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Heinz History Center
Local history and lore is shared with verve and color – theres even an exhibit dedicated to childrens TV host and native son Fred Rogers. It also contains the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum , focusing on Pittsburghs many beloved champs.
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Harry Harris Park
This small park is a good place to take the kids – there’s a small playground, a picnic table and other such accoutrements. Rare for the Keys, theres also a good patch of white sand fronting a warm lagoon that’s excellent for swimming.
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Alaska Veterans Memorial
A poignant war memorial to Alaskan veterans whove served in all military branches (army, navy and air force), located in a wild but peaceful setting near Byers Lake. It was constructed in 1983. The Denali State Park Visitor Center is nearby.
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Wall Project
Slabs of the old Berlin Wall – augmented by known street artists – are on display on the lawn of a Wilshire high-rise across the street from LACMA as part of the global Wall Project, curated by the fabulous Wende Museum in Culver City.
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Urca de Lima
In 1715, a Spanish flotilla was decimated in a hurricane off the Florida coast. One of the ships, the Urca de Lima went down (relatively) intact. Today, the wooden-hulled ship is partly exposed within snorkeling distance from the beach.
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Red Cliffs Adventure Lodge
This lodge, 15 miles northeast of town, hosts the Moab Museum of Film & Western Heritage, showing Hollywood memorabilia and posters from all the films shot in the area. Theres also a tasting and sales room for its on-site winery.
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Lovell Beach House
For a striking architectural specimen, stroll past the 1926 Lovell House , designed by seminal modernist architect Rudolf Schindler. Restaurants and bars cluster near the two piers – Newport Pier to the west and Balboa Pier to the south-east.
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Lehmans Store
Lehmans Store is an absolute must-see. Its the Amish communitys main purveyor of modern-looking products that use no electricity. Ogle the wind-up flashlights and nonelectric waffle irons, and then take a pie break at the café inside.
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Ma(i)sonry
Ma(i)sonry occupies a free-to-browse 1904 stone house and garden, transformed into a fussy winery-collective and gallery of overpriced rustic-modern meubles and art, some quite cool. Wine-tasting (by reservation) ranges from $25 to $45.
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West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park
A captivating collection of contemporary sculpture, paintings, photography and fountains fill this gallery and sculpture park 1 mile up Mountain Rd from Stowe village. Dont miss the winding, sculpture-filled paths along the rivers edge.
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Wilmington Riverfront
The Wilmington Riverfront consists of several blocks of redeveloped waterfront shops, restaurants and cafes; the most striking building is the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts , which consistently displays innovative exhibitions.
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Virginia Holocaust Museum
The museum is structured like an attic/diorama of the Holocaust survivors who settled here after WWII. Its occasionally kitschy but still powerful, due to the personalized nature of the exhibits. Not recommended for children under 11.
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Santa Monica Pier Aquarium
Peer under the pier – just below the carousel – for Heal the Bay’s kid-friendly touch tanks crawling with critters and crustaceans scooped from the bay. For a fin-filled frenzy, stop by the shark tanks for feedings of those multi-fanged beasts.
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Sanibel Historical Village
Well polished by the enthusiasm of local volunteers, this museum and collection of nine historic buildings preserves Sanibels pioneer past. It gives a piquant taste of settler life, with a general store, post office, cottage and more.
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Sacramento History Museum
Exhibits stories and artifacts of some of Sacramentos most fascinating citizens, though much of the information is focused on the Gold Rush. Get tickets here for the Underground Tour , a 45-minute look at whats under Old Sacs streets.
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Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab & Aquarium
A compact aquarium at the end of the 928ft-long pier that has seen better days. Still, you can pet a slimy sea cucumber, check out the deep-ocean tank with its anemones, baby sharks and sunflower starfish, and see eels...lots and lots of eels.
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Skagit County Historical Museum
Perched atop a hill that affords impressive views of Skagit Bay and the surrounding farmlands, this place presents indigenous crafts, dolls, vintage kitchen implements and other paraphernalia utilized by the regions early inhabitants.
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Point Pinos Lighthouse
The West Coast’s oldest continuously operating lighthouse has been warning ships off the hazardous tip of the Monterey Peninsula since 1855. Inside are modest exhibits on the lighthouse’s history and alas, its failures – local shipwrecks.
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Keawalaʻi Congregational Church
One of Maui’s earliest missionary churches, its 3ft-thick walls were constructed of burnt coral rock. In the seaside churchyard take a look at the old tombstones adorned with cameo photographs of the Hawaiian cowboys laid to rest a century ago.
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Grace Hudson Museum & Sun House
One block east of State St, the collection’s mainstays are paintings by Grace Hudson (1865–1937). Her sensitive depictions of Pomo people complement the ethnological work and Native American baskets collected by her husband, John Hudson.
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