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Montezuma Well
Montezuma Well is a natural limestone sinkhole 470ft wide, surrounded by both Sinaguan and Hohokam dwellings. Water from the well was used for irrigation by the Native Americans and is still used today by residents of nearby Rimrock. Access is from I-17 exit 293, 4 miles north of t
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McClarty Treasure Museum
In 1715 a Spanish ship carrying gold and treasures went down in a hurricane, and survivors built a makeshift camp. This small museum, featuring a 45-minute movie, dioramas and artifacts from the shipwreck, sits on the site of that wreck. Even today, folks looking for a pretty shell
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Old First Church
Gracing the center of Old Bennington, this historic church was built in 1805 in Palladian style. Its churchyard holds the remains of five Vermont governors, numerous American Revolution soldiers and poet Robert Frost (1874–1963), the best-known, and perhaps best-loved, American poe
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North Carolina Maritime Museum
The pirate Blackbeard was a frequent visitor to the Beaufort area in the early 1700s. In 1996 the wreckage of his flagship, the Queen Annes Revenge , was discovered at the bottom of Beaufort Inlet. Youll see plates, bottles and other artifacts from the ship in this small but engagi
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Museum of the Everglades
This small museum, located in an old library, has some placards and information on the settlement of the Everglades – the focus is more concerned with the human history of the area than the natural environment. It’s a decidedly community museum, with rotating local art and the feel
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Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park
Fifteen miles southeast of Tallahassee, this historic site is where a ragtag group of Confederate soldiers prevented Union troops from reaching Tallahassee in 1865. Today it’s a peaceful picnic spot. In March costumed villagers and soldiers stage a battle reenactment, complete with
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Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens
Caribbean Gardens is an Old Florida attraction thats been updated into a modest zoo. Though it lacks some big-ticket species, it has narrated boat rides in a lake to visit free-roaming, island-bound monkeys and some unique species such as honey badgers and the Madagascan fosa, whic
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Glendale
The final home of such Golden Age superstars as Clara Bow, Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Stewart. Alas, many of their graves are in mausoleums and are off-limits to the public. It doesn’t help that cemetery staff strongly discourage star seekers. You can download maps from the internet
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Hubbard Museum of the American West
This town-run museum focuses on local history, with a wonderful gallery of old photos, and also displays Native American kachinas, war bonnets, weapons and pottery. Traces of its original incarnation as the Museum of the Horse linger in various horse-related exhibits – and be sure
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Historic Site
The historic site is located among the same windswept Kitty Hawk dunes where self-taught engineers Wilbur and Orville Wright launched the worlds first successful airplane flight on December 17, 1903 (it lasted 12 seconds). A boulder now marks the take-off spot. Climb a nearby hill
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High Line Railroad Park
This isnt much of a park, but it is notable for its display of a vintage narrow-gauge rotary plow and the locomotives that powered it up the famed, rugged, gut-wrenching Boreas Pass railroad to keep gold-mining production open. This rail was a lifeline to miners, go-it-alone and co
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Cima Dome
Visible to the south from I-15, Cima Dome is a 1500ft hunk of granite spiked with volcanic cinder cones and crusty outcrops of basalt left by lava. Its slopes are smothered in Joshua trees that collectively make up the largest such forest in the world. For close-ups, tackle the 3-m
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Captain Cook Monument
This tall white obelisk is visible a mile away at Kaʻawaloa Cove. It marks the spot where Captain Cook was killed in an armed confrontation with Hawaiians in 1779. In 1877, as an act of diplomacy, the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi deeded the land that the monument stands on to Britain. Behind
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American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar
Located in an 1861 gun foundry, this fascinating site explores the causes and course of the Civil War from the perspectives of Union, Confederate and African American experiences. Next door is a free site run by the National Park Service that delves into Richmonds role during the w
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Stonewall Jackson House
One of the most revered generals of the south, Thomas Jonathon Stonewall Jackson lived in this handsome brick two-story house from 1851 to 1861, while he taught at nearby VMI. The house is remarkably preserved, with guided tours providing fascinating insight into Jacksons life and
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St Adalbert Church
The 1914 St Adalbert Church features 185ft steeples and is a good example of the soaring religious structures built by Chicago’s ethnic populations through thousands of small donations from parishioners, who would cut family budgets to the bone to make their weekly contribution. Th
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South
For a great beach on the sound side, head to Menauhant Beach , off Central Ave from MA 28. Its Falmouths longest beach, with lots of room for everyone and warm waters that invite a plunge. Surf Drive Beach , on Surf Dr within walking distance of Main St, has full facilities and a s
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Stevenson House
Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson came to Monterey in 1879 to court his wife-to-be, Fanny Osbourne. This building, then the French Hotel, was where he stayed while reputedly devising his novel Treasure Island . The boarding-house rooms were primitive and Stevenson was still a
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VINS Nature Center
This science center near Quechee houses two dozen species of raptors, ranging from the tiny, 3oz saw-whet owl to the mighty bald eagle. The birds that end up here have sustained permanent injuries that prevent them from returning to the wild. On offer are regular educational presen
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Rio Grande County Museum & Cultural Center
This museum and cultural center features Pueblo and Ute rock art, Hispanic history and early photographs of Monte Vista’s ‘potato row’ wagons loaded high with valley spuds at the turn of the 20th century. Special programs include talks and outdoor excursions led by local historians
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