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Gardens of the American Rose Center
If youre a rose-lover, it would be a shame to miss the Gardens of the American Rose Center, which contains more than 65 individual gardens designed to show how roses can be grown in a home garden; take Exit 5 off the I-20.
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Galveston Railroad Museum
Housed in the beautiful former Santa Fe Railroad Station, this little museum has exhibits on train history as well as model railroads. Saturday you can all-aboard for a 15 minute train ride on the tracks out back.
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Vivac Winery
Right where Hwy 68 meets Hwy 75, this winery is run by the genial Padberg brothers, born and raised in Dixon. Vintages in their tasting room include a highly rated Syrah – and be sure to sample the handmade chocolates.
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Vallecito County Park
This pretty little park in a refreshing valley in the southern part of the Anza-Borrego park centers on a replica of a historic Butterfield Stage Station . It’s 36 miles south of Borrego Springs via County Rte S2.
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The Rims
Cycle or hike Chief Black Otter Trail from near the airport for the best overview of the city (great at dusk) as far as the distant Beartooth Mountains, and to visit the grave of Yellowstone Kelly, an early scout and guide.
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Southernmost Point
The most photographed spot on the island, this red-and-black buoy isn’t even the southernmost point in the USA (that’s in the off-limits naval base around the corner). This is the most overrated attraction in Key West.
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White House of the Confederacy
While this was once a shrine to the Southern Lost Cause, the Confederate White House is recommended for its quirky insights (did you know the second-most powerful man in the Confederacy may have been a gay Jew?).
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Trinity Episcopal Church
This handsome church was built in New York state and cut into sections, which were shipped down the Atlantic Coast and around the Keys before making their way to this spot where the church was reassembled in 1836.
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Matheson Hammock Park
This 100-acre county park is the city’s oldest and one of its most scenic. It offers good swimming for children in an enclosed tidal pool, lots of hungry raccoons, dense mangrove swamps and (pretty rare) alligator-spotting.
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threewalls
This West Loop gallery is so groovy it has CSA (community supported art), where you buy a share and receive an allotment of art (maybe a handwoven placement and ceramic dish). It sponsors lectures and performances, too.
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Thorp Grist Mill
Another view of frontier agriculture is on display in the small town of Thorp, 8 miles northwest of Ellensburg at what was once a de facto meeting place for local farmers. The mill, now a rural museum, dates from 1873.
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Pacific Maritime & Heritage Center
This new museum, on the bayfront, educates the public on the Central Oregon Coasts maritime history and fishing industry, displaying such artifacts as a hand-hewn Siletz canoe and a couple of ship steering wheels.
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Ozark Folk Center State Park
The towns top cultural attraction, Ozark Folk Center State Park, just north of Mountain View, hosts ongoing craft demonstrations, a traditional herb garden, and nightly live music that brings in an avid, older crowd.
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Joseph Carroll House
A beautiful center-hall house with double galleries laced with cast-iron filaments. The house was designed by architect Samuel Jamison. Peer towards the back of the lot to see the similarly impressive carriage house.
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John Natsoulas Center for the Arts
Housed in a converted frat house, this gallery exhibits a rotating cast of contemporary art, jazz, and spoken word performances. Also operates the Log Cabin Gallery in the former Boy Scout Cabin right as you enter Davis.
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German Village
The remarkably large, all-brick German Village, a half-mile south of downtown, is a restored 19th-century neighborhood with beer halls, cobbled streets, arts-filled parks and Italianate and Queen Anne architecture.
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Elmwood District
South along College Ave is the Elmwood District, a charming nook of shops and restaurants that offers a calming alternative to the frenetic buzz around Telegraph Ave. Continue further south and you’ll be in Rockridge.
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Fallen Wawona Tunnel Tree
The big attraction in the upper grove is the Fallen Wawona Tunnel Tree, the famous drive-through tree that toppled over in 1969. For scenic views, take a 1-mile (round-trip) amble from the fallen tree to Wawona Point.
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ʻEwa Beach Park
A huge grassy lawn and sizable pavilion attract large Hawaiian families to this pleasant western beachfront on weekends. There’s always a spare table or two for a picnic, and a good view of Honolulu from the spit of sand.
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Jacksonville Landing
At the foot of the high-rise downtown, this prominent shopping and entertainment district has about 40 mostly touristy shops surrounding a tip-top food court with outdoor tables and regular, free live entertainment.
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