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Blue Ox Millworks & Historic Park
One of only seven of its kind in America, antique tools and mills are used to produce authentic gingerbread trim for Victorian buildings; one-hour self-guided tours take you through the mill and historical buildings, including a blacksmith shop and 19th-century skid camp. Kids love
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Bennington Center for the Arts
Half a mile west of Benningtons Old First Church, this arts center has a hodgepodge of offerings, including the Great Outdoors gallery of wind sculptures and whirligigs, a Covered Bridge museum and other galleries devoted to fine art, Native American art and rotating contemporary e
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Ann Arbor Farmers Market
Given the surrounding bounty of orchards and farms, its no surprise this place is stuffed to the rafters with everything from spicy pickles to cider to mushroom-growing kits; located downtown near Zingermans Deli. On Sunday an artisan market with jewelry, ceramics and textiles take
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Womens Rights National Historical Park
In the quiet, post-industrial town of Seneca Falls is the chapel where Elizabeth Cady Stanton and friends declared in 1848 that all men and women are created equal, the first step toward suffrage. The adjacent museum tells the story, including the complicated relationship with abol
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Swanbergs Gold Dredge
One mile east of the town fronting the beach is this poignantly abandoned gold dredge that was in operation until the 1950s. A boardwalk with various interpretative signs traverses the tundra to allow a close-up look. In the evening herds of musk ox can sometimes be seen in the nea
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Tracks Beach Park
Just north of Kahe Point Beach Park and sometimes called Hawaiian Electric Beach, Tracks Beach Park has sandy shores that are good for swimming in the summer and great for surfing in the winter. Its name stems from the train-transported beachgoers who frequented the beach prior to
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Velzyland
North of the University of Hawaiʻi Agricultural Station, Velzyland is a neighborhood fave, with a shorebreak on one end and a usually safe spot for swimming on the other. Always be cautious, year-round, when swimming on the North Shore. Access the tiny new parking lot off Waialeʻe
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Varner
This plantation dates to the early 1800s and includes a grand mansion built by slaves. Amidst beautiful pecan and magnolia trees, visitors learn about how various owners made money growing, drilling and distilling – often with indentured help. Its located 18 miles northwest of Lake
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San Diego Model Railroad Museum
Your (inner) four-year-old boy will love this railroad museum, one of the largest in the world. One of the largest indoor railroad museums in the world, it has some 27,000 sq ft of amazingly landscaped working models of actual Southern California railroads, both historical and cont
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Route 66 Sign
Attention Route 66 buffs: the Mother Road’s starting point is here. Look for the sign that marks the spot on Adams St’s south side as you head west toward Wabash Ave. From Chicago the route moseys 2400 miles onward to Los Angeles past neon signs, mom-and-pop motels and pie-filled d
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SculptureCenter
Down a dead-end street, in a former trolley repair shop, SculptureCenter pages Berlin with its edgy art and industrial backdrop. Its hangarlike main gallery and cavernous underground space show both emerging and established artists. Its always a worthwhile add-on to a visit to near
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Petroglyphs
Just east of the visitor center on Hwy 24, look for the parking lot for freely accessible petroglyphs ; these are the rock-art carvings that convinced archaeologists that the Fremont Indians were a group distinct from the Ancestral Puebloan. Follow the roadside boardwalk to see sev
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Philo Apple Farm
For the best fruit, skip the obvious roadside stands and head to this gorgeous farm for organic preserves, chutneys, heirloom apples and pears. It also hosts cooking classes with some of the Wine Country’s best chefs. You can make a weekend out of it by staying in one of the orchar
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LA Live
Across the street from the Staples Center and LA Convention Center is this corporate entertainment hub which includes the 7100-seat Nokia Theatre . There’s also a megaplex cinema , a dozen restaurants, ESPNs LA headquarters, and a 54-story hotel tower shared by Marriott and the Rit
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Loxton
Say g’day to Chris the Aussie winemaker at Loxton, a no-frills winery with million-dollar views and free tastings. The ‘tasting room’ is actually a small warehouse, where you can taste wonderful Syrah and zinfandel; non-oaky, fruit-forward chardonnay; and good port. Bottles cost $1
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Lua ʻO Palehemo
A short distance inland from the Kalalea Heiau is Lua ʻO Palehemo, marked with a tree bent nearly horizontal by battering winds. From this brackish watering hole (lua means hole or pit in Hawaiian), views take in the massive flanks of Mauna Loa and the entire coast from South Kona
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Raton Museum
Housed in the 1906 Coors Building, the great little Raton Museum was being restored at the time of research. Hopefully it will have reopened by the time you read this, with similar displays of fading photos, artifacts from Raton’s mining days, and historical accounts of the Santa F
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Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory
A must for chocolate fans, these one-hour farm tours detail how the only Hawaiian chocolate is grown, harvested, processed and packaged, followed by chocolate sampling and sales. Book tours by phone or email at least a week ahead. The factory is inland from Hwy 11 and King Kamehame
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Oatlands Plantation
Oatlands Plantation was established in 1803 by a great-grandson of Robert ‘King’ Carter, a wealthy pre-Revolutionary planter. The carefully restored Greek Revival mansion is surrounded by 4 acres of formal gardens and connecting terraces. It’s located on US-15, about 6 miles south
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Old Faithful Haynes Photo Shop
This historic building was constructed in 1927 as one of the original Haynes photo shops. The Haynes family operated 13 photo shops in Yellowstone and produced 55 million postcards and the parks earliest guidebooks, some of which are on display. The early stereoscopic photographs a
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