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NPS Visitor Center
On Bathhouse Row, set up in the 1915 Fordyce bathhouse, the NPS visitor center and museum has exhibits about the parks history, first as a Native American free-trade zone, and later as a turn-of-the-20th-century European spa. Most fascinating are the amenities and standards set for
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Puʻu ʻUalakaʻa State Wayside
At this hillside park, sweeping views extend from Diamond Head on the left, across Waikiki and downtown Honolulu, to the Waiʻanae Range on the right. The sprawling UH Manoa campus is easily recognized by its sports stadium. The airport is visible on the coast and Pearl Harbor beyon
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Aztec Ruins National Monument
This prehistoric Pueblo was built around AD 1100, and connected with the larger settlement at Chaco – literally so, by a ‘road’ that ran due south. Its central feature, a huge Great Kiva of the kind seen in ruins at Chaco, has been reconstructed to give an eerie impression of how s
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Lee County Manatee Park
November through March, manatees flock up the Orange River to this warm-water discharge canal from the nearby power plant. The waterway is now a protected sanctuary, with a landscaped park and playground in addition to viewing platforms at waters edge, where manatees swim almost at
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Old Slave Mart Museum
Ryans Mart was an open air market that auctioned African men, women and children in the mid 1800s. Its now a museum about South Carolinas shameful past. Text-heavy exhibits illuminate the slave experience; the few artifacts, such as leg shackles, are especially chilling. For first-
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Middles Beach
At mile marker 4 on the makai (ocean) side of the road is a small, scrubby parking area. Walk along the beach or look out to the ocean to see three surf breaks; from left to right, they are Waikokos , Middles and Chicken Wings .This beach is informally known as Middles because of t
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Moloaʻa Beach
Off the tourist radar, this classically curved bay appeared in the pilot for Gilligan’s Island . Theres a shallow protected swimming area good for families at the north end; to the south, the waters are rougher but theres more sand. When the surfs up, stay dry and safe – go beach w
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Monona Terrace
Frank Lloyd Wright designed the cool, white semicircular structure in 1938, though it wasnt completed until 1997. The one-hour tours ($5) explain why; theyre offered daily at 1pm May through October (Friday through Monday only the rest of the year). The building serves as a communi
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Martínez Hacienda
Set amid the fields 2 miles southwest of the Plaza, this fortified adobe homestead was built in 1804. It served as a trading post, first for merchants venturing north from Mexico City along the Camino Real, and then west along the Santa Fe Trail. Its 21 rooms, arranged around a dou
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Oxbow Bend
One of the most famous scenic spots in Grand Teton National Park for wildlife-watching is Oxbow Bend, with the reflection of Mt Moran as a stunning backdrop. Early morning and dusk are the best times to spot moose, elk, sandhill cranes, ospreys, bald eagles, trumpeter swans, Canada
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One Aliʻi Beach Park
Three miles east of town, this park is split into two parks. One side has a coconut-palm-lined shore, a playing field, a picnic pavilion and bathrooms, and although not especially attractive its very popular with local families for huge weekend BBQs. The other side is a greener and
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Hall of Heroes
Fair Park is full of superb 1930s art-deco architecture, none of it quite as inspired as this tribute to all things Texan. The Hall of Heroes pays homage to such luminaries as Stephen F Austin and Samuel Houston; the Great Hall of Texas features huge murals of Texas history from th
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Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park
‘America’s Southernmost State Park,’ this park is oft-neglected by authorities and visitors, which is a shame. The actual fort walls are still standing, and within the compound those most-blessed of nerds – historical re-enactors – sometimes act out scenes of pirate and Civil War b
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Fishing Bridge Visitor Center
This visitor center was originally built in 1931 as an information station for the first automobile tourists. The center contains displays on local birdlife (look for the great skulls on the candelabra), alongside a stuffed grizzly and an intriguing 3D geothermal map of Yellowstone
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Civil Rights Memorial Center
With its circular design crafted by Maya Lin, this haunting memorial focuses on 40 martyrs of the Civil Rights movement. Some cases remain unsolved. Martin Luther King Jr was the most famous, but there were many faceless deaths along the way, both white and African American. The me
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Buffalo Bill State Park
This scenic state park, 6 miles west of Cody, centers on the Buffalo Bill Reservoir and Dam, unveiled in 1910 as the world’s highest dam to provide the irrigation for expanding Cody. The reservoir is a hot spot for fishing, windsurfing and boating, and boat launches dot the north a
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Brill Building
This humble-looking building is widely considered the most important generator of popular songs in the Western world. By 1962, over 160 music businesses were based here, from songwriters and managers to record companies and promoters. It was a one-stop shop for artists, who could c
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Billings Farm & Museum
A mile north of the village green, this historic farm founded by 19th-century railroad magnate Frederick Billings delights children with hands-on activities related to old-fashioned farm life. Farm animals, including pretty cows descended from Britains Isle of Jersey, are abundant.
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Beardslee Islands
Kayakers after a different adventure should try the Beardslee Islands. While there are no glaciers to view, the islands (a days paddle from Bartlett Cove) offer calm water, protected channels and pleasant beach camping. Wildlife includes black bears, seals and bald eagles, and the
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Ashé Cultural Arts Center
An important anchor for the local African American community, Ashé (from a Yoruba word that could loosely be translated as ‘Amen’) regularly showcases performances, art and photography exhibitions, movie screenings and lectures with an African, African American or Caribbean focus,
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