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Woodlawn Cemetery
As elegant as Brooklyn’s Green-Wood is this 400-acre cemetery, the most prestigious resting place in the Bronx. Dating from the Civil War (1863), it claims more big names than Green-Wood – and yes, it is a contest – among its 300,000-plus headstones, including Herman Melville and j
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Walter Anderson Museum
A consummate artist and lover of Gulf Coast nature, Walter Anderson suffered from mental illness, which spurred his monastic existence and fueled his life’s work: in his own words, being one of those who have brought nature and art together into one thing. After he died, the beachs
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Safari West
Giraffes in Wine Country? Whadya know. Safari West sprawls over 400 acres and protects zebras, cheetahs and other exotic animals, which mostly roam free. See them on a guided two-and-a-half-hour safari in open-sided jeeps; reservations required, no kids under three. If you’re feeli
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University of New Mexico
There are eight museums and galleries packed into the small but peaceful campus of UNM, along with abundant public art and a performing arts center. The Tamarind Institute helped to save the art of lithography from extinction in the 1960s and 70s, while the Maxwell Museum of Anthro
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Steam Vents & Steaming Bluff
Pumping impressive plumes of steam in the cool early morning, these vents make a convenient drive-up photo op. Steam is created when rainwater percolates into the earth, is heated by the hot rocks below and then released upward. For an even more evocative experience, take the short
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Stow Lake
A park within the park, Stow Lake offers waterfall views, picnics in the Taiwanese pagoda and birdwatching on a picturesque island called Strawberry Hill. Pedal boats, rowboats and electric boats are available daily in good weather at the 1946 boathouse. Ghost-hunters come at night
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Mountaineering Ranger Station
Whether you’re intrigued or boggled by high-altitude alpinism, this ranger station provides an excellent window into that rarefied world. In addition to coordinating the numerous Mt McKinley expeditions during spring and summer, the station functions as a visitor center, with maps,
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Panum Crater
Rising above the south shore, Panum Crater is the youngest (about 640 years old), smallest and most accessible of the craters that string south toward Mammoth Mountain. A panoramic trail circles the crater rim (about 30 to 45 minutes), and a short but steep ‘plug trail’ puts you at
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Prescott Park
Overlooking the Piscataqua River, this small, grassy park makes a pleasant setting for a picnic. More importantly, its the leafy backdrop to the Prescott Park Arts Festival which means free music, dance, theater and food festivals throughout June, July and August. Separate one-day
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Petco Park
A quick stroll southeast of the Gaslamp is one of the newest stadiums in baseball, home of the San Diego Padres . Its also one of the most beautiful, with brick construction and skyscraper views over the outfield. If you can’t attend a game, take an 80-minute behind-the-scenes tour
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Point Vicente Lighthouse
Watch the earth curve and the sea crash on the Point Vicente bluffs while leaning against the gleaming-white 1926 lighthouse, which was staffed until 1971. These days electronic sensors activate the foghorn, which you can hear bellow on the wings of the wind. You can only access th
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Lightbox
Gallery-hopping in Culver City is the current must-do, with 30 galleries jostling for space along Washington Blvd and La Cienega Blvd south of the I-10 (Santa Monica Fwy). Lightbox , an artist-friendly enterprise is located here. The first Art Walk drew 1500 people, and the Exposit
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Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
Exhibits about shipwrecks, piracy and salvaged cargo are highlights at this maritime museum at the end of the road. There have been more than 2000 shipwrecks off the coast of Outer Banks. According to one exhibit, in 2006 a container washed ashore near Frisco, releasing thousands o
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Edgartown Beaches
Simply walk along N Water St in the direction of the Edgartown Lighthouse to reach a pair of beaches on the northeast side of town. Lighthouse Beach , running north from the lighthouse, makes a good vantage point for watching boats putt into Edgartown Harbor. Fuller St Beach , exte
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Downtown Disney
Walt Disney World®s primary entertainment district, with shops, shops and more shops, restaurants, bowling, live music, a movie theater, and bars, stretches along the waterfront. You can take buses from Disney resorts to Downtown Disney, and a few hotels offer boat transport to the
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Crooked Road
When Scotch–Irish fiddle-and-reel married African American banjo-and-percussion, American mountain or old-time music was born, spawning such genres as country and bluegrass. The latter genre still dominates the Blue Ridge, and Virginias Heritage Music Trail, the 250-mile-long Crook
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Henry Sheldon Museum
This 1829 Federal-style brick mansion-turned-museum owes its existence to Henry Sheldon, a town clerk, church organist, storekeeper and avid collector of 19th-century Vermontiana. His collection runs the gamut from folk art and furniture to paintings and bric-a-brac, but is highlig
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Harwood Foundation Museum
Attractively displayed in a gorgeous and very spacious mid-19th-century adobe compound, the paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and photographs here are predominantly the work of northern New Mexican artists, both historical and contemporary. Founded in 1923, the Harwood is the
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Cornerstone Arts Center
Colorado Colleges striking, $30 million LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design)-certified arts complex across the street from the Fine Arts Center. Youll see sculpture on the front lawn, and theres a free gallery inside and frequent guest lecturers and film screening
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Cisneros Fontanal Arts Foundation
This arts foundation displays the work of contemporary Latin American artists, and has an impressive showroom to boot. Even the exterior blends postindustrial rawness with a lurking, natural ambience, offset by the extensive use of Bisazza tiles to create an overarching tropical mo
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