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Grier Musser Museum
Fans of Victoriana will get their fill inside this beautiful Queen Anne home with intricate woodwork and luscious stained glass. It’s stuffed with antiques and yesteryear’s knickknacks, including a neat 1909 windup Victrola phonograph that still works. To keep things dynamic, the d
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East
On the eastern side of the UH campus, the East-West Center aims to promote mutual understanding among the peoples of Asia, the Pacific and the US. Changing exhibitions of art and culture are displayed in the EWC Gallery. Spy the Japanese teahouse garden and royal Thai pavilion outs
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Dead Horse Point State Park
A tiny but stunning state park, Dead Horse Point has been the setting for numerous movies, including the opening scene from Mission Impossible II and the finale of Thelma & Louise . Located just off Hwy 313 (the road to Canyonlands), the park has canyons rimmed with white cliff
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Discovery Childrens Museum
Designed for toddlers to pre-teens, the Discovery Childrens Museum has undergone a major overhaul and reopened in a state-of-the-art building in Symphony Park. Highlights include The Summit, a 12-story tower of interactive activities and play space, plus themed educational and ente
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Fowler Museum at UCLA
Near the Film & Television Archive in UCLA, this museum presents sometimes intriguing, and sometimes baffling ethno-exhibits. A recent one featured paintings, sculpture and digital works inspired by the saints, sinners and folklore from Mexico, the Caribbean, South America and
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Hermann
Samuel Hermann, a Jewish merchant who married a Catholic woman, introduced the American-style Federal design to the Quarter in 1831. Hermann sold the house in 1844 to slaveholder Judge Grima after Hermann reportedly lost $2 million during the national financial panic of 1837. Cooki
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Cedar Key Museum State Park
This eclectic museum features the historic house, remodeled to its 1902 state, of St Clair Whitman. A main player in both the pencil factory and the local fiber mill, he arrived in the area in 1882 and started collecting everything he saw: insects, butterflies, glass, sea glass, bo
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Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
A historic brick house with three galleries of evocative modern art. Mixed-media exhibits can include such whimsy as neon installations and life-sized cards, while strange fashion concepts are displayed in the costume and wardrobe gallery upstairs. All exhibitions are temporary and
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Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens
Changing with the seasons, Bellagio’s conservatory displays ostentatious floral arrangements that are bizarrely installed by crane through a soaring 50ft-high ceiling. The effect is unnatural, but that doesnt stop crowds from gawking, and the aroma of fresh blooms is enchanting. Pe
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Artists Space
One of the first alternative spaces in New York, Artists Space made its debut in 1972. Its mission was to support contemporary artists working in the visual arts, from video, electronic media and performance, to architecture and design. More than 40 years on, it remains a solid cho
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Annie Riggs Memorial Museum
Housed in a former hotel and boarding house, this museum is named for the frontier woman who owned and ran the hotel for many years. The building is a documented example of Territorial architecture and is featured in some trade books. It is unusual in that the walls are made only o
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Alaska Botanical Garden
The garden is a colorful showcase for native species, where gentle paths lead you through groomed herb, rock and perennial gardens in a wooded setting. The mile-long Lowenfels Family Nature Trail – built for tanks during WWII – is a great place to learn your basic Alaskan botany or
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Abilene State Park
Play Wile E Coyote and go looking for road runners at 529-acre Abilene State Park , which is 4 miles southwest of Buffalo Gap. Attractions include hiking, bird-watching and wildlife viewing (armadillos, white-tailed deer, Mississippi kite, hummingbirds and more). The campground has
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St Marks in the Bowery
Though it’s most popular with East Village locals for its cultural offerings – such as poetry readings hosted by the Poetry Project or cutting-edge dance performances from Danspace and the Ontological Hysteric Theater – St Marks is also a historic site. This Episcopal church stands
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United Center
The United Center arena is home to the Bulls and the Blackhawks, and is the venue for special events such as the circus. The statue of an airborne Michael Jordan in front of the east entrance pays a lively tribute to the man whose talents financed the edifice. The area is OK by day
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Kukuiolono Park
Unless you’re staying in Kalaheo, you’ll miss this little park with a nine-hole golf course , modest Japanese garden , sweeping views and grassy grounds for strolling or running. Kukuiolono means ‘light of Lono,’ referring to the torches that Hawaiians once placed on this hill to h
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Planetarium and Museum of Natural History
In 1871, Betsey Williams, great-great-great-granddaughter of the founder of Providence, donated her farm to the city as a public park. Today this 430-acre expanse of greenery, only a short drive south of Providence, includes lakes and ponds, forest copses and broad lawns, picnic gr
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Marsh
Built around the historic home of early American conservationist George Perkins Marsh, Vermonts only national park examines the relationship between land stewardship and environmental conservation. The estates 20 miles of trails and carriage roads are free for exploring on foot, cr
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Llano Estacado Winery
This winery was founded in 1976, making it not only the largest but also the oldest of the modern Texas wineries. Among the two dozen wines produced, the chardonnays have won plaudits. Llanos (pronounced yah-nos) shop features its wines (most $10 to $20, although a gulpable blush i
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Little Vineyards
The name fits at this family-owned small-scale winery surrounded by grapes, with a lazy dog to greet you and a weathered, cigarette-burned tasting bar, at which Jack London formerly drank (before it came here). The big reds include Syrah, petite sirah, zin, cab and several delish b
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