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Eudora Welty House
Literature buffs should make a reservation to tour the Pulitzer Prize–winning authors Tudor Revival house, where she lived for more than 75 years. Its now a true historical preservation down to the most minute details. Its free on the 13th day of any month, assuming thats a normal
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Arts Commission Gallery
Get in on the next art movement at this lobby-level public gallery featuring international perspectives and local talents. You never know what you might find. As well as hanging shows and hosting receptions in its gallery, the commission also sponsors wide-ranging works in the rotu
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African Heritage Cultural Arts Center
This huge multipurpose area includes a 300-seat concert hall, dance studio and the Amladozi Gallery, which regularly features the work of African-American, Afro-Caribbeanand plain African artists. Call ahead and plan a visit during the frequent concerts and dance recitals held thro
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If you want to learn about Florida’s American Indians, come to this Seminole museum , 17 miles north of I-75. All of the excellent educational exhibits on Seminole life, history and the tribe today were founded on gaming proceeds, which provide most of the tribe’s multimillion-doll
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Caesars Palace Casino
Enclosed by soaring, faux-frescoed ceilings, this imperial casino offers more than 100 card tables and thousands of slots – Caesars Palace claims to be the site of more million-dollar slot machine jackpots than any other casino in the world. Theres also a state-of-the-art race and
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Bowdoin College Museum of Art
In a 19th-century building with a dramatic modern glass entrance pavilion, this campus art museum is small but impressive. The 14,500-piece collection is particularly strong in the works of 19th- and 20th-century European and American painters, including Mary Cassatt, Andrew Wyeth,
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Breckenridge Arts District
This block-long stretch of historic Breckenridge is where you’ll find a burgeoning arts scene. It has a live-work art space for visiting artists, a ceramics studio (Quandary Antiques Cabin) and the Tin Shop. Some permanent sculptures are on display outside the buildings. Check the
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Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Wintering water birds gather at this 38-sq-mile refuge, 10 miles northeast of Roswell; many birds remain to nest in the summer. Bring your binoculars for the best views of cranes, geese and other species; hiking and biking trails can get you closer. To reach the refuge, follow sign
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Seattle Pinball Museum
Got kids? Got kid-like tendencies? Love the buzzers and bells of good old-fashioned games machines? Lay aside your iPad apps and become a pinball wizard for the day in this fantastic games room in the ID with antique machines from the 1960s onwards. Just $10 buys you unlimited gam
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Rural Life Museum
This outdoor museum promises a trip into the architecture, occupations and folkways of rural Louisiana. Numerous rough-hewn buildings are scattered over the bucolic campus, and exhibits are refreshingly honest and informative, lacking any rose-colored romanticization of the hard co
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Salem Toy Museum
This small museum is packed with fun for anyone who was ever young, but especially if you were young in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Discover (or rediscover) all the toys that have entertained previous generations of kids. The owner Frank is a wealth of fun facts about all the vintage
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Mt St Helens Silver Lake Visitor Center
Situated 5 miles east of Castle Rock, this center is the best introduction to the monument. Theres a classic film and various exhibits including a mock-up of the volcano where you can duck beneath the cone for displays on the subterranean workings of the mountain. Outside is the 1-
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Morro Bay State Park
This woodsy waterfront park is strewn with hillside hiking trails. A small natural history museum has interactive exhibits geared toward kids that demonstrate how the forces of nature affect us all. North of the museum, a eucalyptus grove harbors one of California’s last remaining
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Pier 21 Theater
Pirate Jean Lafitte and Galveston itself are the subject of two of the interestingly informative films shown here. The third, the Great Storm , is the best of the bunch. This 30-minute multimedia documentary recounts the notorious 1900 hurricane through photos, eyewitness accounts
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Palisades Park
Perhaps it’s appropriate that Route 66, America’s most romanticized byway, ends at this gorgeous cliffside park perched dramatically on the edge of the continent. Just pretend you don’t see all the beggars. Stretching 1.5 miles north from the pier, this palm-dotted greenway is tops
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Nathan Hale Schoolhouse
Also in East Haddam is the Nathan Hale Schoolhouse , behind St Stephens Church in the center of town. Hale taught in this one-room building from 1773 to 1774. From the path to the schoolhouse, you can see the churchs 9th-century bell, originally built for a Spanish monastery and th
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Kern County Museum & Lori Brock Children’s Discovery Center
This museum covers black and yellow gold with a pioneer village of more than 50 restored and replicated buildings. The musty main structure has a large (and fairly disturbing) display of taxidermied local wildlife. On the 2nd floor waits a collection of pristine memorabilia from Ba
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Julian H Sleeper House
A visit to the privately owned Julian H Sleeper House lets you see how the upper crust really lived. The place is filled with chandeliers, oriental carpets and decorative arts from the late 19th century. The owner is a colorful storyteller and will show you his antique postcard col
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Church Street Marketplace
Burlingtons pulse can often be taken along this four-block pedestrian zone running from Pearl to Main St. When the weathers good, buskers (now licensed by the town), food and craft vendors, soapbox demagogues, restless students, curious tourists and kids climbing on rocks mingle in
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Freer Gallery of Art
Browse the antique ceramics from Asia, plus unique prints, scarves, bags and Eastern music. Knowledgeable staff. The Freer Gallery of Art will be closed to the public from January 2016 until summer 2017. The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Library and Archives will remain open for the d
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