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Las Vegas Natural History Museum
If you’ve ever been to a really good natural-history museum in a big city, you certainly won’t be wowed by this one, but youngsters still might. A couple dozen or so stuffed exotic animals are rather weakly displayed, including in the Wild Nevada au naturel room. The junior scienti
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Kampong
David Fairchild, Indiana Jones of the botanical world and founder of Fairchild Tropical Gardens, would rest at the Kampong (Malay/Indonesian for village) in-between journeys in search of beautiful and economically viable plant life. Today this lush garden is listed on the National
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Crouching Lion
The Crouching Lion is a landmark rock formation just north of mile marker 27 on the Kamehameha Hwy. According to legend, the rock is a demigod from Tahiti who was cemented to the mountain during a jealous struggle between the volcano goddess Pele and her sister Hiiaka. When he trie
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Hl Hunley
HL Hunley submarine, in a faceless warehouse at a working dockyard north of downtown, rests in a 90,000-gallon tank of water like some strange top-secret science experiment. In 1864 the Confederate Hunley completed the worlds first submarine mission by sinking the Unions USS Housat
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Brooklyn Historical Society
Housed in an 1881 Queen Anne–style landmark building (a gem in itself, with striking terra-cotta details on the facade), this library and museum is devoted to all things Brooklyn. Its priceless collection contains a rare 1770 map of New York City and a signed copy of the Emancipati
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432 Park Avenue
Its a case of thin is in with the arrival of this 1396ft-tall, $1.3 billion residential tower by Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly. Its clean, white, cubic facade inspired by a 1905 trash can by Austrian designer Josef Hoffman, the tower rises above the Midtown skyline like an impo
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Turtle Bay Exploration Park
Situated on 300 meandering acres, this is an artistic, cultural and scientific center for visitors of all ages, with an emphasis on the Sacramento River watershed. The complex houses art and natural-science museums, with fun interactive exhibits for kids. There are also extensive a
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art
This thoughtfully curated, bite-sized art museum displays European and American masters – think Matisse and Diego Rivera – along with contemporary photography, classical antiquities and though-provoking temporary exhibits. Traipse up to the 2nd floor, where impressive Asian art col
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Perot Museum of Nature & Science
The biggest addition yet to the Arts District, this striking museum opened in 2012. It wows both on the outside (thanks to award-winning architect Thom Mayne) and on the inside (there are six floors of wonder). Most of the exhibits are interactive – visitors can design their own b
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Hialeah Park
Hialeah is more Havanan than Little Havana (more than 90% of the population speak Spanish as a first language), and the symbol and center of this working-class Cuban community is this grand former racetrack. Today a walk through the grounds is recommended, if only to gaze at the gr
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Carter House
On November 30, 1864, 37,000 men (20,000 Confederates and 17,000 Union soldiers) fought over a 2-mile stretch of Franklin’s outskirts. Sprawl has turned much of that battlefield into suburbs, but the Carter House property preserves a large chunk of one of the main scenes of the bat
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Chapin Memorial Beach
Families will love the gently sloping waters at this dune-backed beach. Not only is it ideal for wading, but all sorts of tiny sea creatures can be explored in the tide pools. At low tide, you can walk way out onto the sandy tidal flats – it takes a hike just to reach water up to y
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Clarno Unit
The oldest, most remote fossil beds in the area are at the base of the John Day Rivers canyon. The 40-million-year-old Clarno Unit exposes mud flows that washed over an Eocene-era forest. The Clarno Formation eroded into white cliffs topped with spires and turrets of stone. There a
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Franklin D Roosevelt Home
FDR served three terms as president and instituted lasting progressive programs; he also made the decision to drop the A-bomb on Japan to end WWII. A tour of his home, relatively modest considering his family wealth, is interesting, but it can be unpleasantly crowded in summer. In
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Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium
In 1891, when Franklin Fairbanks collection of stuffed animals and cultural artifacts from across the globe grew too large for his home, he built the Fairbanks Museum of Natural Science. This massive stone building with a 30ft-high barrel-vaulted ceiling still displays more than ha
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Kapiolani Park
In its early days, horse racing and band concerts were the biggest attractions at Waikikis favorite green space. Although the racetrack is long gone, this park named after Queen Kapiʻolani is still a beloved outdoor venue for live music and local community gatherings, from farmers
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Kahana Bay
Although many of Kahanas archaeological sites are inaccessibly deep in the valley, impressive Huilua Fishpond is visible from the highway and can be visited simply by walking down to the beach. The beach itself offers mostly safe swimming with a gently sloping sandy bottom. Watch o
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Miccosukee Village
Just across the road from Shark Valley, this ‘village’ is an informative open-air museum that showcases the culture of the Miccosukee via guided tours of traditional homes, a crafts gift store, dance and music performances, an airboat ride into a hammock-cum-village of raised ‘chic
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Mystery Castle
Equal parts Mexican hacienda, Native American cliff dwelling and psychedelic sand castle, the 18-room Mystery Castle was constructed in the 1930s and ’40s by Boyce Luther Gulley for his daughter Mary Lou. It’s an eccentric contraption of stone, recycled telegraph poles, adobe and w
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Long Key State Recreation Area
The 965-acre Long Key State Recreation Area takes up much of Long Key. It’s about 30 minutes south of Islamorada, and comprises a tropical clump of gumbo-limbo, crabwood and poisonwood trees; a picnic area fronting a long, lovely sweep of teal water; and lots of wading birds in the
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