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Lincoln Center
This stark arrangement of gleaming Modernist temples contains some of Manhattan’s most important performance spaces: Avery Fisher Hall (home to the New York Philharmonic), David H Koch Theater (site of the New York City ballet), and the iconic Metropolitan Opera House, whose interi
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Ringling Museum Complex
The 66-acre winter estate of railroad, real-estate and circus baron John Ringling and his wife, Mable, is one of the Gulf Coast’s premier attractions and incorporates their personal collection of artworks in what is now Florida’s state art museum. Nearby, Ringling’s Circus Museum d
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ʻIolani Palace
No other place evokes a more poignant sense of Hawaii’s history. The palace was built under King David Kalakaua in 1882. At that time, the Hawaiian monarchy observed many of the diplomatic protocols of the Victorian world. The king traveled abroad meeting with leaders around the gl
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
This sprawling encyclopedic museum, founded in 1870, houses one of the biggest art collections in the world. Its permanent collection has more than two million individual objects, from Egyptian temples to American paintings. Known colloquially as ‘The Met,’ the museum attracts over
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San Diego Zoo
This justifiably famous zoo is one of SoCal’s biggest attractions, showing more than 3000 animals representing over 800 species in a beautifully landscaped setting, typically in enclosures that replicate their natural habitats. Its sister park is San Diego Zoo Safari Park in northe
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Central Park
One of the world’s most renowned green spaces, Central Park spreads across 843 acres of rolling meadows, boulder-studded outcroppings,elm-lined walkways, manicured European-style gardens, a lake and a reservoir — not to mention an outdoor theater, a memorial to John Lennon, an idyl
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Hearst San Simeon State Historic Monument
Hearst Castle is a wondrous, historic, over-the-top homage to material excess, perched high on a hill. Today the estate sprawls across acres of lushly landscaped gardens, accentuated by shimmering pools and fountains, statues from ancient Greece and Moorish Spain and the ruins of w
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Bishop Museum
Like Hawaii’s version of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, the Bishop Museum showcases a remarkable array of cultural and natural history exhibits. It is often ranked as the finest Polynesian anthropological museum in the world. Founded in 1889 in honor of Princess Berni
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Alcatraz
Alcatraz: for over 150 years, the name has given the innocent chills and the guilty cold sweats. Over the decades, it’s been the nation’s first military prison, a forbidding maximum-security penitentiary and disputed territory between Native American activists and the FBI. No wonde
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The Best of Nashville and Memphis in Two Weeks
View of Memphis from the Mud Island River Park. Photo © Doug Force.
Spanning two weeks and hundreds of miles, this itinerary includes the highlights of Nashville, Memphis, and the countryside in between. A car is a must, and a comfortable one at that since you’ll be doing a lot of driving. Th
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The Best Memphis Juke Joints
Blues Hall on Beale Street. Photo © Michael N. Patterson, licensed Creative Commons Attribution No-Derivatives.
In Memphis, there are only two reasons to go to a juke joint full of blues: because you feel good or because you feel bad. Beale Street is a reliable source seven nights a week, and your
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Where to Buy Western Wear in Nashville
Photo © muffinn, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
It’s all about the boots. Boot Country (304 Broadway, 615/259-1691, Mon.-Thurs. 10am-10pm, Fri.-Sat. 10am-10:30pm, Sun. 11am-7pm) stocks a huge variety and organizes them by size. If you want boots, this is the place to go. If, in fact,
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Discover the Always Interesting Beat of Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville’s downtown. Photo © Henryk Sadura/123rf.
When it comes to creative energy, nowhere compares to Music City. People come here to make their dreams come true. Even before Johnny Cash picked up a guitar or Elvis entered RCA Studio B, this was a city that attracted mavericks and ic
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The Climate and Geography of Nashville
Photo © Bruce Patten/123rf.
Middle Tennessee is home to Tennessee’s capital city, Nashville, and some of its most fertile farmland. Before the Civil War, great plantation mansions dotted the countryside south of Nashville. Today, Tennessee Walking Horse farms, new industries, and the economic
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Live Music Venues in Nashville
‘Admit One’ © Ron Cogswell, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
The Country Music Hall of Fame (222 5th Ave. S., 615/416-2001, Jan.-Feb. Wed.-Mon. 9am-5pm, Mar.-Dec. daily 9am-5pm, free with museum admission or museum membership) hosts concerts, readings, and musical discussion
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The Parthenon in Nashville's Centennial Park
The east pediment of the Parthenon in Nashville’s Centennial Park. Photo © Joel Kramer, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
In 1893, funds began to be raised for a mighty exposition that would celebrate the 1896 centennial of the state of Tennessee. Though the exposition would start a yea
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Civil Rights History: Nashville Sit-Ins
Greensboro, North Carolina, is often considered as the site of the first sit-ins of the American civil rights movement. But, in truth, activists in Nashville carried out the first “test” sit-ins in late 1959. In these test cases, protesters left the facilities after being refused service and talki
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Sights in the Greater Nashville Area
“Crawling Lady Hare” by Sophie Ryder is one of the remarkable works in Cheekwood’s Woodland Sculpture Trail. Photo © Carrie Hirsch.
Greater Nashville AreaA car is necessary to reach some of Nashville’s farther-flung sights, but it is worth filling up the tank for these attraction
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Get Outside: Visit Nashville's Parks
Cumberland Park in Nashville. Photo in the public domain, courtesy of Daquella Manera.
Nashville’s Metro Parks department oversees 12,000 acres of open space, including 108 parks and 19 greenways that help connect all those green spaces to one another. The parks system includes almost everything y
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Nashville Public Library's Civil Rights Room
A sit-in organized at a Nashville lunch counter in 1960. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, NYWT&S Collection.
The 2nd floor of the main Nashville Public Library (615 Church St., 615/862-5782, Mon.-Thurs. 9am-8pm, Fri. 9am-6pm, Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun. 2p
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