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Portland Observatory Museum
Built in 1807 atop Munjoy Hill, this seven-story brick tower was originally used to warn Portlanders of incoming fishing, military and merchant vessels. Now restored, the observatory has stunning panoramic views of Portland and its harbor. Admission includes a 45-minute guided tour
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Randall Junior Museum
Kids go cuckoo for live-animal exhibits of urban wildlife – racoons, owls, more racoons – and earth-science exhibits at this oh-so-cute nature museum near the summit of Corona Heights Park. Saturdays are best, when incredible Golden Gate Model Railroad Club opens its doors. Check w
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Kalahuipuaʻa Fishponds
These ancient fishponds are among the islands few remaining working fishponds and, as in ancient times, theyre stocked with ʻawa (Hawaiian milk fish). Water circulates from the ocean through traditional makaha (sluice gates), which allow small fish to enter but keep mature, fattene
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Brighton Beach
About an hour by subway from Manhattan, this neighborhood is home to a large Ukrainian and Russian population. Like Coney Island next door, it has a boardwalk overlooking brown sands and Atlantic waters. The bigger draw, though, is the bustling thoroughfare (Brighton Beach Ave) und
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Alaska State Capitol
Built from 1929 to 1931 as the territorial Federal Building, the capitol looks more like an overgrown high school. Stuffed inside are legislative chambers, the governor’s office, and offices for the hundreds of staff members who arrive in Juneau for the winter legislative session.
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1886 Crescent Hotel
Built in 1886, the Crescent is a gorgeous, functioning artifact of an older age. Step into the dark wood lobby, with its roaring fireplace and carpets, all accented by little Jazz Age flourishes, and youll feel the need to order a cognac and berate Daisy Buchanan for ever marrying
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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
This is one of the parks true blockbuster sights. After its placid meanderings north from Yellowstone Lake, the Yellowstone River suddenly plummets over Upper Falls and then the much larger Lower Falls, before raging through the 300m-deep (1000ft) canyon. Scenic overlooks and a net
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Commonwealth Museum
The Commonwealth Museum exhibits documents dating to the early days of colonization. The permanent exhibit, Our Common Wealth, uses interactive multimedia technologies to trace the history of the colony and state using the rich materials from the on-site Massachusetts Archives. One
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Everglades Outpost
The Everglades Outpost houses, feeds and cares for wild animals that have been seized from illegal traders, abused, neglected or donated by people who could not care for them. Residents of the outpost include gibbons, a lemur, wolves, cobras, alligators and a pair of majestic tiger
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Downtown Grand
Reborn from the shell of the Lady Luck casino, the Downtown Grand is a shiny new player on the downtown gambling scene. Just north of Fremont Street, the urban-chic casino combines chandeliers with street dice gamblers placing bets outdoors, weather permitting. The diminutive casin
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Des Moines Art Center
The Des Moines Art Center is worth a look both for its interesting architecture and for its collection of modern art including American greats such as Edward Hopper and Georgia OKeeffe. A highlight is IM Peis sculpture garden, featuring Red Grooms Germanic butter cow. The museum st
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Crane Beach
One of the longest, widest, sandiest beaches in the region is Crane Beach, with 4 miles of fine-sand barrier beach on Ipswich Bay. It is set in the midst of the Crane Wildlife Refuge, so the entire surrounding area is pristinely beautiful. Five miles of trails traverse the dunes. T
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Courthouse
Another option for wetlands exploration is to head further west of New Orleans. Positioned at the confluence of Bayous Lafourche and Terrebonne, Thibodaux ( ti -buh-dough; population 14,400) became the parish seat at a time when water travel was preeminent. The copper-domed courtho
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Olympic National Park
Declared a national monument in 1909 and a national park in 1938, the 1406-sq-mile Olympic National Park shelters one of the worlds only temperate rainforests and a 57-mile strip of Pacific coastal wilderness that was added in 1953. It exists as one of North Americas last great wil
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Metropolitan AME Church
Built and paid for in 1886 by former slaves (quite a feat considering its impressive size), the Metropolitan AME Church occupies an imposing redbrick Gothic structure and is one of the city’s most striking churches. Frederick Douglass often preached here, and his state funeral was
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New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Some would say New Orleans was built on cotton. In the mid-19th century, when one-third of all cotton produced in the USA was routed through New Orleans, the receiving docks on the levee were perpetually covered by tall stacks of cotton bales ready to be shipped out. The Cotton Exc
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Lava Caves
A 10-minute loop path north from the beach parking lot leads to a pair of lava-tube caves. Their garden-like exteriors are draped with ferns and colorful impatiens, while their interiors harbor deep spring-fed pools with some resident fish. Waiʻanapanapa means ‘glistening waters’ a
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Jimi Hendrix Statue
Psychedelic guitar genius of the late 1960s and Seattle’s favorite son, Jimi Hendrix is captured sunk to his knees in eternal rock-star pose in this bronze sculpture by local artist Daryl Smith, created in 1997 and located close to the intersection of Broadway and E Pine St. Hendr
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Skinner State Park
This mountaintop park, at the summit of Mt Holyoke, peaks out at a rather modest-sounding height of 942ft. But thats high enough to earn the visitor panoramic views of the Connecticut River and its oxbow curve, the fertile valley and the distant smudge of Mt Greylock to the west. A
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St Augustine Lighthouse
The light produced by this 1870s striped lighthouse beams all the way downtown. A great place to bring kids over six and more than 44in tall (since all climbers must be able to ascend and descend the tower under their own power). A variety of special themed tours, such as the spook
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