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Port Stanley Schoolhouse
The restored 1917 schoolhouse is run by the local historical society and offers a good photo op. To get to the schoolhouse from Lopez Village, take the road east past Hummel Lake. Turn left at the T-junction and follow the road around.
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Mormon Sites
The soaring 1877 Mormon Temple was Utahs first. It has a visitor center, but is otherwise closed to the general public. Built concurrently, the red-brick Mormon Tabernacle occasionally hosts free music programs and is open to touring.
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Moorten Botanical Gardens
Chester ‘Cactus Slim’ Moorten, one of the original Keystone Cops, and his wife Patricia channeled their passion for plants into this compact garden founded in 1938. Today, its an enchanting symphony of cacti, succulents and other desert flora.
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Moody Mansion & Museum
The grandest on the island, this home dating from 1895 still shines with splendor. Original family furnishings fill the nearly 28,000-sq-ft mansion. Tours take in 20 rooms and last about an hour. Discounted entry is available on the website.
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Panorama Point & Gooseneck Overlook
Two miles west of the visitor center off Hwy 24, a short, unpaved road heads to Panorama Point and Gooseneck Overlook. The dizzying 800ft-high viewpoints above serpentine Sulphur Creek are worth a stop. Afternoon light is best for photography.
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Oregon Film Museum
Just below Flavel House is this small but fun museum, located in the old county jail. Two rooms and jail cells honor movies filmed in Oregon, especially Astorias own The Goonies . Make your own movie clips and see yourself on a green screen.
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Plaza de la Constitution
In the heart of downtown, this grassy square, the oldest public park in the US and a former marketplace for food (and slaves), has an attractive gazebo, some cannons, the remains of the town well and a monument to Confederate veterans.
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National Museum of Dentistry
One of Americas most unusual museums, this interactive museum traces the history of dental care from ancient Egypt to today. See George Washingtons dentures (ivory, not wood) and old toothpaste, and check out Queen Victorias toothbrush.
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Northeastern Nevada Museum
The Northeastern Nevada Museum has excellent displays on pioneer life, Pony Express riders, Basque settlers and modern mining techniques. Free monthly tours of the nearby Newmont gold mine usually start here; call 775-778-4068 for reservations.
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North Carolina Aquarium
Watch tiger sharks glide through the gloomy depths, chill by the gator pond or stroke the slimy bellies of (de-barbed) stingrays in the touch tank. Great for kids.
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Cove Palisades State Park
Rent boats at the marina in spectacular Lake Billy Chinook, in Cove Palisades State Park. Or hike the 7-mile Tam-a-láu Trail for spring wildflowers and great views. Theres camping near the lake, or motels 15 miles northeast in Madras.
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Civic Center Park
In the shadow of the State Capitol’s golden dome, this centrally located park hosts lounging drifters waiting for their bus connections, politicos yammering into Bluetooth headsets and some of the most iconic public sculptures in the city.
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Friendship Firehouse Museum
This 1855 Italianate firehouse displays historic firefighting gear – a great draw for kids. Local legend has it that George Washington helped found this volunteer fire company, served as its captain and even paid for a new fire engine.
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Jefferson Art & History Museum
The local historic society runs this well-maintained exhibition area that includes mock-ups of an 1892 jail, maritime artifacts and an art-gallery room. You can also learn about the history of prostitution in innocent-seeming Port Townsend.
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Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company Mill
Fields of cane expand out from the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (C&S) Company’s rusty old mill, the last of its kind in Hawaii. Its industrial hulk looms high, belching smoke; if you smell molasses, they’re boiling down sugarcane.
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Harouni Gallery
Artist David Harouni, a native of Iran, has lived and worked in New Orleans for several decades. He creates works of absorbing depth by painting and scraping multiple layers of medium; the finished product has a surreal, eerie beauty.
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Hamill House
Originally built in 1867, this residence was renovated as a mountain estate in the late 1870s by William Hamill, who made his fortune in silver mining. Tours provide a glimpse of residential life and tastes in a 19th-century mining town.
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Grand Ole Opry House
This unassuming modern brick building seats 4400 for the Grand Ole Opry on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday from March to November and Wednesday from June to August. Guided backstage tours are offered every 15 minutes daily from October to March.
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Grant County Historical Museum
Located 2 miles south of downtown John Day, in the center of tiny Canyon City, this interesting museum houses gold-rush memorabilia, lots of polished agates and some stuffed two-headed calves. Outside is frontier poet Joaquin Millers cabin.
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Turner & Blind Pass Beaches
Every shell in the Gulf seems to make it a mission to wash up on either Blind Pass Beach or Turner Beach, two short stretches on either side of the Captiva Island Bridge. Turner Beach really rocks during amazing sunsets over the Gulf.
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