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Gerald R Ford Museum
The downtown museum is dedicated to Michigans only president. Ford stepped into the Oval Office after Richard Nixon and his vice president, Spiro Agnew, resigned in disgrace. Its a bizarre period in US history, and the museum does an excellent job of covering it, down to displaying
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Chazen Museum of Art
The universitys art museum is huge and fabulous, fresh off an expansion and way beyond the norm for a campus collection. The 3rd floor holds most of the genre-spanning trove: everything from the Old Dutch Masters to Qing Dynasty porcelain vases, Picasso sculptures and Andy Warhol p
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Dollywood
Dollywood is a self-created ode to the patron saint of East Tennessee, the big-haired, bigger-bosomed country singer Dolly Parton. The park features Appalachian-themed rides and attractions, a water park, the new DreamMore Resort and more. Find it looming above Pigeon Forge (www.my
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Denver Public Library
Hardly a dusty bibliotheca, the Denver Public Library is an active and hip place with whimsical post-modern architectural elements courtesy of renowned architect Michael Graves. In addition to its voluminous stacks, the library offers lectures, while shifting exhibits feature local
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Dartmouth College
Hanover is all about Dartmouth College, so hit the campus. Join a free student-guided campus walking tour or just pick up a map at the admissions office and head off on your own. Dont miss the Baker-Berry Library , splashed with the grand Epic of American Civilization, painted by t
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Dancers
Frozen in joyful two-step, Jonathan Borofsky’s whimsical Dancers invite rushing traffic to stop and play. The centerpiece of Sculpture Park, they supervise live music and lounging picnickers in summer and rise eerily from the snow in winter. Initially a controversial buy for conser
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Cosmos Club
The rich mansion designed to resemble Petit Trianon at Versailles has been the headquarters for the Cosmos Club since 1952. The building is a befitting home for the most prominent social club of DC’s intellectual elite: from the rich, wood-paneled library to the sculpted lion overl
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Ouachita National Forest
The wild, pretty Ouachita National Forest is studded with lakes and draws hunters, fisherfolk, mountain bikers and boaters. The small roads through the mountains unfailingly bring hidden nooks and wonderful views. The Ouachita boasts two designated National Forest Scenic Byways: Ar
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Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center
This excellent visitors center is among Kenai’s main attractions. The museum features historical exhibits on the city’s Russian heritage, offshore drilling and a room full of stuffed wildlife staring down from the rafters. It also has quality Alaska Native art from around the state
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Klawock Totem Park
Of the three totem parks on POW, the Klawock Totem Park is by far the most impressive and obviously a great source of community pride. Situated on a hill overlooking the town’s cannery and harbor, Klawock’s 21 totems comprise the largest collection in Alaska and make for a scenic,
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Moore House
During Wright’s 20 years in Oak Park, he designed a whole heap of houses. Moore House is particularly noteworthy. First built in 1895, it’s Wright’s bizarre interpretation of an English manor house. In his later years, Wright called the house ‘repugnant’ and said he had only taken
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North Cascades National Park
The wildest of all Pacific Northwest wildernesses, the lightly trodden North Cascades National Park has no settlements, no overnight accommodations and only one unpaved road. The names of the dramatic mountains pretty much set the tone: Desolation Peak, Jagged Ridge, Mt Despair and
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New Deal Distillery
This spirit-factory started as a small-time operation using a short copper still that remains on the premises (its tucked away on a shelf). Now the facility also operates a tasting room and distillers workshop. Take the tour, and then stick around for a cocktail using one of the di
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Navy Memorial & Naval Heritage Center
The hunched figure of the Lone Sailor, warding off the wind with his flipped-up pea coat, is an oft-overlooked memorial in the city. The sailor waits quietly by his duffel in a circular plaza bordered by masts sporting semaphore flags; the space evokes the vastness and the ubiquity
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National Automobile Museum
Stylized street scenes illustrate a century’s worth of automobile history at this engaging car museum. The collection is enormous and impressive, with one-of-a-kind vehicles – including James Dean’s 1949 Mercury from Rebel Without a Cause, a 1938 Phantom Corsair and a 24-karat gold
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Napili Beach
The deep golden sands and gentle curves of Napili Beach offer good beachcombing at any time and excellent swimming and snorkeling when it’s calm. Look for green sea turtles hanging out by the rocky southern shore. Big waves occasionally make it into the bay in winter, and when they
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Lincolns Tomb
After his assassination, Lincolns body was returned to Springfield, where it lies in an impressive tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery, 1.5 miles north of downtown. The gleam on the nose of Lincolns bust, created by visitors light touches, indicates the numbers of those who pay their respec
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Main Quad
Auguste Rodin’s Burghers of Calais bronze sculpture marks the entrance to the universitys Main Quad, an open plaza where the original 12 campus buildings, a mix of Romanesque and Mission revival styles, were joined by the Memorial Church (also called MemChu) in 1903. The church is
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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
The 11,000-acre Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, 2 miles northwest of Strong City and US 50, is a perfect place to hike the prairie and revel in its ever-changing colorful flowers. Rangers give tours of the preserved ranch and bus tours of the prairie from a beautiful visitor c
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Smith Robertson Museum
Housed in Mississippis first public school for African American kids is the alma mater of Richard Wright, author of Black Boy , among many other works. It offers insight and explanation into the pain and perseverance of the African American legacy in Mississippi, and into Wrights o
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