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Natchez Trace Parkway
The Natchez Trace Parkway winds 444 miles from Pasquo, Tennessee southwest to Natchez, Mississippi. This northern section is one of the most attractive stretches of the entire route, with broad-leafed trees leaning together to form an arch over the winding road. Along the way, you
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Malaekahana State Recreation Area
The long, slightly steep, but relatively uncrowded beach is popular with families. Swimming is generally good here year-round, although there are occasionally strong currents in winter. Bodyboarding, board surfing and windsurfing are also possible. When the tide is low, you can wad
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First Ebenezer Baptist Church
Martin Luther King Jr, his father and grandfather were all pastors here, and King Jrs mother was the choir director. Sadly she was murdered here by a deranged gunman while she sat at the organ in 1974. A multimillion-dollar restoration, completed in 2011, brought the church back to
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The nation’s largest collection of documents, rare books and photographs relating to the African American experience resides at this scholarly center run by the New York Public Library. It’s named after Arthur Schomburg, a black Puerto Rican activist who amassed a singular collecti
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Sandy Beach Recreation Area
From downtown, Nordic Dr heads north on a scenic route that ends at Sandy Beach Recreation Area, a beautiful day-use area 2 miles from downtown. There are 2000-year-old Tlingit fish traps snaking the mudflats and a rock with petroglyphs carved on it. Both the traps and the carvings
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Stornetta Public Lands
For fabulous bird-watching, hiking on terraced rock past sea caves and access to hidden coves, head 1 mile down Lighthouse Rd from Hwy 1 and look for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) signs on the left indicating these 1132-acre public lands. The best, most dramatic walking trail
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Point Barrow
Follow the shore 12 miles northeast of the city and you’ll come to Point Barrow, a narrow spit of land that’s the northernmost extremity of the US (though not, as locals sometimes claim, North America). In the winter and spring this is where polar bears den; in the summer it’s the
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Reunion Tower
What’s 50 stories high and has a three-level spherical dome with 260 flashing lights? No, it’s not a spaceship, it’s Reunion Tower, the unofficial symbol of Dallas. Get a workout by taking the steps up to the observation deck, or enjoy the sky-high panoramic view from the stunning
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Waimea Nature Park
Nnot to be confused with adjacent Waimea Park, this is a 10-acre green space in the center of town with picnic tables and free wi-fi. Its also a native plant restoration project. An excellent booklet on said plants and efforts to re-establish them in the region is available on site
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Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum
The informative film at the Utah Field House of Natural History is the best all-round introduction to Utah’s dinosaurs. Interactive exhibits, video clips and, of course, giant fossils are wonderfully relevant to the area. As soon as the growing institution fills up its new 22,000-s
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Worth Avenue
This quarter-mile, palm-tree-lined strip of more than 200 high-end brand shops is like the Rodeo Dr of the east. You can trace its history back to the 1920s when the now-gone Everglades Club staged weekly fashion shows and launched the careers of designers from Bonwit Teller to Eli
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Homestead National Monument
This is the site of the very first homestead granted under the landmark Homestead Act of 1862. It opened much of the western US to settlers who were given land if they made it productive. The pioneering Freeman family is buried here and you can see their reconstructed log house. Th
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Paley Center for Media
The main lure here is the mind-boggling archive of TV and radio broadcasts dating to 1918. The Beatles’ US debut on the Ed Sullivan Show ? The moon landing? The All In The Family pilot? All here. Plus, two theaters for screenings and discussions with the casts of shows such as the
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Greenwell Farms
This 150-acre family farm, established in 1850, is run by fourth-generation Greenwells and is one of Kona’s oldest and best-known coffee plantations. It currently roasts coffee cherries from more than 200 local growers. Take a free tour and sample coffee and fruit at a shady picnic
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Great Elm Site
A plaque marks the site of the Old Elm that stood here for more than 200 years. History has it that Ann Hibbens was hanged on the branch of the elm tree for witchery in 1656, and Mary Dyer for religious heresy in 1660. On a happier note, the Sons of Liberty hung lanterns on its bra
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Good Luck Parking Garage
Each parking spot at this garage comes with fortune-cookie wisdom stenciled onto the asphalt: The time is right to make new friends or Stop searching forever: happiness is just next to you. These omens are supplied by artists Harrell Fletcher and Jon Rubin, who also gathered local
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East River Park
In addition to the great ballparks, running and biking paths, 5000-seat amphitheater that hosts concerts and expansive patches of green, this park has cool, natural breezes and fine views of the Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges. Although flanked by a looming housing pro
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Desert of Maine
William Tuttle came to Freeport in 1797 to farm potatoes, but his deadly combination of clear-cutting and overgrazing caused enough erosion to expose the glacial desert hidden beneath the topsoil. The shifting dunes, which are 90ft deep in some areas, cover entire trees and the old
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Devils Millhopper State Geological Site
As the name indicates, this is not your average park. The site centers on a 120ft-deep, 500ft-wide funnel-shaped rainforest which you enter by descending a 232-step wooden staircase. Water trickles down the slopes from the surrounding springs; some of it flows into a natural drain
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Castolon Historic District
Dwarfed by the looming Sierra Ponce, the cluster of buildings that make up the Castolon Compound were built in 1920. A half-mile historic stroll offers a brief look at life on the frontier in the Castolon Historic District. Start at the famous La Harmonia Store, which is a mainstay
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