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Theo Chocolate Factory
Adding a bit of Willy Wonka to Fremonts atypical street life is this chocolate factory on the site of the old Redhood Brewery (now moved to Woodinville, WA). The micro-chocolate producer makes organic chocolate, producing an aroma that permeates half the neighborhood. Follow the sm
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US Grant Hotel
No hotel in the region can compare to the Hotel del Coronado for history, but US Grant, built in 1910, comes close. It’s on the National Register of Historic Places for a past including celebrity guests, magnificent ballrooms, a one-time Turkish bath and a speakeasy. Visitors can t
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Tigua Cultural Center
The surrounding community of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo is sovereign home to the Tigua tribe and is recognized by many as the oldest town in Texas. Despite Spanish influences, the Tigua have strived mightily to retain their identity as the oldest identifiable ethnic group in Texas. A vi
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Wetherill Mesa
This is the second-largest concentration. Visitors may enter stabilized surface sites and two cliff dwellings, including the Long House , open from late May through August. South from Park Headquarters, the 6-mile Mesa Top Road connects excavated mesa-top sites, accessible cliff dw
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Maunalei
Less than a mile from the end of paved Hwy 44 is Maunalei. An ancient heiau (stone temple) sat there until 1890, when the Maunalei Sugar Company dismantled it and used the stones to build a fence and railroad. Shortly after the temple desecration, the company was beset by misfortun
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Martin Luther King Jr Birthplace
Free, first-come, first-serve guided tours of Kings childhood home take about 30 minutes to complete and require same-day registration, which can be made at the National Historic Site visitor center . Due to government cutbacks, tour times were no longer specified at time of resear
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Lithia Park
Adjacent to Ashlands three splendid theaters (one of which is outdoors) lies what is arguably the loveliest city park in Oregon, the 93 acres of which wind along Ashland Creek above the center of town. Unusually, the park is in the National Register of Historic Places. It is embell
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Little Rock Central High School
Little Rocks most riveting attraction is the site of the 1957 desegregation crisis that changed the country forever. It was here that a group of African American students known as the Little Rock Nine were first denied entry inside the then all-white high school (despite a unanimou
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Leather Archives & Museum
Who knew? Ben Franklin liked to be flogged, and Egypt’s Queen Hatshepsut had a foot fetish. The museum reveals this and more in its displays of leather, fetish and S&M subcultures. The on-site shop sells posters, pins and other ‘pervertibles.’ Its about 1.5 miles north of Ander
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John Hancock Tower
Constructed with more than 10,000 panels of mirrored glass, the 62-story John Hancock Tower was designed in 1976 by Henry Cobb. It is the tallest and most beloved skyscraper on the Boston skyline – despite the precarious falling panes of glass when it was first built. The Hancock o
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Harry P Leu Gardens
Camelias, roses, orange groves and desert plants, as well as plenty of grassy spots for a lakeside picnic. Pick up supplies at East End Market , a half-mile east of the entrance gate on Corrine Dr. Tours of Leu House , an 18th-century mansion, run every half-hour from 10am to 3:30p
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Nickerson State Park
The 2000-acre oasis of Nickerson State Park has eight ponds with sandy beaches ideal for swimming and boating, as well as miles of cycling and walking trails. Bring along a fishing pole to catch your own trout dinner or just pack a lunch and enjoy the parks picnic facilities. Jacks
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National Academy of Sciences
Made up of approximately 2250 members, including almost 200 Nobel Prize winners, these are the folks the government hits up for scientific advice (whether the government listens to them or not is, as you may have guessed, entirely up to the government). Inside the NAS hosts intrigu
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Museum Quadrangle
The Springfield Museums surround Museum Quadrangle, two blocks northeast of Court Sq. Look for Merrick Park, at the entrance to the quadrangle, and the Augustus Saint-Gaudens statue The Puritan .One ticket grants entrance to all five museums. Access to the grounds, and to the Dr Se
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Museum of Connecticut History
While youre on Capitol Hill, have a look at this museum housed in the Connecticut State Library . Nationally known for its genealogy library, it also holds Connecticuts royal charter of 1662, a prime collection of Colt firearms (which were manufactured in Hartford), coins and the t
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Monterey Museum of Art
Downtown, MMA Pacific Street is particularly strong in California contemporary art and modern landscape painters and photographers, including Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. Temporary exhibits fill MMA La Mirada , a silent-film star’s villa, whose humble adobe origins are exquisitel
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Duck Walk Vineyards
Proudly boasting an array of award-winning wines, Duck Walk is the brainchild of one of the founders of Long Islands small wine industry. The first location, housed in a chateau-style building, is in Water Mill, the second location is on the North Forks, encircled by acres upon acr
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Darioush
Like a modern-day Persian palace, Darioush ranks high on the fabulosity scale, with towering columns, Le Corbusier furniture, Persian rugs and travertine walls. Though known for cabernet, Darioush also bottles chardonnay, merlot and Shiraz, all made with 100% of their respective va
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Church of St Mary the Virgin
Youd expect to see this rustic Arts and Crafts–style building on the slopes of Tahoe, not Pacific Heights, but this Episcopal church is full of surprises. The structure dates from 1891 but the church has kept pace with its progressive-minded parish, with homeless-community outreach
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Churchill County Museum & Archives
Besides the usual pioneer relics, the Churchill County Museum & Archives also displays an interesting replica of a Paiute hut and sponsors twice-monthly guided tours ($1) of Hidden Cave. The cave is near Grimes Point Archaeological Area , about 10 miles east of Fallon, where a
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