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Terlingua Ghost Town
In the Terlingua Ghost Town , hippies and hard-core desert dwellers have turned the clay brick-built former mining shanties into minihomes. most residents dont have electricity or running water. Buy a beer inside the store and hang out on the porch with locals at sunset; its the th
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Sanctuary Exploration Center
Operated by the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, this educational museum near the beach boardwalk is an interactive multimedia experience that teaches kids and adults about the bays marine treasures, watershed conservation and high-tech underwater exploration for scientific
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Red Cloud Heritage Center
This well-curated art museum has traditional and contemporary works and a craft shop. Look for photos taken after the massacre showing the frozen bodies of the dead with their expressions of shock locked in place. Its four miles north of Pine Ridge on Hwy 18 at the Red Cloud Indian
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Puʻu o Kila Lookout
The paved park road (subject to periodic closures) heads a mile beyond the Kalalau Lookout before it dead-ends at a parking lot. The views of Kalalau Valley are similarly spectacular to those at Kalalau Lookout, but usually less crowded. Puʻu o Kila is also the trailhead for the Pi
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Route 66 Museum
On the 2nd floor of the 1907 powerhouse, which also holds the visitor center, this small but engaging museum has an informative historical overview of the Mother Road. Check out that crazy air conditioner on the 1950 Studebaker Champion! Ticket allows entry into the nearby Mohave M
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Illiterate Media
This gallery grew out of Illiterate Magazine , a locally published art publication, and its thrust maintains a multidisciplinary edge, hosting events and hanging shows of regional artists such as Denver painter Ravi Zupa. Progressive and hip, it fits perfectly in the South Broadway
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Tongass Historical Museum
The Tongass Historical Museum houses a collection of local historical and Alaska Native artifacts, many dealing with Ketchikan’s fishing industry. More interesting is the impressive Raven Stealing the Sun totem just outside and an observation platform overlooking the Ketchikan Cree
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West Dennis Beach
Extending one gorgeous mile along Nantucket Sound, this is the south sides mecca for swimmers, windsurfers and kiteboarders. Its a good bet for finding a parking space on even the sunniest of days, as the parking lot ($20) extends the full length of the beach, with room for 1000 ca
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Texas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum
Its an NRA members fantasy come true! Ponder hundreds of guns while you explore the history of the famous Rangers, from their early-19th-century origins through their days fighting cattle rustlers, Indians and Mexicans, to their present-day role as Texas most elite state-police uni
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Painted Desert Inn
North of the I-40, you’ll have sweeping views of the Painted Desert , where nature presents a hauntingly beautiful palette, especially at sunset. The most mesmerizing views are from Kachina Point at the Painted Desert Inn , an old adobe turned museum adorned with impressive Hopi mu
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Oak Alley Plantation
The most impressive aspect of Oak Alley Plantation is its canopy of 28 majestic live oaks lining the entry to the grandiose Greek Revival–style home – even better with a fresh mint julep. The tour is relatively staid, but there are guest cottages ($145 to $200) and a restaurant on-
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Museum of the Mountain West
On display are a staggering number of pieces from the 1880s to the 1930s. There’s a recreated Old West town replete with storefonts, a saloon, drugstore and doctor’s surgery. The original Diehl Carriage Works building is where 1919–26 world heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey
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Mt Zion Cemetery
At Mt Zion Cemetery and the connected Female Union Band Cemetery are the crumbling, overgrown headstones of many free black residents. The United Methodist Church hid escaping slaves in a vault here. Look for the road leading into the graveyard just west of the building at 2531 Q S
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Dearborn St Station
Once the Chicago terminal of the Santa Fe Railroad, the 1885 Dearborn St Station used to be the premier station for trains to and from California. Today it merely sees the trains of parent-propelled strollers from the Dearborn Park neighborhood, built on the site of the tracks to t
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Cultural Park
The Cultural Park is an outdoor space at the Cortez Cultural Center where Ute, Navajo and Hopi tribe members share their cultures with visitors through dance and crafts demonstrations. Weaving demonstrations and Ute mountain art also are displayed and visitors can check out a Navaj
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Caverns of Sonora
Marvel at geological splendor at the Caverns of Sonora on a two-hour tour that covers 2 miles underground. Oddities include everything from sound-absorbing cave sponges to hollow ‘soda straw’ tubular stalactites and foodlike formations: dumplings, beef jerky, apple sauce, bunches o
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Eisenhower Building
The Eisenhower Building is done up with all the baroque flair of the late 19th-century, also known as the Gilded Age. The sloped mansard roof is European in origin, while its 900 columns are wonderfully ostentatious. Currently the building is used as an office wing of the executive
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Bronco Buster
Denver sculptor A Phimister Proctor became nationally famous with this 1920 bronze of the Bronco Buster. Fun fact: Proctor’s model for the cowboy was arrested for murder before the statue was done. At Proctor’s insistence, the accused was allowed to continue posing until the sculpt
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B&O Railroad Museum
The Baltimore & Ohio railway was (arguably) the first passenger train in America, and the museum is a loving testament to both that line and American railroading in general. Train spotters will be in heaven among more than 150 different locomotives. Train rides cost an extra $3
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Basque Museum & Cultural Center
Sandwiched between the ethnic taverns, restaurants and bars is the Basque Museum & Cultural Center, a commendable effort to unveil the intricacies of Basque culture and how it was transposed 6000 miles west to Idaho. Language lessons in Euskara, one of Europes oldest languages,
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