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Blumenschein Home & Museum
Wonderfully preserved adobe residence, dating originally from 1797, which provides a vivid glimpse of life in Taos’ artistic community during the 1920s. Ernest L Blumenschein, founder member of the Taos Society of Artists, lived here with his wife and daughter, Mary and Helen Green
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Nicollet Mall
Nicollet Mall is the pedestrian-friendly portion of Nicollet Ave in the heart of downtown, dense with stores, bars and restaurants. Its perhaps most famous as the spot where Mary Tyler Moore of 70s TV fame threw her hat into the air during the shows opening sequence. A cheesy MTM s
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Walden Pond
Thoreau took the naturalist beliefs of Transcendentalism out of the realm of theory and into practice when he left the comforts of town and built a rustic cabin at Walden Pond. Now a state park, the glacial pond is surrounded by acres of forest preserved by the nonprofit Walden Woo
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Cade
Ascend Mt Veeder for drop-dead vistas, 1800ft above the valley, at Napa’s oh-so-swank, first-ever organically farmed, LEED gold-certified winery, partly owned by former San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom. Hawks ride thermals at eye level as you sample bright sauvignon blanc and lusci
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Artpace
This unique contemporary museum hosts temporary exhibitions by its outstanding artists-in-residence, who are selected from a pool drawn from across Texas, the USA and abroad. Inside a 1920s automobile showroom, the renovated gallery space is inspiring and the works are often experi
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Artopia
Proves the extents for Wynwood we mention above are flexible – Artopia is physically in Overtown, but culturally part of the gallery circuit. This was the old studio space of the late, renowned self-taught artist Purvis Young, who grew up near the studio. His folk-arty works and si
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Arizona State University
South of Scottsdale and sandwiched between downtown Phoenix and Mesa, Tempe is a fun and energetic district, enlivened by the 51,000 students of Arizona State University . Founded in 1885, the vast campus is home to the Sun Devils stadium, performance venues, galleries and museums.
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Anasazi State Park Museum
This petite museum protects the Coombs Site, excavated in the 1950s and inhabited from AD 1130 to 1175. The minimal ruins arent as evocative as some in southeastern Utah, but its well worth seeing the re-created six-room pueblo and excellent exhibits about the Ancestral Puebloan pe
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Abilene Zoo
Jaguars, ocelots, elephants and giraffes are among the more than 160 species making their home at the Abilene Zoo, located in Nelson Park in southeast Abilene near the junction of Loop 322 and Highway 36. Highlights include the Creepy Crawly Center and the Discovery Center, which
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San Luis Museum & Cultural Center
This handsome museum and gallery chronicles Hispanic culture in southern Colorado, in a modern building that blends sustainable concepts with traditional regional architecture. Exhibits on the Penitente Brotherhood are especially intriguing for their insight into this formerly secr
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Ragged Point
Your last – or first – taste of Big Sur’s rocky grandeur comes at this craggy cliff outcropping with fabulous views of the coastline in both directions, about 15 miles north of Hearst Castle. Once part of the Hearst empire, it’s now taken over by a sprawling, ho-hum lodge with a pr
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Puʻu o Kaiaka
A five-minute hike up to the top of Puu o Kaiaka, a 110ft-high promontory at the southern end of Kepuhi Beach, rewards strollers with a nice view of Papohaku Beach. At the top, youll find the remains of a pulley that was once used to carry cattle down to waiting barges for transpor
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Muddy Waters’ House
At Muddy Waters’ house , impromptu jam sessions with pals like Howlin’ Wolf and Chuck Berry erupted in the front yard. Waters, of course, was Chicago’s main bluesman, so everyone who was anyone came to pay homage. Waters lived here for 20 years, until 1974, but today the building s
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Mills Gallery
Besides several performance spaces, the main venue for visual arts at the Boston Center for the Arts is the Mills Gallery, which hosts cutting-edge art exhibits, as well as opportunities to interact with the artists (eg artist and curator talks). Exhibits feature established and em
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Oxbow Park
This public park in a quiet residential part of Georgetown contains a community pea patch and is home to the giant, carefully restored, bright orange and blue Hat ‘n’ Boots, a beloved pair of relics from a quirky roadside service station. This attention-grabbing landmark was built
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People’s Park
This park, just east of Telegraph, between Haste St and Dwight Way, is a marker in local history as a political battleground between residents and the city and state government in the late 1960s. The park has since served mostly as a gathering spot for Berkeley’s homeless. A public
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Peddocks Island
One of the largest Harbor Islands, Peddocks consists of four headlands connected by sandbars. Hiking trails wander through marsh, pond and coastal environs. But the dominant feature of Peddocks Island is the remains of Fort Andrews, a large facility with more than 20 buildings. Ped
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Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration
This state-of-the-art aquarium boasts more than 6000 species of sea creatures, as well as an outdoor viewing area for watching seals and sea lions below the waterline and a penguin pavilion. The aquariums most famous (and controversial) residents are the three beluga whales, who re
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Knapp’s Cabin
During the 1920s, wealthy Santa Barbara businessman George Knapp built this simple wood-shingled cabin to store gear during his extravagant fishing and camping excursions into Kings Canyon. From a signed roadside pullout, about 2 miles east of the village, a short trail leads to th
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Keʻanae Peninsula Lookout
You’ll get a superb bird’s-eye view of the lowland peninsula and village, including the patchwork taro fed by Keʻanae Stream, by stopping at the paved pull-off just past the 17-mile marker on the makai side of the road. There’s no sign, but it’s easy to find if you look for the yel
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