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Pacific House
Find out whats currently open at Monterey State Historic Park, grab a free map and buy tickets for guided walking tours inside this 1847 adobe building, where fascinatingly in-depth exhibits covering the state’s early Spanish, Mexican and American eras.Nearby are some of the state
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Old US Mint
The Mint, housed in a blocky Greek-revival structure, is the only building of its kind to have printed both US and Confederate currency. Today its a museum showcasing rotating exhibits on local history and culture, and contains the Louisiana Historical Center, an archive of manuscr
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Tunnel Rock
In the 1930s, no one anticipated the development of monster SUVs. About 1.5 miles north of the Foothills Visitor Center, a flat granite boulder on the west side of the Generals Hwy caps a tunnel dug by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Until the highway was finally widened in
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Museum of History & Industry
Almost everything you need to know about Seattle is crammed into the refurbished Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) which, in December 2012, relocated to new digs in the emerging South Lake Union neighborhood. In operation since the early 1950s, and with an astounding archive o
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Motown Historical Museum
In this row of modest houses Berry Gordy launched Motown Records – and the careers of Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson – with an $800 loan in 1959. Gordy and Motown split for Los Angeles in 1972, but you can still step into humble Studio A and see where th
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Miller State Park
New Hampshires oldest state park, Miller is the site of Pack Monadnock, a 2290ft peak not to be confused with its better-known neighbor, Mt Monadnock. The park has three easy-to-moderate paths to the summit of Pack Monadnock; you can also access the 21-mile Wapack trail here. Mille
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Parsons Memorial Lodge
Nearby Soda Springs stands this simple but beautifully rugged cabin built in 1915 from local granite. It initially served as a Sierra Club meeting room and was named for Edward Taylor Parsons (1861–1914), an adventurer and active Sierra Club member who helped found the club’s outin
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Portsmouth Square
Chinatowns unofficial living room is named after John B Montgomerys sloop, which staked the US claim on San Francisco in 1846. San Franciscos first city hall moved into Portsmouth Squares burlesque Jenny Lind Theater in 1852, and today the square is graced by the Goddess of Democra
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Kahlil Gibran Memorial Garden
In the midst of the wooded ravine known as Normanstone Park, the Kahlil Gibran garden memorializes the arch-deity of soupy spiritual poetry. Its centerpieces are a moody bust of the Lebanese mystic and a star-shaped fountain surrounded by flowers, hedges and limestone benches engra
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Charley Young Beach
On a side-street, out of view of busy S Kihei Rd, this neighborhood beach is the least-touristed strand in Kihei. It’s a real jewel in the rough: broad and sandy, and backed by swaying coconut palms. You’re apt to find fishers casting their lines, families playing volleyball and so
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Banneker
A short stroll from the State House, this small but worthwhile museum highlights great achievements of Marylanders of African American ancestry. There are permanent exhibits on the likes of US Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall, explorer Matthew Henson and public intellectual
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Petroglyph National Monument
The lava field preserved in this large desert park, west of the Rio Grande, is adorned with more than 20,000 ancient petroglyphs. Take exit 154 off I-40 to reach the visitor center, 5.5 miles northwest of Old Town, and choose a hiking trail. Boca Negra Canyon is the busiest; Rincon
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US Patent & Trademark Office Museum
This nearly new museum tells the history of the United States patent. Step inside to see where the story started in 1917 in Memphis, TN, when a wholesale grocer named Clarence Saunders invented and patented what he called ‘self-servicing’ stores, now commonly known as supermarkets.
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Ursuline Convent
One of the few surviving French Colonial buildings in New Orleans, this lovely convent is worth a tour for its architectural virtues and its small museum of Catholic bric-a-brac. After a five-month voyage from Rouen, France, 12 Ursuline nuns arrived in New Orleans in 1727. The Ursu
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Tusayan Museum & Ruin
Just west of Desert View and 22 miles east of Grand Canyon Village, these small ruins and museum examine the culture and lives of the Ancestral Puebloan people who lived here 800 years ago. Only partially excavated to minimize erosion damage, its less impressive than other such rui
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Southeast Light
Youll likely recognize the red-brick lighthouse called Southeast Light from postcards of the island. Set dramatically atop 200ft red-clay cliffs called Mohegan Bluffs south of Old Harbor, the lighthouse had to be moved back from the eroding cliff edge in 1993. With waves crashing b
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Rockhound State Park
Rockhound State Park, 14 miles southeast of Deming via Hwys 11 and 141, gives visitors the chance to collect all sorts of semiprecious or just plain pretty rocks, including jasper, geodes and thunder eggs. You’ll need a shovel and some rockhounding experience to uncover anything sp
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Peak 8 Fun Park
This park has a laundry list of made-for-thrills activities, including a big-air trampoline, climbing wall, mountain-bike park and the celebrated SuperSlide – a luge-like course taken on a sled at exhilarating speeds. Get the day pass, do activities à la carte ($10 to $18) or simpl
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Rainbow Falls
A regular stop for tour buses, the lookout for this instant gratification cascade is just steps from the parking lot. Depending on rainfall, the lovely 80ft waterfall can be a torrent or a trickle. Go in the morning and youll see rainbows if the sun and mist cooperate. Waianuenue (
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
Don’t miss your chance to run or walk around this 1.58-mile track, which draws a slew of joggers in the warmer months. The 106-acre body of water no longer distributes drinking water to residents, but serves as a gorgeous reflecting pool for the surrounding skyline and flowering tr
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