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Museum of Design Art and Architecture
A private museum curated by artist and architect Judit Meda Fekete, and underwritten by the renowned Studio Pali Fekete Architects. Exhibitions range from paintings to sculpture to architectural design, all with a modern, minimalist slant.
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Museum of the Great Plains
The stockaded Red River Trading Post at the Museum of the Great Plains in Lawton is a faithful reproduction of those found in the area from the 1830s to 1840s. Theres a prairie dog town where you can watch the sociable critters cavort.
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Lake Martin
This bird sanctuary hosts thousands of great and cattle egrets, blue heron and more than a few gators. A small walkway extends out over the algae-carpeted black water and loops through a pretty cypress swamp, while birds huddle in nearby trees.
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Lady Bird Johnson Park
Lady Bird Johnson Park commemorates the First Lady who tried to beautify the capital via greenery-planting campaigns. The park has fine river views and is particularly lovely in spring, when thousands of daffodils and tulips come into bloom.
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Minnesota Zoo
Youll have to travel a way to get to the respected zoo in suburban Apple Valley, which is 20 miles south of Minneapolis. It has naturalistic habitats for its 400-plus species, with an emphasis on cold-climate creatures. Parking is $7.
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Mountain Light Gallery
To see the Sierra on display in all its majesty, pop into this gallery, which features the stunning outdoor images of the late Galen Rowell. His work bursts with color, and the High Sierra photographs are some of the best in existence.
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Charlie Daniels Museum
The Charlie Daniels Museum is less museum and more gift shop, hawking everything from bacon-scented air fresheners to T-shirts bearing the likeness of Devil Went Down to Georgia singer Daniels, who looks like a chicken-fried Santa Claus.
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Exploration Place
Right on the river confluence, this architecturally striking museum has no end of cool exhibits, including a tornado chamber where you can feel 75mph winds and a sublime erosion model where you can see water create a new little Kansas.
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El Campo Santo
Continuing east, after San Diego Ave forks right at Conde St, you’ll find this cemetery which dates from 1849. It is the resting place of some 20 souls, a simple dirt yard with the biographies of the deceased on signage above the graves.
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Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park
Chico’s most prominent landmark, the opulent Victorian home was built for Chico’s founders John and Annie Bidwell. The 26-room mansion was built between 1865 and 1868 and hosted many US presidents. Tours start every hour from 11am to 4pm.
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Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
This museum of railroad lore is set up in Lenoxs 1903 vintage railroad station. Its model-railroad display is a favorite with kids, and there are toy trains they can play with. The museum is 1.5 miles east of Lenox center, via Housatonic St.
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Arizona History Museum
For an engaging, succinct look at highlights from Arizonas past, spend an hour at this family-friendly museum near the University of Arizona. Here you can walk though a replica of an old copper mine and take a look at Geronimos rifle.
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Audrey Headframe Park
Ready for a scare? At this small park, run by the Jerome Historical Society, bold travelers can stand on a glass platform overlooking a 1918 mining shaft. The inky black tunnel drops 1900ft, which is longer than the Empire State Building by 650ft!
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A+D Museum
A small Getty-sponsored space that keeps its finger on the pulse of emerging trends, people and products in the design and architecture community from its base near the Petersen Automotive Museum. There was a Ray Eames exhibit on when we came through.
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Rule Gallery
Robin Rule, whose name is lent to this clean space, has been a matron of Denver’s experimental and contemporary art scene since the late 1980s. Usually hosting works by only one or two artists, the Rule Gallery is a magnet for Denvers artistic vanguard.
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Mountain View Cemetery
At the end of Piedmont Ave, this is perhaps the most serene and lovely artificial landscape in all the East Bay. Designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, the architect of New York City’s Central Park, it’s great for walking and the views are stupendous.
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Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
MOCAD is set in an abandoned, graffiti-slathered auto dealership. Heat lamps hang from the ceiling over peculiar exhibits that change every few months. Music and literary events take place regularly. The on-site cafe/cocktail bar is uber popular.
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Childrens Playground
Kids have had the run of the parks southeast end since 1887. Highlights of this historic childrens playground include 1970s concrete slides, a new climbing wall and a vintage 1912 carousel (per ride adult/child $2/1; open daily 10am to 4:15pm).
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Fort Lesley J McNair
The army post at Fort McNair was established in 1791. The British burned it in 1814. The Lincoln-assassination conspirators were hanged here in 1865. McNair now houses the National Defense University and National War College (closed to the public).
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Elfreths Alley
This tiny, cobblestone lane has been occupied since the 1720s. One home is a museum that leads a tour inside and down the alley. The 32 well-preserved brick row houses are inhabited by regular Philadelphians, so be considerate in the narrow space.
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