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Holy Ghost Church
Waiakoa’s hillside landmark, the octagonal Holy Ghost Church, was built in 1895 by Portuguese immigrants. The church features a beautifully ornate interior that looks like it came right out of the Old World, as indeed much of it did. The gilded altar was carved by renowned Austrian
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Helldorado Town
These days, lawlessness in Tombstone takes the form of rip roarin’ shootouts reenacted by various gunslinger troupes throughout the day. It’s so delightfully hokey, it’s worth every penny. Apart from the 2pm show at the OK Corral, there are daily shows at Helldorado Town and at the
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Cape May County Chamber of Commerce
Founded in 1620, Cape May - the only place in the state where the sun both rises and sets over the water - is on the states southern tip and is the countrys oldest seashore resort. Its sweeping beaches get crowded in summer, but the stunning Victorian architecture is attractive yea
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Buena Vista Park
True to its name, this park founded in 1867 offers splendid vistas over the city to Golden Gate Bridge as a reward for hiking up the steep hill ringed by stately century-old California oaks. Take Buena Vista Ave West downhill to spot Victorian mansions that survived the 1906 earthq
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Batcolumn
Artist Claes Oldenburg – known for his gigantic shuttlecocks in Kansas City and oversized cherry spoon in Minneapolis – delivered this simple, controversial sculpture to Chicago in 1977. The artist mused that the 96ft bat ‘seemed to connect earth and sky the way a tornado does.’ Hm
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Arlington Street Church
The first public building erected in Back Bay in 1861, this graceful church features extraordinary Tiffany windows and 16 bells in its steeple. The church’s Unitarian Universalist ministry is purely progressive, as it has been since Rev William Ellery Channing preached here in the
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Columbia Center
Everyone makes a rush for the iconic Space Needle, but its not the tallest of Seattles glittering viewpoints. That honor goes to the sleek, tinted-windowed Columbia Center (1985); at 943ft high, its the loftiest building in the Pacific Northwest. From the plush observation deck on
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Coconut Grove Playhouse
Miami’s oldest theater premiered Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot in 1956 (the show was apparently a disaster), but was shut down during its 50th-anniversary season due to major debt issues. Now the board of the theater, in conjunction with Miami-Dade’s Department of Cultural Aff
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Florida Historic Capitol Museum
Adorned by candy-striped awnings and topped with a reproduction of the original glass dome, the 1902 Florida capitol building now houses this interesting political museum, including a restored House of Representatives chamber and governors reception area, numerous portraits, and ex
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Enchanted Forest
Located 7 miles south of Salem, this childrens theme park is a fun fantasyland offering rides (extra charge), a European village, Western town and storybook themes, among other things. There are water light shows and a comedy theater in summer. Picnic grounds, gift shops and food s
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Ouray County Museum
In a town so well endowed with history, a visit to the local museum is rewarding. Three floors of exhibits feature the local mining history, a bizarre-looking retro-futurist dentists surgery, old tools and furniture, and a spooky collection of china dolls. The building was once a h
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Oscar Anderson House
Housed in the city’s oldest wooden-framed home, this little museum overlooks the delightful Elderberry Park. Anderson was the 18th person to set foot in Anchorage, and he built his house in 1915. Today it’s the only home museum in Anchorage, and despite past budget problems, it’s o
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Monument Circle
At Monument Circle, the city center is marked by the jaw-dropping 284ft Soldiers & Sailors Monument . For a bizarre (and cramped) experience, take the elevator ($2) to the top. Beneath is the Civil War Museum , which neatly outlines the conflict and Indianas abolition position.
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Navy Beach
The best place for swimming is at Navy Beach, just east of the South Tufa reserve. It’s also the best place to put in canoes or kayaks. From late June to early September, the Mono Lake Committee operates one-hour canoe tours around the tufas. Half-day kayak tours along the shore or
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National D
About 30 miles east of Roanoke, the tiny town of Bedford suffered the most casualties per capita during WWII, and hence was chosen to host the moving National D-Day Memorial. Among its towering arch and flower garden is a cast of bronze figures re-enacting the storming of the beach
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Mahayana Temple
Mahayana is the biggest Buddhist temple in Chinatown and its magnificent 16ft-high Buddha – sitting on a lotus and edged with offerings of fresh oranges, apples and flowers – is believed to be the largest in town. The temple itself faces the frenzied vehicle entrance to the Manhatt
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Loretto Chapel
Built in 1878 for the Sisters of Loretto, this tiny Gothic chapel is famous as the site of St Josephs Miraculous Staircase, a spiraling and apparently unsupported wooden staircase added by a mysterious young carpenter who vanished without giving the astonished nuns his name. The ch
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Make Way for Ducklings Statue
The most endearing of the Public Garden monuments is Make Way for Ducklings , always a favorite with tiny tots who can climb and sit on the bronze ducks. The sculpture depicts Mrs Mallard and her ducklings, characters in Robert McCloskey’s beloved book. As the story goes, Mrs Malla
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Nature Center at Happy Isles
An aging but still fun hands-on nature museum, the Nature Center displays explain the differences between the park’s various pinecones, rocks, animal tracks and (everyone’s favorite subject) scat. Out back, don’t miss an exhibit on the 1996 rock fall, when an 80,000-ton rock slab p
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Sugar Hill Sampler
It all started with a collection of heirlooms amassed by the Aldrich family over the many years they have lived in Sugar Hill Village. These days, this collection has expanded to include all sorts of local memorabilia dating from 1780, all housed in an old barn built by the Aldrich
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