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Dallas Heritage Village
This 13-acre museum of history and architecture, set on a wooded property south of downtown, shows what it was like to live in North Texas from about 1840 to 1910. The modern skyline makes for a striking backdrop for the living history exhibits, comprised of 38 historic structures
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Papalaua Beach Park
This beachside county park in West Maui isnt as stunning its neighbors, but you will find picnic tables and grills. Camping is permitted nightly except on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Visit www.mauicounty.gov for details about facilities and camping reservations. Note that the park is
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KKProjects
KKProjects has taken six abandoned homes and, with the input of the local community, turned them into studios/galleries/structures/works of art in their own right. Examples include a house floored and roofed with sod and turf that looks like a hobbit hole in the middle of the ghett
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Melrose
A popular shopping strip as famous for its epic people-watching as it is for its consumer fruits. You’ll see hair (and people) of all shades and styles, and everything from gothic jewels to custom sneakers to medical marijuana to stuffed porcupines available for a price. The strip
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National Mustard Museum
Born of one mans ridiculously intense passion, the building houses 5200 mustards and kooky condiment memorabilia. Tongue-in-cheek humor abounds, especially if CMO (chief mustard officer) Barry Levenson is there to give you the shtick. Located in suburban Middleton; reach it by head
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Museum of Science & History
Your Cowgirl ticket also gets you in to this kid-friendly museum brimming with fossils, dinosaurs and fun things to do – like the planetarium and an Omni IMAX theater. A huge expansion, completed in late 2009, immerses you in todays cattle-breeding and cowboy industry.
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Lower Calf Creek
The most popular and accessible hike lies halfway between Torrey and Boulder. This sandy, 6-mile round-trip track skirts a year-round running creek through a spectacular canyon before arriving at a 126ft waterfall – a joy on a hot day. Pick up the interpretive brochure to help spot
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EMP Museum
This museum, a marriage of super-modern architecture and rock-and-roll history, was founded by Microsoft co-creator Paul Allen. It was inspired by the music of Seattle-born guitar icon, Jimi Hendrix, though today its collection has morphed to include pop-culture and science-fiction
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Santa Fe Building
The 1904 Santa Fe Building is a terra-cotta beauty where architect Daniel Burnham kept his offices. Enter the lobby and look up at the vast light well Burnham placed in the center – he gave this same feature to the Rookery building. Appropriately enough, the Santa Fe Building now h
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Soo Locks Park & Visitor Center
Sault Ste Marie is best known for its locks that raise and lower 1000ft-long freighters between the different lake levels. The downtown visitor center features displays, videos and observation decks from which you can watch the boats leap 21ft from Lake Superior to Lake Huron. To g
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Plaza de Cesar Chavez
This leafy square in the center of downtown, which was part of the original plaza of El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, is the oldest public space in the city. It’s named after Cesar Chavez – founder of the United Farm Workers, who lived part of his life in San Jose – and is surro
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Russian Jack Springs Park
Named after the original homesteader of the site, this 300-acre park is south of Glenn Hwy on Boniface Pkwy. The park has tennis courts, hiking and cycling trails, and a picnic area. Near the DeBarr Rd entrance, you’ll find the Mann Leiser Memorial Greenhouses , a toasty oasis of t
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Regusci
One of Napa’s oldest, unfussy Regusci dates to the late 1800s, with 173 acres of vineyards unfurling around a century-old stone winery that makes Bordeaux-style blends on the valley’s quieter eastern side – good when traffic up-valley is bad. No appointment necessary; lovely oak-sh
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Rancho Sisquoc Winery
This tranquil gem is worth the extra mileage, not necessarily for its hit-and-miss wines, but for the charmingly rustic tasting room surrounded by pastoral views. Turn off Foxen Canyon Rd when you spot San Ramon Chapel , a little white church built in 1875. Incidentally, sisquoc is
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Hanawi Falls
A waterfall with a split personality, Hanawi Falls sometimes flows gently into a quiet pool and sometimes gushes wildly across a broad rockface. No matter the mood it always invites popping out the camera and snapping a pic. The falls are 175yd after the 24-mile marker. There are s
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Kentuck Knob
A Frank Lloyd Wright house (designed in 1953), Kentuck Knob is built into the side of a rolling hill. Its noted for its natural materials, hexagonal design and honeycomb skylights. House tours last about an hour and include a jaunt through the on-site sculpture garden, with works b
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Twin Lakes Park
The heart of this park is Project Playground, an amazing playscape that includes a mini climbing wall, a four-story Swiss chalet and a stairway that makes kids feel like they’re salmon spawning upstream. There’s also a solar-system trail around the lake that provides a realistic id
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Totems
For its size, Wrangell has an impressive collection of totems, with more than a dozen scattered through town. Pick up the free Wrangell Guide at the visitors center and spend an afternoon locating them all. Along with Chief Shakes Island, make sure you stop at Totem Park and Chief
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Umlauf Sculpture Garden
If the weathers just too perfect to be inside a climate-controlled building, stroll the open-air Umlauf Sculpture Garden, located near Zilker Park. Within the sculpture garden and the indoor museum , there are more than 130 works by 20th-century American sculptor Charles Umlauf, wh
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The Historic New Orleans Collection
In several exquisitely restored buildings youll find thoughtfully curated exhibits with an emphasis on archival materials, such as the original transfer documents of the Louisiana Purchase. Separate home, architecture/courtyard and history tours run at 10am, 11am, 2pm and 3pm, the
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