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Bowens Wharf & Bannisters Wharf
These wharves typify Newports transformation from working city-by-the-sea to a tourist destination. Fishing boats and pleasure vessels sit around the periphery of fudge shops and clothing stores (some local, some chain) all housed in an outdoor mall on a former wharf meant to blend
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Black Point Fissures
On the north shore of the lake are the Black Point Fissures, narrow crags that opened when lava mass cooled and contracted about 13,000 years ago. Access is from three places: east of Mono Lake County Park, from the west shore off Hwy 395, or south off Hwy 167. Check at the Mono Ba
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Battleship North Carolina
Self-guided tours take you through the decks of this 45,000-ton megaship, which earned 15 battle stars in the Pacific theater in WWII before it was decommissioned in 1947. Sights include the bake shop and galley, the print shop, the engine room, the powder magazine and the communic
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Pearl District
Slightly to the northwest of downtown, the Pearl District is an old industrial quarter that has transformed its once grotty warehouses into expensive lofts, upscale boutiques and creative restaurants. On the first Thursday of every month, the zones abundant art galleries extend the
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South Pointe Park
The very southern tip of Miami Beach has been converted into a lovely park, replete with manicured grass for lounging; views over a remarkably teal and fresh ocean; a restaurant; a refreshment stand; warm, scrubbed-stone walkways; and lots of folks who want to enjoy the great weath
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Wells Fargo Bank
This bank dates back to 1916 when a group of East Coast businessmen founded the National Bank of Alaska and built the bank a year later. Today it is an interesting place to visit even if you’re not short on cash. Two of the five brass teller gates are originals, there are spittoons
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Zumwalt Meadow
This verdant meadow bordered by the Kings River and soaring granite canyon walls offers phenomenal views. In the early morning, the air hums with birdsong, the sun’s rays light up the canyon walls, and mule deer and black bears can often be spotted foraging among the long grasses,
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Waiʻolena & Waiʻuli Beach Parks
Rocky and ruggedly pretty, these side-by-side beaches (commonly known by their former name, Leleiwi Beach ) are Hilos best shore-dive site. You might see turtles, interesting coral growth and a variety of butterfly fish. The water is freezing until you go past the reef, and the ent
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Stabler
In 1792 Edward Stabler opened up his apothecary (pharmacy) – a family business that would operate for the next 141 years, until the Depression forced the shop to close. Quite a bit of history was shut inside at that time, including over 8000 medical objects. Now the shop is a museu
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Schramsberg
Napa’s second-oldest winery, Schramsberg makes some of California’s best brut sparkling wines, and in 1972 was the first domestic wine served at the White House. Blanc de blancs is the signature. The appointment-only tasting and tour (book well ahead) is expensive, but you’ll sampl
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Point Bonita Lighthouse
At the end of Conzelman Rd, this lighthouse is a breathtaking half-mile walk from a small parking area. From the tip of Point Bonita, you can see the distant Golden Gate Bridge and beyond it the San Francisco skyline. It’s an uncommon vantage point of the bay-centric city, and harb
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Haight & Ashbury
This legendary intersection was the epicenter of the psychedelic 60s and remains a counterculture magnet. On average Saturdays here you can sign Green Party petitions, commission a poem, hear Hare Krishna on keyboards and Bob Dylan on banjo. The clock overhead always reads 4:20 – b
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Big Delta State Historical Park
A few miles north of town is the area’s best attraction. The 10-acre historical park on the Tanana River preserves Rika’s Roadhouse and Landing , an important crossroads for travelers, miners and soldiers on the Fairbanks–Valdez Trail from 1909 to 1947. You can easily spend a coupl
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Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary
This 45-acre Mass Audubon sanctuary offers good birding along a 1.3-mile nature trail through the woods and around a pond. It also has one of the largest collections of holly trees in the region, with 65 varieties of American, Oriental and European hollies growing within the sanctu
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Arctic Building
The Arctic Building, completed in 1917, is unique for its intricate terra-cotta ornamentation and 25 walrus heads peeking out from the building’s exterior. Though the walruses’ tusks were originally authentic ivory, an earthquake in the 1940s managed to shake a few of them loose to
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Gramercy Park
Romantic Gramercy Park was created by Samuel Ruggles in 1831 after he drained the area’s swamp and laid out streets in an English style. You can’t enter the private park, but peer through the gate and imagine tough guy James Cagney enjoying it – the Hollywood actor once resided at
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Gold King Mine
Kids and antique-car buffs will most appreciate the rambling, slightly kitschy attractions at this miniature ghost town a mile north of Jerome via Perkinsville Rd. Walk among rusting mining equipment and an impressive stash of old autos, trucks, service vehicles and chickens. Dont
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Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
Built in 1784 on a 28-acre farm, the Dyckman House is Manhattan’s lone surviving Dutch farmhouse. Excavations of the property have turned up valuable clues about colonial life, and the museum includes period rooms and furniture, decorative arts, a half-acre of gardens and an exhibi
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Dexter Avenue King Memorial Church
Formerly known as Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, here a 26-year-old Atlanta minister began his long march toward freedom. Built in 1885, Martin Luther King was the minister here (he planned the Montgomery bus boycott from his office) from 1954 to 1960. The nearby Dexter Parsonage Mu
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Crow Creek Mine
Girdwood was named for James Girdwood, who staked the first claim on Crow Creek in 1896. Two years later the Crow Creek Mine was built and today you can still see some original buildings and sluices at this working mine. You can even learn how to pan for gold and then give it a try
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