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Red Butte Garden
Both landscaped and natural gardens cover a lovely 150 acres, with access to trails in the Wasatch foothills. Check online to see whos playing at the popular, outdoor summer concert series also held here.
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Roosevelt Arch
Gardiner’s most photographed sight is the park’s northwestern entry gate, dedicated by Teddy Roosevelt himself on April 25, 1903, and inscribed with Congress’ words: ‘For the benefit and enjoyment of the people.’
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National Aviary
Often overlooked due to its proximity to the excellent science center and childrens museum, this is nonetheless a fantastic opportunity to see all kinds of birds up close and very personal, in big open habitats.
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Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
For a walk on the wild side, pay a visit to the Maryland Zoos resident giraffes, penguins and chimpanzees. Chats with zookeepers, animal training demos and goat grooming add to the fun for young visitors.
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Norman Lowell Studio
This spacious gallery features the work of the self-tought homesteading painter. While it can get a little Bob Ross and cheesy, many of the paintings are quite powerful and certainly masterfully crafted.
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Kahuku Farms
Take a tractor-pulled wagon tour through the taro patch and fruit orchards at this family farm – sampling included. Then stop at the gift shop for bath products and foodstuffs made from the farm’s bounty.
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Chrysalis Vineyards
Proudly using the native Norton grape (which dates back to 1820), Chrysalis produces highly drinkable reds and whites – including a refreshing Viognier. The pretty estate hosts a bluegrass fest in October.
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Civil War Library & Museum
Highly recommended for Civil War buffs is the comprehensive Civil War Library & Museum boasting artifacts and exhibitions; the museum is moving to a new location and will open, at the earliest, in early 2011.
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Charles W Bingham Forest Learning Center
Situated at mile 33 on Hwy 504, the learning center is basically a showcase for the lumber industry, though it does run another interesting film about the eruption. There are restrooms and a gift shop on site.
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Center for the Arts
One-stop shopping for culture, attracting big-name concert acts and featuring theater performances, classes, art exhibits and events. Check the calendar of events online. Students get discounts on performances.
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Fort Robinson State Park
This old military forts turbulent past belies its stately appearance today: Crazy Horse was killed here in 1877, buffalo soldier African American brigades were formed, it was a POW camp for Germans, and more.
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Joslyn Art Museum
This admired and architecturally imposing museum has a great collection of 19th- and 20th-century European and American art. Theres also a good selection of Western-themed works, plus a cool sculpture garden.
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Great Basin National Park
Near the Nevada–Utah border, this uncrowded national park encompasses 13,063ft Wheeler Peak, rising abruptly from the desert, creating an awesome range of life zones and landscapes within a very compact area.
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VMI Museum
The VMI Cadet Museum houses the stuffed carcass of Stonewall Jacksons horse, a homemade American flag made by an alumnus prisoner of war in Vietnam, and a tribute to VMI students killed in the War on Terror.
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La Placita
Founded as Iglesia Nuestra Senora Reina De Los Angeles (Our Lady Queen of Angels Church) in 1781, and now affectionately known as ‘Little Plaza.’ Peek inside for a look at the gilded altar and painted ceiling.
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Lorenzo Hubbell Trading Post
Built in 1917, this trading post was tilting toward ruin until the chamber of commerce renovated it and took possession in 2009. Now its a beautiful rustic space thats part visitor center, part museum.
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Long Meadow Ranch
Long Meadow stands out for olive-oil tastings (free), plus good estate-grown cabernet, sauvignon blanc, chardonnay and pinot noir (bottles $20–47), served inside an 1874 farmhouse surrounded by lovely gardens.
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SkyWheel
The 187ft high SkyWheel overlooks the 1.2-mile coastal boardwalk. One ticket includes three revolutions in an enclosed gondola. At night the wheel is bewitching, with more than a million dazzling colored lights.
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Stinson Beach
Three-mile-long Stinson Beach is a popular surf spot, but swimming is advised from late May to mid-September only; for updated weather and surf conditions call 415-868-1922. The beach is one block west of Hwy 1.
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Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Guided tours of the Ansley-Wilcox house tell the dramatic tale of Teddys emergency swearing-in here in 1901, after President William McKinley was assassinated while attending Buffalos Pan American Exposition.
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