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Resaca de la Palma State Park
Part of the World Birding Center, this new 1200-acre park is far from the border. Old courses of the Rio Grande have left several coil-shaped lakes which are ideal for birds and their spotters. Trails wander through this semitropical landscape making this a lovely – and bug-filled
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Point State Park
At the tip of the triangle formed by the meeting of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers is this park containing the Fort Pitt Museum , which commemorates the historic heritage of the French and Indian War. The renovated and beautified waterfront is popular during summer with strol
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Pérez Art Museum Miami
The Pérez can claim fine rotating exhibits that concentrate on post-WWII international art, but just as impressive are its location and exterior. This art institution inaugurated Museum Park, a patch of land that overseas the broad blue swathe of Biscyane Bay. Swiss architects Herz
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Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
The centerpiece of the Peabody is the impressive Hall of the North American Indian, which traces how native peoples responded to the arrival of Europeans from the 15th to the 18th centuries. Other exhibits examine indigenous cultures throughout the Americas, including a fantastic c
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New Mexico Museum of Art
Built in 1917, and a prime early example of Santa Fe’s Pueblo Revival architecture, the New Mexico Museum of Art has spent a century collecting and displaying works by regional artists. A treasure trove of works by the great names who put New Mexico on the cultural map, from Georgi
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North Boat Harbor
The North Boat Harbor is the best one for wandering the docks, talking to crews and possibly scoring some fresh fish. Begin at the Harbormaster Office; a wooden deck provides a picturesque overview of the commercial fleet and has a series of interpretive panels that will teach you
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Charles Sumner School & Archives
The stately, dignified Sumner building is a great example of solidly beautiful redbrick 19th-century urban design, but it is an even better testament to civil rights and education. Back in 1877, this was where the first high-school class of African Americans was graduated out of th
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Fun Spot America – Kissimmee
Whirling, swinging and twisting old-time carnival rides, including four go-kart tracks and a handful of kiddy options. Theres no clever theming or simulated masterpieces, but its fun, easy, and the lines arent hours long. Thrill-seekers might want to try the worlds tallest skycoast
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Earthships
Numbering 70 Earthships, with capacity for 60 more, Taos’ pioneering community was the brainchild of architect Michael Reynolds. Built with recycled materials like used automobile tires and cans, and buried on three sides, Earthships heat and cool themselves, make their own electri
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Independence Mine State Historical Park
The main attraction of Hatcher Pass is 272-acre Independence Mine State Historical Park, a huge, abandoned gold mine sprawled out in an alpine valley. The 1930s facility, built by the Alaska-Pacific Mining Company (APC), was for 10 years the second-most-productive hardrock gold min
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Homolovi State Park
Closed in 2010 during the state budget crisis, this grasslands park beside the Little Colorado River re-opened in 2011 with a renewed commitment to protect the artifacts and structures within this sacred Hopi ancestral homeland. Before the area was converted into a park in 1993, bo
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Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area
Stretching a mile out to sea is the popular Yaquina Head, a grassy headland just north of Newport. Short trails lead to viewing areas for shorebirds, harbor seals and whales, and the tide pools are the best-managed on the coast. Visit the excellent interpretive center to explore di
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Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Birders flock to Mass Audubons 1100-acre sanctuary, where trails cross tidal creeks, salt marshes and beaches. The most popular is the Goose Pond Trail (1.5-mile round-trip), which leads out to a remote beach and offers abundant opportunities for spotting marine and bird life. The
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Temple Square
The citys most famous sight occupies a 10-acre block surrounded by 15ft-high walls. LDS docents give free, 30-minute tours continually, leaving from the visitor centers at the two entrances on South and North Temple Sts. Sisters, brothers and elders are stationed every 20ft or so t
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Lovells Island
Two deadly shipwrecks may bode badly for seafarers, but that doesn’t seem to stop recreational boaters, swimmers and sunbathers from lounging on Lovells’ long rocky beach. Some of the former uses of Lovells are evident: European settlers used the island as a rabbit run, and descend
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Miami River
For a taste of a seedy Old Florida, come to the lazy, sultry and still kinda spicy Miami River. Much of the shore is lined with makeshift warehouses, where you-can-only-imagine-what is loaded and unloaded onto small tugboats bound for you-can-only-imagine-where. Fisherfolk float in
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Miller Brewing Company
Pabst and Schlitz have moved on, but Miller preserves Milwaukees beer legacy. Join the legions lined up for the free tours. Though the mass-produced beer may not be your favorite, the factory impresses with its sheer scale: youll visit the packaging plant where 2000 cans are filled
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Mauna Ulu
In 1969, eruptions from Kilaueas East Rift Zone began building a new lava shield, Mauna Ulu (Growing Mountain). By the time the flow stopped in 1974, it had covered 10,000 acres of parkland and added 200 acres of new coastal land. It also buried a 6-mile section of the original Cha
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Monte Cristo Cottage
This cottage was the boyhood summer home of Eugene ONeill, Americas only Nobel Prize–winning playwright. Near Ocean Beach Park in the southern districts of the city (follow the signs), the Victorian-style house is now a research library for dramatists. Many of ONeills belongings ar
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Menehune Ditch
Not much remains to be seen of this unique and still functional aqueduct, yet its archaeological significance is immeasurable. Its the only example of precontact cut and dressed stonework in Hawaii, said to be the work of the menehune (the little people), who allegedly completed it
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