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Alaska Indian Arts Center
Indigenous culture can be seen in Fort Seward in the former military post hospital, home of the Alaska Indian Arts Center. During the week you can watch artists carve totems, weave Chilkat blankets or produce other works of art. You can even order a totem.
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Gallery Burguieres
Ally Burguieres artwork demonstrates plenty of technical skill, but theres also a lot of heart in her paintings and sketches, which focus on animals and fairy-tale scenes. There are lots of prints available if youre looking for affordable artwork for your home.
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Francisco St Steps
The high route from the Wharf to North Beach. Between 150 & 155 Francisco St, traverse the courtyard, ascend to Grant Ave, then turn left to Jack Early Park and climb higher for Golden Gate-to-Bay Bridge panoramas. Descend via Grant Av to North Beach.
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Framboise Island
At a bend on the Missouri River, Framboise Island has several hiking trails and plentiful wildlife. Its across from where the Lewis and Clark expedition spent four days and was nearly derailed when they inadvertently offended members of the local Brule tribe.
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Farmington Museum at Gateway Park
Farmington’s one significant visitor attraction, this large modern museum traces the town’s history and growth, with a reconstruction of its first trading post, and also mounts changing art shows. Its new Energy Wing covers the local gas and oil industry.
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Douglas County Museum
Dont miss this excellent museum, which displays the Umpqua River Valleys cultural and natural histories. Especially interesting are the railroad derailment photos, logging exhibit and local wine history. Kids have interactive areas and live snakes to look at.
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Jean Lafitte National Historic Park
This small center serves as a primary visitor center for the six statewide sites of Jean Lafitte National Historic Park. Helpful rangers and a series of interactive, interpretative exhibits provide lots of insight into the history and culture of Louisiana.
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Mt Zion United Methodist Church
Founded in 1816, Mt Zion United Methodist Church is DC’s oldest black congregation. Its original site, on 27th St NW, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. In the 19th-century, a free black community lived in Georgetown in an area known as Herring Hill.
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Marcia Car
This private rail car was commissioned in 1906 by David Moffat, a prominent Denver banker who owned a number of gold mines. He was also instrumental in connecting Colorado to the national rail system. You can arrange tours at the Moffat County Visitors Center.
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Leif Erikson Park
This is a lakefront sweet spot with a rose garden, replica of Leifs Viking ship and free outdoor movies each Friday night in summer. Take the Lakewalk from Canal Park (about 1½ miles) and you can say you hiked the Superior Trail, which traverses this stretch.
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Santa Monica Museum of Art
A saucy and irreverent home of edgy art, this small museum gives exposure to both local and national artists working with new and experimental media. It’s part of the Bergamot Station Arts Center , a cluster of galleries, studios and shops set in a former railyard.
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Sloane
Traditional, though quirky, Sloane-Stanley Museum is a barnful of early American tools and implements – some dating from the 17th century – lovingly collected and arranged by artist and author Eric Sloane. The museum is about 2 miles north of Kent on the left.
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Stevens
For a taste of the past, step into this historic museum. Owned by a pioneering family, the 1908 house still boasts most of its original furniture and other possessions, plus innovative (at the time) electric light fixtures, indoor plumbing and central heating!
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Porché West Gallery
In Bywater, this is the rustic shop and studio of photographer Christopher Porché West. Pathos defines Porché West’s black-and-white images of the people of New Orleans, and his photos of the Mardi Gras Indians are among the best. Call for an appointment.
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Hovenweep National Monument
This area straddling the Utah-Colorado state line was home to a sizeable Ancestral Puebloan population before abandonment in the late 1200s (perhaps because of drought and deforestation). Since 1923, six sets of sites have been protected as a national monument.
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Kenneth Volk Vineyards
Only an established cult winemaker could convince oenophiles to drive so far out of their way to taste rare heritage varietals like floral-scented Malvasia and inky Negrette, as well as standard-bearing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
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Victoria Mansion
Just a few blocks southeast of the art museum, this outstanding Italianate palace dates back to 1860. Inside, its decorated sumptuously with rich furniture, frescoes, paintings, carpets, gilt and exotic woods and stone. Admission includes a 45-minute guided tour.
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Zimmer Children’s Museum
In the Jewish Federation Center, this charming museum brims with interactive exhibits that gently teach kids about tolerance, generosity and community spirit. Kids ‘fly’ to exotic lands, become ambulance drivers, work the newsroom and take other fun journeys.
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Virginia Living Museum
The Virginia Living Museum is an educational extravaganza that comprises a petting zoo, planetarium and other interactive science-y stuff. The best exhibits feature native wildlife in their natural habitats, including the beautiful (and extremely rare) red wolves.
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Macondray Lane
The scenic route down from Ina Coolbrith Park – via steep stairs, past gravity-defying wooden cottages – is so charming, it looks like something from a novel. And so it is: Armistead Maupin used this as the model for Barbary Lane in his Tales of the City series.
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