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Ferry Building
Hedonism is alive and well at this transit hub turned gourmet emporium, where foodies happily miss their ferries slurping local oysters and bubbly. Star chefs are frequently spotted at the farmers market that wraps around the building year-round.
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Biscayne Community Center & Village Green Park
An unmissable park for kids: there’s a swimming pool, jungle gyms, an activity room with a play set out of a child’s happiest fantasies and an African baobab tree that’s over a century old and teeming with tropical bird life. Did we mention it’s free?
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Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary
Families will love this nonprofit refuge for 71 animals that can’t be returned to the wild, including bears, wolves, a cougar and a sandhill crane called Niles. Check the website to time your visit with animal feeding. Its just northeast of town.
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Tabernacle
The domed, 1867 auditorium – with a massive 11,000-pipe organ – has incredible acoustics. A pin dropped in the front can be heard in the back, almost 200ft away. Free daily organ recitals are held at noon Monday through Saturday, and at 2pm Sunday.
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Victory Monument
In the median at 35th St and Martin Luther King Jr Dr, the Victory Monument was erected in 1928 in honor of the black soldiers who fought in WWI. The figures include a soldier, a mother and Columbia, the mythical figure meant to symbolize the New World.
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Salt Lake City Main Library
You can do more than read a book at this library. Meander past dramatic glass-walled architecture, stroll through the roof garden or stop by the ground-floor shops (from gardening to comic-book publishing). Occasional concerts are held here, too.
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Kipahulu Visitor Center
Rangers here offer cultural history talks and demonstrations on the lives and activities of the early Hawaiians who lived in the area now within park boundaries. Guided hikes are also routinely given. Check the schedule of events on the park’s website.
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Portland Childrens Museum
Parents can seek solace at this museum, a great place to keep kids busy with interesting learning activities and exhibits. Theres a clay studio, a construction zone, a grocery store, a pet hospital, a baby room for kids under three, and more.
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Lone Star Flight Museum
Inside the hangers at Galveston Municipal Airport you can watch the ongoing restoration of storm damage to the impressive historic airplane collection here. For just a bit more ($375) you can take a ride on one of the historic planes like the B-25.
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Kilauea Overlook
This parking lot and picnic area provides a pause-worthy panorama, including views of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater and the Southwest Rift. The latters rocky fissure is bigger and longer than it looks: it slices from the caldera summit all the way to the coast.
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Yavapai Point
Yavapai Point shares a spot with the geology museum, with views of Phantom Ranch (on the canyon bottom – look carefully!), Bright Angel Canyon and Tonto Platform, among many other iconic canyon features. Best place for overview of canyon geology.
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Yosemite Valley Chapel
Built in 1879, this chapel is Yosemite’s oldest structure that still remains in use. The church originally stood near the base of Four Mile Trail, and in 1901 was moved about a mile to its present site. Sunday morning services are nondenominational.
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Romano Gabriel Wooden Sculpture Garden
The coolest thing to gawk at downtown is this collection of whimsical outsider art that’s enclosed by aging glass. For 30 years, wooden characters in Gabriel’s front yard delighted locals. After he died in 1977, the city moved the collection here.
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Sage Creations Organic Farm
Tour this organic farm with pick-your-own lavender from its gorgeous fields. The lavender eye pillows make great gifts. It also sells bags of juicy cherries and heirloom tomatoes. The farm is generous about sharing growing tips with do-it-yourselfers.
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Oceanside Museum of Art
This museum underwent a recent revamp and it now stands at an impressive 16,000 sq ft in a modernist, white shell. There are about 10 rotating exhibits a year, with an emphasis on SoCal artists (especially from the San Diego region) and local cultures.
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North Beach
The closest beach to downtown lies across the ship channel to the north. The soaring US 181 Harbor Bridge spans the channel between the downtown and beach areas. You can make the dizzying walk up and over the span; on the south side start near Beldon St.
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Thornton W Burgess Museum
A treat for young kids is the tiny Thornton W Burgess Museum, named for the Sandwich native who wrote the Peter Cottontail series. Storytime on the lawn, overlooking the pond featured in Burgess works, can be particularly evocative – call for times.
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Tech Museum of Innovation
This excellent technology museum, opposite Plaza de Cesar Chavez, examines subjects from robotics to space exploration to genetics. The museum also includes an IMAX dome theater (additional $5 admission), which screens different films throughout the day.
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Muhammad Ali Center
A love offering to the city from its most famous native, and an absolute must-see. For a black man from the South during his era, to rejoice in his own greatness and beauty was revolutionary and inspiring to behold - and this museum captures it all.
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Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
Great views can be had from along Hwy 163, but to really get up close and personal youll need to visit the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park . From the visitor center, a rough and unpaved scenic driving loop covers 17 miles of stunning valley views.
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