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Nasher Sculpture Center
Modern-art installations shine at the fabulous glass-and-steel Nasher Sculpture Center. The Nashers accumulated what might be one of the greatest privately held sculpture collections in the world, with works by Calder, de Kooning, Rodin, Serra and Miró, and the divine sculpture gar
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Kamehameha Rock
According to legend, Kamehameha carried this rock uphill from the beach to demonstrate his prodigious strength. Much later, when a road crew attempted to move it elsewhere, the rock stubbornly fell off the wagon – a sign that it wanted to stay put. Not wanting to upset Kamehamehas
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Green Meadows Farm
Only 30 minutes drive from Disney, this little farm makes a pleasant getaway to the countryside and an easy break from the theme-park energy. You can pet the animals, milk a cow, ride a pony, and theres plenty of shade and grass, a picnic area and a playground. Note that you can on
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Grace Museum
This fine museum complex includes three distinct museums housed in the former Grace Hotel, once the grandest in Abilene. The art museum features periodically changing exhibitions. The historical museum focuses on Abilenes history from 1900 through 1950. Its heavy on railroad and m
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Gold Rush Cemetery & Reid Falls
Visitors who become infatuated with Smith and Reid can walk out to this cemetery, a 1.5-mile stroll northeast on State St. Follow State until it curves into 23rd Ave and just before crossing the bridge over the Skagway River. The cemetery is the site of many stampeders’ graves, inc
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First State Heritage Park Welcome Center & Galleries
Delve into the history of Delaware at the First State Heritage Park, which serves as a welcome center for the city of Dover, the state of Delaware and the adjacent state house. This so-called park without boundaries includes some two dozen historic sites within a few blocks of one
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Hyland Orchard & Brewery
This 150-acre family-owned farm and craft brewery produces its own Pioneer Pale Ale and a handful of other beers with well water. Try them all at the tasting bar. Lest you think this is no place for the kids, note that Hyland has a petting farm , wagon rides and ice-cream parlor.
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HN Greenwell Store Museum
Housed in one of Konas oldest buildings, this museum is a taste of 19th-century Hawaiʻi. Built in 1875 and meticulously restored, it has educational docents in period dress who bring Konas multicultural and agricultural history to life as they wield dry goods and talk story. Youll
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Blackstone Block
Named after Boston’s first settler, this tiny warren of streets dates to the 17th and 18th centuries. Established in 1826, Union Oyster House is Boston’s oldest restaurant. Around the corner in Creek Sq, the c 1767 Ebenezer Hancock House was the home of John Hancock’s brother. At t
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1850 House Museum
The 1850 House is one of the apartments in the lower Pontalba Building. Madame Micaëla Pontalba, daughter of Don Andrés Almonaster y Roxas, built the long rows of red-brick apartments flanking the upper and lower portions of Jackson Sq. Today, knowledgeable volunteers from the Frie
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Witliff Collections
Screenwriter/photographer Bill Witliff founded this repository of literary and photographic archives on the campus of Texas State University. Check out their excellent (and free!) photography exhibits. Their 6600 sq ft of gallery space is room enough for several exhibitions, which
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Villa Zorayda Museum
Looking like a faux Spanish castle from a medieval theme park, this odd gray edifice was built in 1883 by an eccentric millionaire who was obsessed with Spains 12th-century Alhambra Palace, its made from a mix of concrete and local coquina shells. Today, its an odd-but-engaging mus
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San Felipe Pueblo
Though best known for the spectacular San Felipe Feast Green Corn Dances (May 1), this conservative Keres-speaking pueblo now has a couple more claims to fame. The Casino Hollywood isn’t just for gambling – this themed venue takes full advantage of its location to pull in acts like
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Santuario de Guadalupe
The oldest shrine in the US to Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of Mexico, this adobe church was constructed between 1776 and 1796, though there have been several additions and renovations since then. The Spanish baroque retablo (altar painting) inside was painted in Mexico in
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Rubell Family Art Collection
The Rubell family – specifically, the niece and nephew of the late Steve, better known as Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 partner – operates some top-end hotels in Miami Beach, but they’ve also amassed an impressive contemporary art collection that spans the last 30 years. The most admira
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Perky’s Bat Tower
It resembles an Aztec-inspired fire lookout, but this wooden tower is actually one real-estate developer’s vision gone utterly awry. In the 1920s Richter C Perky had the bright idea to transform this area into a vacation resort. There was just one problem: mosquitoes. His solution?
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Period Buildings
Captain Penniman House is a mid-19th-century sea captains house topped with a widows walk and fronted by an awesome whale-jawbone gate. Hours vary outside of summer; ask at the Salt Pond Visitor Center .The Old Schoolhouse Museum features a small exhibit on author Henry Bestons yea
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Ratio 3
Art-fair buzz begins at this trippy gallery thats all-black outside, and stark-white inside for maximum art impact. While some gallery artists are recognizable from frequent Artforum and Miami Basel appearances, gallerist Chris Perez also showcases artworks that remain inexplicably
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Rain Barrel
We want to tell you the Rain Barrel, Islamorada’s local artists’ village, strikes a balance between the beautiful and the tacky. But you’re more likely to find souvenir-y tourist tat here than a truly striking work of art. That said, strolling around the seven studios and galleries
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Magic Hat Brewery
Drink in the history of one of Vermonts most dynamic microbreweries on the fun, free, self-guided Artifactory Tour (once you see the whimsical labels, this name makes perfect sense) and learn all the nuances of the beer-making process. Afterwards, sample a few experimental brews fr
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