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Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
The magnificent bas-relief memorial opposite the State House was sculpted by Augustus St Gaudens over nearly 13 years. It honors the 54th Massachusetts Regiment of the Union Army, the nations first all-black Civil War regiment, depicted in the 1989 film Glory . Shaw (the son of a w
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River Road African American Museum
Be sure to flesh out any plantation tour with a visit to the River Road African American Museum, 25 miles beyond Vacherie in Donaldsonville. This excellent museum preserves the important history of African Americans in the rural communities along the Mississippi, and offers insight
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Historic Buildings
Heading west along 1st Ave, you’ll find half a dozen old log cabins and several historic buildings, including St Matthew’s Episcopal Church , a beautiful log structure built in 1905 and rebuilt in 1948 after a fire. Immaculate Conception Church , just across the Chena River Bridge
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Hana Cultural Center
This down-home museum displays some interesting local artifacts. The best is an entire three-bench courthouse (c 1871). Although it looks like a museum piece, this tiny court is still used on the first Tuesday of each month when a judge shows up to hear minor cases, sparing Hana re
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Turtle Beach
Another beautiful, mostly deserted half-mile of sand sits behind the Hawaiian Princess and Makaha Beach Cabana condos. If you’re lucky, you may see green sea turtles in the surf early mornings or late evenings. There are sea caves and rocks they use as a cleaning station offshore.
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Mascot Saloon Museum
The only saloon in Alaska that doesn’t serve booze – but it did during the gold rush, and plenty of it. Built in 1898, the Mascot was one of Skagways 80 to 100 saloons in its heyday as ‘the roughest place in the world.’ The NPS has turned it into a museum that looks into the vices
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Hutchinson Street District
Homes here were built in the early 1900s and represent some of the best examples of Prairie School architecture in Chicago. Many residences – including the one at 839 Hutchinson St – are the work of George W Maher, a famous student of Frank Lloyd Wright. Also of note are 817 Hutchi
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Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden
Beneath the dramatic ridged cliffs of the Koʻolau Range, Oʻahu’s largest botanical garden encompasses 400 acres of trees and shrubs from around the world. Plants are arranged in six regionally themed areas accessible by car. Pick up a map at the small visitor center, located at the
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Musée Conti Historical Wax Museum
This place sells itself as one of New Orleans’ ‘best kept secrets,’ which is like saying po’boys are undiscovered culinary gems. It’s a wax museum that’s kitschy and entertaining in the way wax museums should be: local historical figures include Andrew Jackson, Huey Long, Louis Arm
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Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
Those satisfyingly reverberatory bells heard around downtown emanate from this active parish dating from 1772. The fifth California mission founded by Junípero Serra, it was named for a 13th-century French saint. The modest church has an unusual L-shape and whitewashed walls decora
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Charleston Museum
Founded in 1773, this claims to be the countrys oldest museum. Its helpful and informative if youre looking for historic background before strolling through the Historic District. Exhibits spotlight various periods of Charlestons long and storied history. Artifacts include a whale
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Fort Seward
Alaska’s first permanent military post is reached by heading uphill (east) at the Front St–Haines Hwy junction. Built in 1903 and decommissioned after WWII, the fort is now a national historical site, with a handful of restaurants, lodges and art galleries in the original buildings
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Alpen Cellars
Jaunt over to little-known, utterly picturesque Alpen Cellars. Specializing in riesling, gewürtztraminer , chardonnay and pinot noir, the vineyard is open for tours, tastings and picnicking on idyllic riverside grounds. To get there from Weaverville, take Hwy 3 for about 35 miles t
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Museum of Art
Wonderfully eclectic, the Rhode Island School of Designs art museum showcases everything from ancient Greek art to 20th-century American paintings and decorative arts. Pop in before 1pm Sunday and admission is free.
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Bancroft Library
The Bancroft houses, among other gems, the papers of Mark Twain, a copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio and the records of the Donner Party. Its small public exhibits of historical Californiana include the surprisingly small gold nugget that sparked the 1849 Gold Rush. To register to
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Angeles National Forest
The San Gabriel mountain range that hems in the northern edge of Pasadena, and all of urban LA, is part of the Angeles Crest. Its creeks, canyons and campgrounds provide quick city getaways year-round. It’s particularly pretty during the spring wildflower season and gets lovely fal
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Akebono Statue
Posed in fighting form outside East Honolulu Clothing Company in Waimanalo Town Center is one of Waimanolos most famous sons. Chad Rowan was born here in 1969 and went on to make history by becoming the first non-Japanese-born sumo wrestler ever to reach yokozuna, the highest rank
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Alaska Zoo
The unique wildlife of the Arctic is on display at this zoo, the only one in North America that specializes in northern animals, including snow leopards, Amur tigers and Tibetan yaks. Alaskan native species, from wolverines and moose to caribou and Dall sheep, are abundant. What ki
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African Orthodox Church of St John Coltrane
Cymbals shudder, and the bassist plucks the opening notes of ‘A Love Supreme.’ The liturgy has begun just as it has every Sunday since 1971, and the entire congregation joins in the three-hour devotional jam session. As Coltrane once said: ‘Damn the rules; it’s the feeling that cou
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Schindler House
The former home and studio of Vienna-born architect Rudolph Schindler (1887–1953) offers a fine primer on the modernist elements that so greatly influenced mid-century California architecture. The open floor plan, a flat roof and glass sliding doors, while considered avant-garde ba
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