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Bronson
The former home of Judge Isaac Bronson, the green-shuttered 1854 Bronson-Mulholland House , now serves as a historic museum; the on-site manager conducts 30-minute tours. Note the full-length glass doors opening onto the veranda: when the property was built, homes were taxed accord
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Alter Space
In a SoMa warehouse storefront that was once Stormy Leather bondage shop, Alter Space arts collective hosts boundary-pushing gallery shows on themes ranging from obsession to Jello. Stop by to see the latest show and you might also glimpse works in progress by the current artist in
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Hopi House
A beautiful Mary Colter–designed stone building, Hopi House has been offering high-quality Native American jewelry, basketwork, pottery and other crafts since its 1904 opening. The structure was built by the Hopi from native stone and wood, inspired by traditional dwellings on thei
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University of Oregon
Established in 1872, the University of Oregon is the states foremost institution of higher learning, with a focus on the arts, sciences and law. The campus is filled with historic ivy-covered buildings and includes a Pioneer Cemetery , with tombstones that give vivid insight into l
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Southern California Institute of Architecture
The surrounding area got a nod of respectability when this institute moved into the former Santa Fe Freight Yard in 2001. It’s a progressive laboratory with faculty and students that continually push the envelope in architectural design. You can see some of the results in the galle
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Shanghai Tunnels
Downtown Portlands basements were once connected by tunnels running beneath the streets and down to riverside docks. While built for shipping and flood control, rumors persist they were also used to transport unconscious men to be sold to unscrupulous ships captains. Though long se
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Seattle Center
The remnants of the futuristic 1962 Worlds Fair hosted by Seattle and subtitled Century 21 Exposition are still visible nearly 50 years later at the Seattle Center. The fair was a major success, attracting 10 million visitors, running a profit (rare for the time) and inspiring a sk
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Sanford Winery
Be enchanted by this romantic tasting room built of stone and handmade adobe bricks, all embraced by estate vineyards on the historic Rancho La Rinconda property. Watch the sun sink over the vineyards from the back patio with a glass of silky Pinot Noir or citrusy Chardonnay in han
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Pohaku Kani
That huge boulder with concave marks on the inland side of the road just past the 16-mile marker is Pohaku Kani, a bellstone. If you hit it with a rock on the Kahakuloa side, where the deepest indentations are, you might be able to get a hollow sound. Its pretty resonant if you hit
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Princeton University
Built in the mid-1700s, this institution soon became one of the largest structures in the early colonies. Now its in the top-tier Ivy League. You can stroll around on your own, or take a student-led tour with Orange Key Guide Service . Also on campus is the excellent and wide-rangi
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Pua Mau Place Botanic & Sculpture Garden
In a region that receives only 3in to 10in of annual rainfall, this 13-acre botanic and sculpture garden is a questionable endeavor, but is of interest to botanophiles and those who appreciate a giant statue of a praying mantis and the stubborn will to grow green out of the desert.
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Pipe Spring National Monument
Fourteen miles southwest of Fredonia on Hwy 389, Pipe Spring is quite literally an oasis in the desert. Visitors can experience the Old West amid cabins and corrals, an orchard, ponds and a garden. Tours let you peek inside the stone Winsor Castle, and there’s also a small museum t
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Camera Obscura
Behind Cliff House is Camera Obscura , built in 1948-49 as part of the Playland at the Beach amusement area. The small building is decorated to look like a giant 35mm camera with its lens pointing to the sky. Inside, the Victorian invention (based on a 15th century design by Leonar
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Broken Kilometer
Occupying a cavernous ground-floor space in SoHo is this 1979 installation by the late American artist Walter De Maria. The work consists of 500 solid brass rods, positioned in five parallel rows, with the space between the rods increasing by 5mm with each consecutive space, from f
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Bastrop Museum & Visitor Center
Stop by for walking-tour maps and brochures, and take a whirl through the museum while youre at it. At time of research the museum had just moved in and they were still working hard to fill all that space with items like a shiny, red, old-timey Bastrop firetruck from 1904. But big
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Babcock
Family-owned vineyards overflow with different grape varietals – Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and more – that let innovative small-lot winemaker Bryan Babcock be the star. Slice of Heaven Pinot Noir alone is worthy of a pilg
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Art Walk
Phoenix has worked its way up the ladder of art cities that matter. Scottsdale in particular teems with galleries laden with everything from epic Western oil paintings to cutting-edge sculpture and moody Southwestern landscapes. Every Thursday evening some 100 of them keep their do
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Clarke Historical Museum
The best community historical museum on this stretch of the coast houses a set of typically musty relics – needlework hankies and paintings of the area’s history-making notables (in this case Ulysses Grant, who was once dismissed from his post at Fort Humboldt for drunkenness). Its
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Fuku
This bonsai nursery is mostly a salesroom for its commercial specialty: dwarf schefflera that can be grown indoors. That said, the folks who run the place are passionate about bonsai, and love giving visitors a verbal primer (and then some) on the plants. To get here from Keaʻau, d
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Eisenhower Presidential Center
Fittingly set against a backdrop of grain elevators, the rather regal Eisenhower Center includes Ikes boyhood home, a museum and library, and his and Mamies graves. Displays cover the Eisenhower presidential era (1953–61) and his role as allied commander in WWII. A highlight is the
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