kenji Yokoyama (1931–2004) is remembered for his seashell art. An avid free diver and constant recycler and repairer, he collected rocks, driftwood and shells and glued them together into little sculptures. While not fine art, when viewed en masse in his lifetime abo
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Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
Birds have been migrating through this idyllic little stretch of farmland for millennia, and when the local dairy finally shut its doors, the community rallied to preserve the land. More than 100 species can now be seen in summer, including thousands of sandhill cranes during Augus
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Independence
Just 16 miles east of Aspen at the foot of Independence Pass , this gold-mining boom town turned ghost town started as a tented camp in the summer of 1879, when one lucky miner struck gold on the Fourth of July. Operated and preserved by the Aspen Historical Society, you can see th
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F Scott Fitzgerald Sights & Summit Ave
The Great Gatsby author F Scott Fitzgerald is St Pauls most celebrated literary son. The Pullman-style apartment at 481 Laurel Ave is his birthplace. Five blocks away, Fitzgerald lived in the brownstone at 599 Summit Ave when he published This Side of Paradise . Both are private re
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Chicago Arts District
Pilsens art galleries are known collectively as the Chicago Arts District. There are 20 or so galleries, and they tend to be small, artist-run spaces with erratic hours. Many cluster around 18th and Halsted Sts. The best time to visit is on Second Fridays, when the galleries stay o
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