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Artist Point
Artist Point is probably the most famous of the canyon’s viewpoints. It was not, as many people assume, named for the spot where Thomas Moran sketched his famous landscape of the falls (a copy of which is on display in the Canyon Visitor Education Center). It was actually named by
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Acadian Village
Less flashy than Vermilionville is Acadian Village , where you follow a brick path around a rippling bayou to restored houses, craftsman barns and a church. If you’re lucky enough to be there on a day when Mr Manville is minding the school house, be sure to sit a spell. The octogen
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Fairmount Park
The snaking Schuylkill River bisects this 9200-acre green space, the largest city park in the US. On the east bank, admire the Victorian-era rowing clubs at Boathouse Row; theres a fine view from in front of the art museum. On either side of the river are playing fields and lawns,
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Cabot’s Pueblo Museum
Cabot Yerxa, a wealthy East Coaster who traded high society for desert solitude, hand built this rambling 1913 adobe from reclaimed and found objects, including telephone poles and wagon parts. Today it’s a quirky museum displaying Native American basketry and pottery, as well as a
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Mauna Loa Observatory Road
Mauna Loa is somewhat of an enigma for visitors – it looms large all around, but how do you actually get on Long Mountain? The answer is simple: drive up Mauna Loa Observatory Rd. This unsigned road starts near mile marker 28 on Saddle Rd, almost opposite Mauna Kea Access Rd and ne
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Pirate & Treasure Museum
Kids and big kids alike will enjoy this mash-up of theme park and museum: a celebration of all things pirate. As well as genuine historical treasures (including real gold) theres plenty of animatronic pirates, blasting cannons and a kid-friendly treasure hunt. Lots of fun. Discount
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New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
This beautifully preserved little shop groans with ancient display cases filled with intriguing little bottles. Established in 1816 by Louis J Dufilho, at a time when the pharmaceutical arts were – shall we say – in their infancy, the museum claims Dufilho was the nation’s first li
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Keokea Beach Park
While it has no beach to speak of, this park, about 3.5 miles from Kapaʻau, has the best picnic spot around: an elevated pavilion with smashing views of a rocky bay and the motley crew of local surfers brave enough to test its dangerous shore breaks and strong currents. Besides pic
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Fort Hill
Dont miss the commanding view of expansive Nauset Marsh from Fort Hill. Its a favorite place to be at dawn, but the view is memorable any time of the day. And bring your walking shoes for the 2-mile Fort Hill Trail . The trail leads down scenic Fort Hill toward the coast and then
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills
Pathos, art and patriotism rule at this humongous cemetery next to Griffith Park. A fine catalog of old-time celebrities – including Lucille Ball, Bette Davis and Stan Laurel – rests within the manicured grounds strewn with paeans to early North American history. Staff aren’t helpf
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East Beach
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James Kealoha Beach Park
Best for older kids and snorkelers, this county beach is nicknamed Four Miles (the distance between the park and the downtown post office). For swimming and snorkeling, head to the eastern side, which has a deep, protected basin with generally calm, clear water and pockets of white
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Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge
If you approach Key Largo from FL 905, you’ll be driving through one of the last wild sanctuaries for the threatened American crocodile, indigo snake and Key Largo woodrat – the latter is an enterprising fellow who likes to build 4ft by 6ft homes out of forest debris. Unfortunately
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Crow Canyon Archaeology Center
This cultural center, about 3 miles north of Cortez, offers a day-long educational program that visits an excavation site west of town. Programs teach the significance of regional artifacts and are an excellent way to learn about Ancestral Puebloan culture first-hand. Travelers who
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USS Northwestern Memorial
In a disheveled hillside graveyard along the bay is the USS Northwest memorial named for a 19th-century freight ship turned floating WWII bunkhouse that was destroyed by Japanese bombs in 1942. To get there, follow Bayview Rd to the southeast end of town. In 1992, for the 50th anni
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Tower Theater
This renovated 1926 landmark theater has a proud deco facade and a newly done interior, thanks to support from the Miami-Dade Community College. In its heyday, it was the center of Little Havana social life, and via the films it showed served as a bridge between immigrant society a
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Topanga Canyon
Take this sinuous road from the sea and climb into a primordial cut deep in the Santa Monica Mountains, one that lays bare naked boulders and reveals jagged chaparral-covered peaks from every hairpin turn. The road is shadowed by lazy oaks and glimmering sycamores, and the whole th
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Tennessee State Capitol
This 1845-59 Greek Revival building was built from local limestone and marble by slaves and prison inmates working alongside European artisans. Around back, steep stairs lead down to the Tennessee Bicentennial Mall , whose outdoor walls are covered with historical facts about Tenne
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Waimea Canyon Lookout
The most scenic of the lookout points along this stretch of Waimea Canyon Rd is Waimea Canyon Lookout, signposted 0.3 miles north of the 10-mile marker, at an elevation of 3400ft. The prominent canyon running in an easterly direction off Waimea is Koaie Canyon, which is accessible
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Custer State Park
The only reason 111-sq-mile Custer State Park isnt a national park is that the state grabbed it first. It boasts one of the largest free-roaming bison herds in the world (about 1500), the famous begging burros (donkeys seeking handouts) and more than 200 species of bird. Other wild
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