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Invisible Dog
In a converted factory off Smith St, the Invisible Dog is an interdisciplinary arts center that embodies the spirit of Brooklyns creativity. Frequent exhibitions are held on the ground floor, while artist studios upstairs sometimes throw open their doors for group shows. Plays, fil
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Carlsbad Ranch Flower Fields
The 50-acre flower fields of Carlsbad Ranch are ablaze in a sea of the carmine, saffron and snow-white blossoms of ranunculuses. Take the Palomar Airport Rd exit off of I-5, head east and turn left on Paseo del Norte. Outside of the official season, there are some rose gardens on t
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Byers
It’s an amazing experience walking through this period house, painstakingly restored to the 1920s era; the rooms aren’t roped off so you can wander into them. Guided tours run every hour from 10:30am to 2:30pm. William Byers was the publisher of the Rocky Mountains News when he com
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Chinatown Cultural Plaza
Inside this utilitarian modern mall, covering almost an entire city block, traditional acupuncturists, tailors and calligraphers work alongside travel agencies and dim-sum halls. In the small open-air central courtyard, elderly Chinese light incense before a statue of Kuan Yin . Do
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Fox Point
South of College Hill is Fox Point, the waterfront neighborhood where the citys substantial Portuguese population resides. Though gentrification has brought influxes of Brown University professors and artists, you can still find an old world–style grocery like the Friends Market tu
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Elephant Butte Lake State Park
Just 5 miles north of T or C, New Mexicos largest artificial lake (60 sq miles) is much loved by local anglers, waterskiers and windsurfers. The marina rents tackle and boats (for fishing, pontoon and skiing). Spring and fall are best for fishing; guides for one to four anglers cos
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Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge
North of I-15, US Hwy 93 parallels the eastern edge of the Desert National Wildlife Range, where bighorn sheep can be spotted. About 90 miles outside of Las Vegas, the road runs by Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge , where spring-fed lakes surrounded by cottonwoods are a major st
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Kohala Institute
The Kohala Institute manages some 2400 acres that are part of a traditional tract of land known as ʻIole. This community organization hosts a number of courses related to both New Age pursuits (yoga) and traditional Hawaiian culture (hula courses). They also conduct family friendly
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Wrigley Field
Built in 1914 and named for the chewing-gum guy, Wrigley Field – aka The Friendly Confines – is the second-oldest baseball park in the major leagues. It’s filled with legendary traditions and curses, and has a team that suffers from the longest dry spell in US sports history. The h
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Shark Reef Aquarium
M-Bay’s unusual walk-through aquarium is home to 2000 submarine beasties, including jellyfish, moray eels, stingrays and, yes, some sharks. Other rare and endangered toothy reptiles on display include some of the world’s last remaining golden crocodiles. A staff of scuba-diver care
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Prince of Wales Hatchery
The Prince of Wales Hatchery was established in 1897 and today is the second-oldest one in Alaska. The present facility was built in 1976 and raises coho, king and sockeye salmon, with many released into the adjacent Klawock River. Inside the visitors center is an aquarium and gift
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Pause
Fourteen miles north of Yuma, a tiny white-and-blue chapel sits on a patch of farmland on the west side of Hwy 95. A local farmer built the original in 1995 as a memorial to his deceased wife. A freak storm destroyed the structure in 2011, but the community helped rebuild it. The 8
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Hueco Tanks State Historical Park
About 32 miles east of El Paso, this 860-acre park contains three small granite mountains that are pocked with depressions (hueco is Spanish for ‘hollow’) that hold rainwater, creating an oasis in the barren desert. The area has attracted humans for as many as 10,000 years, as evid
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Mauna Loa Macadamia
Hershey-owned Mauna Loa provides a self-guided tour of its working factory, where you can watch the humble mac nut as it moves along the assembly line from cracking to roasting to chocolate dipping and packaging. The gift shop sells the finished product at decent prices. To get her
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Manley Hot Springs
Privately owned by famously hospitable Chuck and Gladys Dart, bathing happens within a huge, thermal-heated greenhouse thats a veritable Babylonian garden of grapes, Asian pears and hibiscus flowers. Deep in this jungle are three spring-fed concrete tubs, each burbling at different
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Luther Burbank Home & Gardens
Pioneering horticulturist Luther Burbank (1849–1926) developed many hybrid plant species, including the Shasta daisy, here at his 19th-century, Greek-revival home. The extensive gardens are lovely. The house and adjacent Carriage Museum have displays on Burbank’s life and work, you
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Lomax Placer Mine
Here’s a chance to pan for gold, learn how old-mining-town chemists assayed the valuable claims and check out the actual sluices and flumes used in placer (surface) mines. This site was active in the 1860s and also gives visitors the chance to sniff around a miner’s cabin, complete
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New Old South Church
This magnificent puddingstone Venetian Gothic church on Copley Sq is called the ‘new’ Old South because up until 1875, the congregation worshipped in the Old South Church on Milk St (now the Old South Meeting House). The Congregational church has an impressive collection of stained
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Museum of the Oregon Territory
Exhibits at this engaging museum include a chunk of the Willamette Meteorite , the largest meteorite found in the US (the rest is at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City). Theres also information on Oregons founding fathers, Native American relics, an original co
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Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library
Author Kurt Vonnegut was born and raised in Indy, and this humble museum pays homage with displays including his Pall Mall cigarettes, droll drawings and rejection letters from publishers. The library also replicates his office, complete with checkerboard carpet, red rooster lamp a
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