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Hauʻula Beach Park
Across the road from the middle of town, this ironwood-shaded beach has a shallow, rocky bottom that isn’t too appealing for swimming but does attract snorkelers. It occasionally gets waves big enough for local kids to ride. The grassy lawn is popular for family picnics on weekends
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Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum
Return to the days of Six-Shooter Junction at this modern facility which combines several museums in one. An 1870s stagecoach inn recalls the hot, dusty conditions of the old trail, where the only friend you were likely to make at the end of a long day was a bedbug. The region’s co
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Hamakua Macadamia Nut Company
Its a tourist stop, but a darned good one, featuring a spanking-clean factory, gift shop and generous free samples. This eco-conscious company generates 75% of its energy needs from solar power and 10% from ground mac-nut shells. The Hamakua-grown nuts are excellent in quality and
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Grove
Next door to the Farmers Market is a faux-European, yet attractive outdoor, and rather corporate, shopping mall built around a central plaza with a musical fountain (nicest after dark, almost magical at Christmas time). Little known secret: the city and Hollywood Hills views from t
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Gehry House
In his creative life before the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Frank Gehry was primarily known as that crazy guy who sculpted houses from chain-link fencing, plywood and corrugated aluminum. A great place to see the ‘early Gehry’ is his 1979 private home, a deconstructivist postmodern c
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Wild Center
Dedicated to local ecosystems, this hands-on museum has everything from rare frogs to live river otters. Outdoors is a trail to the river and, new in 2015, the Wild Walk, connected platforms and bridges in the treetops, with amazing views. Ticket prices are lower off season; if you
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Wahiawa Freshwater State Recreation Area
Despite being just beyond Wahiawa center, this park has an unspoiled countryside feel, and the picnic tables with views of Lake Wilson are oh-so-inviting. Public fishing is allowed in the waters stocked with bass and other fish. Turn east off Kamehameha Hwy (Hwy 99) onto Avocado St
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Venice Canals
Even many Angelenos have no idea that just a couple of blocks away from the Boardwalk madness is an idyllic neighborhood that preserves 3 miles of Kinney’s canals. The Venice Canal Walk threads past eclectic homes, over bridges and waterways where ducks preen and locals lollygag in
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Weber Point Events Center
Downtown on the McLeod Lake waterfront, the modern white edifice standing in the middle of a grassy park looking rather like a pile of sailboats is the Weber Point Events Center and marks the center of the action. This is also the site of the huge April Asparagus Festival , a serie
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Unisphere
Designed for the 1964 Worlds Fair, this 12-story-high stainless-steel globe is the focal point of Flushing Meadows Park, and the de facto icon of Queens. (Nowadays, its probably most recognizable as the backdrop for the Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill album cover.) In summer, its ring
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Lake McDonald Lodge
On the northeastern shore of the lake, this rustic lodge, first built in 1895 as the Glacier Hotel, is the park’s oldest hotel. Replaced by a newer Swiss-style structure in 1913, before any roads had penetrated the region, the current lodge’s imposing entrance was built facing the
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Manhattan Beach
If Manhattan Beach had its own magazine, it would surely be called Gorgeous Living . Classy beachside cottages, bougainvillea-lined walk-streets, bustling sidewalk patios, friendly boutiques, surfers silhouetted against the setting sun, and babies who never seem to cry – all within
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Lyman Allyn Art Museum
This neoclassical building contains exhibits that span the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, including impressive collections of early-American silver and Asian, Greco-Roman and European paintings. Among the highlights are the American impressionists gallery and the charming doll and
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The Pinery
Check out the ruins of a Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach stop via an easy and wheelchair-accessible 0.75-mile round-trip trail leading from the Pine Springs visitor center. Despite its remote location, the Pinery is the only remaining Butterfield station ruin standing close to
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Topsmead State Forest
This forest was once the estate of Edith Morton Chase. You can visit her grand Tudor-style summer home (free guided tours are available between June and October, but hours vary, so call ahead), complete with its original furnishings. Then spread a blanket on the lawn and have a pic
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Louis Armstrong Park
The entrance to this massive park has got to be one of the greatest gateways in the USA, a picturesque arch that ought rightfully be the final set piece in a period drama about Jazz Age New Orleans. The original Congo Sq is here, as well as a Louis Armstrong statue and a bust of Si
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Montague Bookmill
On an unassuming road in the sleepy town of Montague you’ll find the Montague Bookmill , a converted cedar gristmill from 1842 whose multiple rooms contain plenty of used books and couches on which to read them. Its westward-facing walls are punctuated by large windows that overloo
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Mono County Courthouse
The gavel has been dropped since 1880 at this courthouse, an all-white italianate dreamboat surrounded by a gracious lawn and a wrought-iron fence. On the street behind it, look for the Old County Jail, a spartan facility fashioned with iron latticework doors and stone walls 2ft th
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Tolovana Hot Springs
These rustic, privately managed springs can be accessed on a taxing 11-mile overland hike south from Mile 93. Facilities consist of outdoor wood tubs bubbling with 125°F (51°C) to 145°F (62°C) water, outhouses, a drinking water barrel and three cabins that must be reserved in advan
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Pacific Science Center
This interactive museum of science and industry once housed the science pavilion of the World’s Fair. Today the center features virtual-reality exhibits, a tropical butterfly house, laser shows, holograms and other wonders of science, many with hands-on demonstrations. Also on the
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