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Second Bank of the US
Modeled after the Greek Parthenon, this 1824 marble-faced Greek Revival masterpiece was home to the worlds most powerful financial institution until President Andrew Jackson dissolved its charter in 1836. The building then became the Philadelphia Customs House until 1935. Today its
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Russian Bishops House
East of downtown along Lincoln St, the Russian Bishop’s House is the oldest intact Russian building in Sitka. Built in 1843 out of Sitka spruce, the two-story log house is one of the few surviving examples of Russian colonial architecture in North America. The National Park Service
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Presidio La Bahia
Built in 1749 by the Spanish to deter the French who were sniffing around the eastern edges of their empire, Presidio La Bahia played a role in six revolutions and wars. Texas revolutionaries seized the fort – now faithfully restored by the church – in October 1835. The following
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Pacific Marine Mammal Center
A nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating injured or ill marine mammals, this center northeast of town has a small staff and many volunteers who help nurse rescued pinnipeds – mostly sea lions and seals – before releasing them back into the wild. There are s
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Palm Cottage
One of the last tabby-mortar cottages in Collier County, this quaint cottage was built in 1895 for Henry Watterson, the editor of the Louisville Courier Journal . It then offered overflow accommodation for the Old Naples Hotel, hosting movie stars such as Hedy Lamarr. After more re
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Kaulu Paoa Heiau
The roaring surf was a teacher to those who first practiced the spiritual art of hula, chanting and testing their skills against nature’s decibel levels. Keʻe Beach is the oceanfront site of a cherished heiau (ancient stone temple) dedicated to Laka, the goddess of hula. Its also w
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Kahaloa & Ulukou Beaches
The beach between the Royal Hawaiian and Moana Surfrider hotels is Waikiki’s busiest section of sand and surf, great for sunbathing, swimming and people-watching. Most of the beach has a shallow bottom with a gradual slope. The only drawback for swimmers is its popularity with begi
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Fort DeRussy Beach
Seldom crowded, this often-overlooked beauty extends along the shore of a military reservation. Like all beaches in Hawaii, it’s free and open to the public.The water is usually calm and good for swimming, but it’s shallow at low tide. When conditions are right, windsurfers, bodybo
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Flat Iron Building
A warren of galleries, studios and workshops burrows in the landmark Flat Iron Building. Contemporary painters, realist photographers, digital animators, pop-art printmakers, experimental videographers and metal sculptors fill the spaces. There’s an open house on the first Friday o
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House on the Rock
Its one of Wisconsins busiest attractions. Alex Jordan built the structure atop a rock column in 1959 (some say as an up yours to neighbor Frank Lloyd Wright). He then stuffed the house to mind-blowing proportions with wonderments, including the worlds largest carousel, whirring mu
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Gunston Hall
Southwest of Mount Vernon, on a bend in the Potomac River, is the 1775 brick mansion Gunston Hall , which belonged to a statesman and contemporary of George Washington, George Mason. Mason penned the lines ‘all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inhere
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Decatur House
Designed in 1818 by Benjamin Latrobe for the War of 1812 naval hero Stephen Decatur, the building holds the honor of being the first and last house on Lafayette Sq to be occupied as a private residence. Architecturally, it’s an interesting mash-up of austere Federal and wedding cak
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Wicker Park
Sure, Chicago invented the zipper and Twinkie, but the city’s true legacy is a strange softball game invented here almost a century ago. Aptly named, 16-Inch Softball uses the same rules as normal softball, but with shorter games, a bigger, squishier ball and no gloves or mitts on
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Maritime Aquarium
This aquarium focuses on the marine life of Long Island Sound, including sand tiger sharks, loggerhead turtles and harbor seals, whose daily feedings at 11:45am, 1:45pm and 3:45pm are a real treat. IMAX movies are also shown throughout the day for an additional fee ($11.50/9.50 adu
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Limekiln State Park
Two miles south of Lucia, this park gets its name from the four remaining wood-fired kilns originally built here in the 1880s to smelt quarried limestone into powder, a key ingredient in cement building construction from Monterey to San Francisco. Tragically, pioneers chopped down
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Lottas Fountain
Lotta Crabtree made a fortune as San Franciscos diminutive opera diva, and never forgot the city that paid for her trademark cigars. In 1875 she donated this cast-metal spigot fountain (thrice her size) to San Francisco. Her gift came in mighty handy during the April 18, 1906 earth
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Tin How Temple
There was no place to go but up in Chinatown in the 19th century, when laws restricted where Chinese San Franciscans could live and work. Atop barber shops, laundries and diners lining Waverly Place, youll spot lantern-festooned temple balconies. Tin How Temple was built in 1852; i
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Notom
This is a rough, rough road that heads south from Hwy 24 (5 miles east of the visitor center) paralleling Waterpocket Fold. Thirty-two miles south, you can turn west toward Hwy 12 and Burr Trail Rd in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument. Along the way, Strike Valley Overloo
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Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
A mile east of McMinnville, this museum showcases Howard Hughes Spruce Goose, the worlds largest wood-framed airplane. In 1947, with Hughes at the wheel, the airplane flew for just under a mile – and never took off again. Plenty of other aircraft are on display, including propeller
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Commonwealth Avenue
The grandest of Back Bays grand boulevards is Commonwealth Ave (more commonly Comm Ave). Bostons Champs Élysées, the dual-carriageway connects the Public Garden with the Back Bay Fens, a green link in Olmsteds Emerald Necklace. The grassy mall is dotted with grand elms and lined wi
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