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Robie House
Of the numerous buildings that Frank Lloyd Wright designed around Chicago, none is more famous or influential than Robie House. The resemblance of its horizontal lines to the flat landscape of the Midwestern prairie became known as the Prairie style. Inside are 174 stained-glass wi
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Lava Vine
Breaking ranks with Napa snobbery, the party kids at Lava Vine take a lighthearted approach to their seriously good wines – dont be surprised if they bust out musical instruments and start jamming. Children and dogs play outside, while you tap your toe to uptempo tunes in the tiny
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Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument
This tiny recreation area showcases a single large sandstone rock panel packed with more than 300 petroglyphs attributed to Ute and Ancestral Puebloan groups during a 2000-year period. The many red rock figures etched out of a black desert varnish surface make for great photos. Its
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Sandia Peak Tramway
The worlds longest aerial tram climbs 2.7 miles from the desert floor in the northeast corner of the city to the summit of 10,378ft Sandia Crest. The views are spectacular at any time, though sunsets are particularly brilliant. The complex at the top holds gift shops and restaurant
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Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library
Designed by famed modern architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, this low-slung, sleek central branch of the DC public library system is as warm and fuzzy as a goodnight story on the inside, especially the colorful mural portraying the Civil Rights movement. This is an important commun
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Little Havana Art District
OK, it’s not Wynwood. In fact, it’s more ‘Art Block’ than district. But this little strip of galleries and studios does house one of the best concentrations of Latin American art (particularly from Cuba) in Miami. Any one of the studios is worth a stop and a browse. This particular
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Maggie Daley Park
Families love the park’s fanciful free playgrounds in all their enchanted forest and pirate-themed glory. There’s also a rock climbing wall and 18-hole mini golf course (which becomes an ice skating ribbon in winter); these features have fees. Multiple picnic tables make the park a
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Kisatchie National Forest
The gorgeous Kisatchie National Forest is 937 sq miles of hilly Southern yellow pine and hardwood. Trails arent incredibly well maintained, as they are mostly used by hunters in the hunting season, but there are opportunities to mountain bike, hike, swim, and go on scenic drives. I
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Seagram Building
A textbook regular, the 38-floor Seagram Building is one of the worlds finest examples of the international style. Its lead architect, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was recommended for the project by Arthur Drexler, then-curator of architecture at MoMA. With its low podium, colonnade-l
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Queen Lili‘uokalani Statue
Pointedly positioned between the state capitol building and ʻIolani Palace is a life-size bronze statue of Queen Liliʻuokalani, Hawaii’s last reigning monarch. She holds a copy of the Hawaiian constitution she wrote in 1893 in an attempt to strengthen Hawaiian rule; ‘Aloha ʻOe,’ a
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Santana Row
An upscale Main St-style mall, Santana Row is a mixed-use space west of downtown with shopping, dining and entertainment along with a boutique hotel, lofts and apartments. Restaurants spill out onto sidewalk terraces, and public spaces have been designed to invite loitering and pro
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Osaka Garden
Enchanted Osaka Garden floats in Jackson Park. Birds flit through the sunlight, turtles swim in the lagoons, and stone-cut lanterns dot the exotic landscape, which youll likely have to yourself. Its located on the north end of the Wooded Island and accessed by the bridge there. Fro
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National AIDS Memorial Grove
A tranquil 10-acre living memorial founded in 1991 to remember millions of individual lives lost to the AIDS epidemic, comfort heartbroken families and communities, and strengthen national resolve for compassionate care and a lasting cure. Volunteer workdays (8:30am to 12:30pm) and
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Veterans Beach
The closest beach to Hyannis Main St, Veterans Beach is a favorite with families thanks to the playground facilities, picnic tables and shallow waters. Parking costs $15 to $20 in summer.The north side of the beach is also the site of a memorial to John F Kennedy , and overlooks th
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Sorrento Hotel
This grand working hotel located on First Hill is a fine example of Italian Renaissance architecture. Built in 1909 by a Seattle clothing merchant, the Sorrento was one of the first hotels designed to absorb the crowds of prospectors journeying through town on their way to Alaska i
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
This museum focuses on American photography since 1937, and is the only institution of its kind between the coasts. The permanent collection includes the works of Debbie Fleming Caffery, Mark Klett, Catherine Wagner, Patrick Nagatani and 500 more of the best photographers working t
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Miracle Theater
This gorgeous, 80-year old theater is one of the best bits of deco anywhere off the Beach. Today, the Actors’ Playhouse company puts on productions in one of three performance spaces – the 600-seat main-stage auditorium, a smaller children’s theater and a black box for cutting-edge
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Peace Pagoda
When in 1968 San Franciscos sister city of Osaka, Japan, made a gift of Yoshiro Taniguchis five-tiered concrete stupa, the city seemed stupefied about what to do with the minimalist monument, clustering boxed shrubs around its stark nakedness. But with well-placed cherry trees and
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Plymouth Congregational Church
This 1917 coral church is striking, from its solid masonry to a hand-carved door from a Pyrenees monastery, which looks like it should be kicked in by Antonio Banderas carrying a guitar case full of explosives and Salma Hayek on his arm. Architecturally, this is one of the finest S
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Kalyra Winery
Australian Mike Brown has traveled halfway around the world to combine his two loves: surfing and winemaking. Try one of his full-bodied red blends, unusual white varietals or sweet dessert wines (the orange muscat is a crowd-pleaser), all in bottles with Aboriginal art-inspired la
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