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Kapuaʻiwa Coconut Grove
As Molokaʻi was the favorite island playground of King Kamehameha V, he had the royal 10-acre Kapuaʻiwa Coconut Grove planted near his sacred bathing pools in the 1860s. Standing tall, about a mile west of downtown, its name means mysterious taboo. Be careful where you walk (or par
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Jungle Gardens
In 1890 Tabasco founder EA McIlhenny also started a bird sanctuary on Avery Island (home of the McIlhenny Tabasco Factory). At Jungle Gardens you can drive or walk through 250 acres of subtropical jungle flora and view an amazing array of water birds (especially snowy egrets, which
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Joss House
Built by the Yue family in the 1920s, this clapboard residence stands on what was known as Chinese Hill, one of many small-town Chinese communities established during the rush. After a mysterious fire ripped through the Chinese settlement, the family converted their home into a pub
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Haleʻiwa Beach Park
On the northern side of the harbor, this park is protected by a shallow shoal and breakwater so is usually a good choice for swimming. There’s little wave action, except for the occasional north swells that ripple into the bay. Although the beach isn’t as pretty as others, the 13-a
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Custom House Maritime Museum
Near the ferry terminal, this 1833 building is the oldest operating customhouse in the country, in addition to functioning as a museum. Its front door is made from the wood of the USS Constitution .
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Foster/White Gallery
The famed Foster/White Gallery, which opened in 1968, features glassworks, paintings and sculpture by mainstream Northwest artists in a beautifully renovated 7000-sq-ft space. Some of the exhibits are for sale (if youre rich), but realistically, if youre from hoi polloi, this is mo
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Fremont Bridge
Built in 1916 and since dwarfed by the far taller George Washington Memorial Bridge (colloquially known as the Aurora Bridge), the distinctive orange-and-blue Fremont Bridge became necessary after the construction of the Lake Washington Ship Canal linked Lake Union with Puget Sound
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Fillmore East
Visit the site of the long-defunct Fillmore East, a seriously big-time, 2000-seat live-music venue run by promoter Bill Graham from 1968 to 1971, where the Who premiered their rock opera Tommy . In the ’80s the space was transformed into the Saint – the legendary, 5000-sq-ft dance
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Hygienic Art
Done up in a Greek Revival style replete with a sculpture garden, mural plaza, fountains and a large performance area, Hygienic Art is a non-profit art space featuring 10 to 12 mixed-media exhibits each year. It hosts poetry readings, film screenings, a summer concert series and an
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Hosfelt Gallery
Trancelike states are often induced by Hosfelt, where visitors step from gritty sidewalks into dreamy, meticulously detailed interior worlds. Close inspection reveals that Crystal Lius painterly still life is a photo of irises frozen in water, Jay DeFeos diptychs are double-takes o
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Coral Gables Congregational Church
George Merrick’s father was a New England Congregational minister, so perhaps that accounts for him donating the land for the city’s first church. Built in 1924 as a replica of a church in Costa Rica, the yellow-walled, red-roofed exterior is as far removed from New England as…well
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Chihuly Collection
Dale Chihulys glass works are displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London and the Louvre in Paris. But his permanent collection resides here in St Petersburg in an understated wood-and-marble gallery designed to off-se
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Cape Florida Lighthouse
At the Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Recreation Area’s southernmost tip, the 1845 brick lighthouse is the oldest structure in Florida (it replaced another lighthouse that was severely damaged in 1836 by attacking Seminole Indians). You can tour it for free at 10am and 1pm daily. To
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Camden Hills State Park
With more than 30 miles of trails, this densely forested park is a choice place to take in the exquisite Midcoast. A favorite hike is the 45-minute (half mile) climb up Mt Battie, which offers exquisite views of Penobscot Bay. Simple trail maps are available at the park entrance, j
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Bastrop State Park
This beautiful state park was hit hard by the 2011 wildfires, which affected 96% of its nearly 6000 acres of forest. Fortunately, they were able to save the historic cabins built by the Civilian Conservation Corp in the 1930s, and the hiking, swimming and golfing continues. The sce
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Alma Rosa Winery & Vineyards
Richard Sanford left the powerhouse winery bearing his name to start this new winery with his wife, Thekla, using sustainable, organic farming techniques. Cacti and cobblestones welcome you to the ranch, reached via a long, winding gravel driveway. Vineyard-designated Pinot Noir an
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Albuquerque Museum of Art & History
With revamped history galleries exploring the city’s past from Spanish days onward, and a permanent art collection that extends to outsider and vernacular work as well as 20th-century masterpieces from the Taos School, this showpiece museum should not be missed. There’s free admiss
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Acacia Park
The home of the Monday farmers market and the much loved Uncle Wilburs Fountain, a lifeguard-monitored pop jet fountain with over 200 water jets, 52 of which are part of a play area where kids run and try to stem the unstoppable streams with their pitter patter. Its a good time, bu
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Wawaloli (OTEC) Beach
At the makai end of the access road to the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority, this quiet locals beach is perfectly positioned for sunsets – never mind the jets flying overhead. Swimming isnt good, except at high tide when the oodles of protected tide pools along the lav
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Taos Art Museum & Fechin Institute
Russian artist Nicolai Fechin moved to Taos in 1926, aged 46, and adorned the interior of this adobe home with his own distinctly Russian woodcarvings between 1928 and 1933. Now a museum, it displays Fechin’s paintings and sketches along with his private collection and choice works
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