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Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
This small, intimate photography museum is housed on the 2nd and 3rd story of the Cube, a five-story atrium, in downtown Tampa. In addition to a permanent collection from Harold Edgerton and Len Prince, temporary exhibits have included the work of Ansel Adams, Andy Warhol and conte
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Fishing Shrine
As you drive east, make sure to keep your eyes toward the ocean. At the highest point, you should spot a templelike mound of rocks. The rocks surround a statue of Jizō, who is a Japanese Buddhist deity and a guardian of fishers. The fishing shrine is often decked out in flower lei
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John Harvard Mall
North of City Sq, a shady, brick plaza leads up Town Hill. Back in the days of the earliest European settlements, a fort crowned Town Hill, which you can read about on the bronze plaques along the mall. Before the local minister – one John Harvard – died of consumption, he donated
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Mission Space
One of two thrill rides at Futurer World, Epcot, Mission Space straps you into a tiny four-person spaceship cockpit and launches you into, you guessed it, space. While this is a simulated experience and not a high-speed ride, the special effects can be nauseating and the dire warni
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Michalopoulos Gallery
Michalopoulos has become one of New Orleans’ most popular painters in recent years, in part on the strength of his best-selling Jazz Fest posters. His shop showcases his colorful and expressive architectural studies and paintings that look like van Gogh meets the Vieux Carré. The g
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LINQ & High Roller
A mammother open-air dining, entertainment and retail complex, the $550-million LINQ project has transformed what was once a lackluster stretch of the center Strip between the Flamingo and Quad casino hotels. Eclectic shops, buzzing bars, trendy restaurants, live-music venues and e
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Royal Presidio Chapel & Heritage Center Museum
Built of sandstone in 1794, this graceful chapel is California’s oldest continuously functioning church and first stone building. The original 1770 mission church stood here before being moved to Carmel. As Monterey expanded under Mexican rule in the 1820s, older buildings were gra
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Rose Kennedy Greenway
The gateway to the newly revitalized waterfront is the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Where once was a hulking overhead highway, now winds a 27-acre strip of landscaped gardens and fountain-lined greens, with an artist market for Saturday shoppers, and food trucks for weekday lunchers. Coo
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Hands On Childrens Museum
Recently remodeled and relocated at a cost of $9 million, this is the ne plus ultra of kid interactive fun. Highlights include an eagles nest that can be scaled – a slide tumbles down from here to the Puget Sound interpretive area, where theres an underwater world and crane-lift po
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Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters
Opposite Kalifornsky Beach Rd near the Kenai River is the junction with Funny River Rd. Follow signs to Ski Hill Rd, following it for a mile to reach this excellent, kid-friendly information center that has an exhibit hall, book store and 2.2 miles of trails that wrap around the ne
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Western Mining & Railroad Museum
The Wild Bunch’s only heist in Utah took place in April 1897, when the gang (which included Butch Cassidy) stole more than $8000 from Pleasant Valley Coal Company in Castle Gate, 4 miles north of Helper on Hwy 191. The little Western Mining & Railroad Museum , 8 miles north of
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Wonderland Amusement Park
If plowing along sedately for hours on the bland interstate has you ready for a little more excitement, then careening through the double loops of this parks Texas Tornado roller coaster should shake you out of your lethargy. A fun local amusement park (ignoring the hideous garden
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Long Point Beach
Home to the Capes most remote grains of sand, Long Point Beach is reached by a two-hour walk (each way) along the stone dike at the western end of Commercial St. There are no facilities, so bring water. Also time your walk carefully, as the dike is submerged at extreme high tide. O
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Honu Cove
Beloved by locals but best visited only on calm days, this secret cove awaits at the end of Kamehameha Rd. Simply take the first right past the Westin, follow it all the way to the end and keep left. From the parking area, youll see a trail that hugs the cliffs. At the bottom of th
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Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center
First Hawaiian Bank’s high-rise headquarters also houses the downtown gallery of Spalding House , featuring fascinating mixed-media exhibits of modern and contemporary works by artists from around Hawaii. Even the building itself features a four-story-high art-glass wall incorporat
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Kokeʻe Museum
Inside this two-room museum youll find detailed topographical maps, exhibits on flora and fauna, and local historical photographs. It also has botanical sketches of endemic plants and taxidermic representations of some of the wildlife that calls Kokeʻe home.The gift shop sells a ha
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Morro Rock
Chumash tribespeople are the only people legally allowed to climb this volcanic rock, now the protected nesting ground of peregrine falcons. You can laze at the small beach on the rock’s north side, but you can’t drive all the way around it. Instead, rent a kayak to paddle the gian
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Duke University
Endowed by the Duke familys cigarette fortune, the university has a Georgian-style East Campus and a neo-Gothic West Campus notable for the towering 1930s Duke Chapel . This breathtaking place, with its 210ft tower and colorful, bible-themed glass windows, is impressive. The Nasher
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Crystal Cove State Park
A few miles of open beach and 2000 acres of undeveloped woodland at this state beach let you forget youre in a crowded metropolitan area, at least once you get past the parking lots and stake out a place on the sand. Everyone thought the hilltops were part of the state park until t
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Charles M Schulz Museum
Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts cartoons and Santa Rosa resident, was born in 1922, published his first drawing in 1937, introduced Snoopy and Charlie Brown in 1950, and produced Peanuts cartoons until his death in 2000. This modern museum honors his legacy with a Snoopy labyrin
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