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Lincoln Park
The neighborhood gets its name from this park, Chicago’s largest. Its 1200 acres stretch for 6 miles, from North Ave north to Diversey Pkwy, where it narrows along the lake and continues until the end of Lake Shore Dr. The park’s many lakes, trails and paths make it an excellent pl
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San Diego Natural History Museum
The Nat houses 7.5 million specimens, including rocks, fossils and taxidermied animals, as well as an impressive dinosaur skeleton and a California fault-line exhibit, all in beautiful spaces. Kids love the movies about the natural world in the giant-screen cinema; the selections c
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Stone Mountain Park
Stone Mountain Park , which combines natural splendor with a creepy Confederate nostalgia - Confederate laser light show anyone? (The rebel flag, for instance, still flies at the mountains base, and the trio of Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis are carved into the
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Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove
From late October until February, over 25,000 black-and-orange monarchs make their winter home here. Forming dense clusters in the tops of eucalyptus trees, they might easily be mistaken for leaves. Between 10am and 4pm during the roosting season, volunteers can tell you all about
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Roger Williams Park
In 1871, Betsey Williams, great-great-great-granddaughter of the founder of Providence, donated her farm to the city as a public park. Today this 430-acre expanse of greenery, only a short drive south of Providence, includes lakes and ponds, forest copses and broad lawns, picnic gr
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Pueblo Union Depot
Still standing proudly on the railway, this historic 1880s structure has been refurbished and reclaimed as a shopping mall and law-office complex of sorts. But there is a case of historical artifacts by the back door on the ground floor as well as American Only signs by the old wai
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King David Kalakaua Statue
Born in 1836, King Kalakaua ruled Hawaii from 1874 until his death in 1891. With his wife, Queen Kapiʻolani, Kalakaua traveled the world extensively. This statue, designed by Native Hawaiian sculptor Sean Browne, greets visitors coming into Waikiki and was donated by the Japanese-A
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Thoreau Farm
Fans of Thoreau can travel off the beaten path to the house where he was born, which is about 4 miles east of Concord center. Henry David lived in his grandmothers farmhouse for only a few months after his birth; but the rural retreat would prove influential and inspirational thro
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Manuka State Wayside & Natural Area Reserve
This 13-acre reserve offers an exceptionally well-done nature trail. Proceeding through native forest on a lava rock path, and assisted by an interpretive trail guide, youll identify 30 species of plants, and see a pit crater and lava flows. The entrance to the park and picnic area
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Lincoln Historic Site
Visits consist of strolling the half-mile length of Lincoln’s one street. Start at the east end, where exhibits in the Anderson-Freeman Visitors Center, where exhibits on the Buffalo soldiers, Apaches and the Lincoln County War explain the towns history. The admission price include
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Knife River Indian Villages National Historical Site
Here you can still see the mounds left by three earthen villages of the Hidastas, who lived on the Knife River, a narrow tributary of the Missouri, for more than 900 years. The National Park Service has re-created one of the earthen lodges.Its just north of Stanton (22 miles west o
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Goodrich
This historic home was built in 1837 by jeweler William M Goodrich. Goodrich sold the house to the British-born merchant Henry Hope Stanley, whose adopted son, Henry Morton Stanley, went on to gain fame for finding the missing Scottish missionary, Dr David Livingston, and uttering
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Cathedral Gorge State Park
Awe, then ahhh: this is one of our favorite state parks not just in Nevada, but in the whole USA. Fifteen miles north of Caliente, just past the turn-off to Panaca, Cathedral Gorge State Park really does feel like youve stepped into a magnificent, many-spired cathedral, albeit one
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Family History Library
Thousands of people come to Salt Lake City every year to research their family history here, the largest genealogical resource on Earth. Because the LDS believes you must pray on your ancestors behalf to help them along their celestial path, it has acquired a mind-boggling amount o
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Borax Museum
On the grounds of the Ranch at Furnace Creek , this museum explains what all the fuss about borax was about, with alluring samples of local borate minerals and their uses; its in the 1883 miners bunkhouse. Out back theres a large collection of pioneer-era stagecoaches and wagons. A
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Benny Benson Memorial
This humble monument at the corner of the Seward Hwy and Dairy Hill Lane honors Seward’s favorite son, Benny Benson. In 1926 the orphaned 13-year-old Alaska Native boy submitted his design for the Alaska state flag, arguably the loveliest in the Union. His stellar design (you can s
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California State Railroad Museum
At Old Sac’s north end is this impressive collection of railcars and locomotives from miniature to true scale. While the candy-coated recounting of the struggles of those who laid the track is unsettling, the fully outfitted Pullman sleeper and vintage diner cars will thrill rail f
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Blue Spring State Park
The largest spring on the St John’s River, Blue Spring maintains a constant 72ºF and between November and March it serves as the winter refuge for between 25 and 50 West Indian manatees, though as many as 200 have been spotted here! The best time to see them is before 11am; there’s
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Bartholomews Cobble
Ten miles south of Great Barrington along US 7 and MA 7A toward Ashley Falls brings you to Bartholomews Cobble, a cobble being a high, rocky knoll of limestone, marble or quartzite. The highly alkaline soil of this 329-acre reservation supports an unusual variety of trees, flowers,
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San Luis Valley Museum
Located behind the Chamber Depot, this museum has a small but well-arranged collection of ‘then and now’ photographs and artifacts from early farm life in the valley. Knowledgeable volunteers answer questions and can help plan excursions to historical sites. For a regional museum,
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