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Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium
As kid-friendly as nature gets, there are hands-on exhibits, a planetarium, easy to manage walking trails into three different biomes, and enough wildlife to satisfy the most avid amateur zoologists.
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Burrows House Museum
This museum displays an impressive collection of Siletz artifacts, a rectangular grand piano and a hand-carved Dining Room sign for the first resort hotel on the Oregon coast, among other things.
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Bright Angel Point
The short (0.5 miles) and easy, paved trail to Bright Angel Point is a canyon must. Beginning from the back porch of Grand Canyon Lodge, it goes to a narrow finger of an overlook with fabulous views.
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Battery & White Point Gardens
The Battery is the southern tip of the Charleston Peninsula, buffered by a seawall. Stroll past cannons and statues of military heroes in the gardens then walk the promenade and look for Fort Sumter.
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Bandon Historical Society Museum
This museum has exhibits on the areas historical industries and the Coquille Native Americans, along with memorable photos of Bandons two devastating fires (1914 and 1936) and various shipwrecks.
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Alki Point Lighthouse
The US Coast Guard maintains this lighthouse. It has limited public hours and you can’t just walk up to it, but tours are available by appointment. Call for a current schedule and more information.
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Alaska Native Medical Center
This hospital has a fantastic collection of Alaska Native art and artifacts: take the elevator to the top floor and wind down the staircase past dolls, basketry and tools from all over Alaska.
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1870 Nevada State Capitol
Built in 1870, the Nevada State Capitol is complete with a silver-covered dome symbolizing its ‘Silver State’ status. The original senate chamber now houses a museum of statehood paraphernalia.
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Val
Eleanor Roosevelt’s cottage was her retreat from Hyde Park, her mother-in-law and FDR himself. Its not particularly grand, but impressive considering just how much good work was done from here.
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Taft Memorial Carillon
What is that chiming you hear every quarter-hour? Its the 27 bells of the Taft Memorial Carillon, built to honor Senator Robert A Taft from Ohio in 1959. The tower is part of the Capitol grounds.
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Spaceship Earth
Inside the giant golf ball landmark at the entrance to Disneys Epcot, Spaceship Earth is a strange, kitschy slow-moving ride through time that is surprisingly cool and enjoys a cult following.
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WC Handy House Museum
On the corner of 4th St, this shotgun shack once belonged to the composer called the father of the blues. He was the first to transpose the 12 bars and later wrote Beale Street Blues in 1916.
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Wildlife Images
Animal lovers shouldnt miss this nonprofit rehabilitation center for native creatures in trouble. Its about 13 miles from Grants Pass, near Merlin; visits are by tour only (reserve a day ahead).
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Thomas Wolfe Memorial
This downtown memorial, with a small museum and a separate house tour, honors Look Homeward Angel author Thomas Wolfe. The author grew up in Asheville, which was the inspiration for the novels setting.
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Santa Fe Trail Interpretive Center
Enthusiastic local historians curate an impressive collection of old photos and artifacts from Las Vegas heyday as a rough-and-tumble trading post on the Santa Fe Trail. Guided tours available.
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Rockport Center for the Arts
Its worth popping into this cheery center, housed partly in a charming 1890s building, to see whats going on with the lively local arts scene. It offers painting classes and is right on the water.
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Roebling Suspension Bridge
The elegant 1876 spanner was a forerunner of John Roeblings famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York. Its cool to walk across while passing cars make it sing around you. It links to Covington, Kentucky.
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Sand Island Petroglyphs
On BLM land 3 miles west of Bluff, these freely accessible petroglyphs were created between 800 and 2500 years ago. The nearby campground boat launch is the starting point for San Juan River adventures.
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Koreatown (Korea Way)
Centered on W 32nd St between Fifth Ave and the intersection of Sixth Ave and Broadway, this Seoul-ful jumble of Korean-owned restaurants, shops, salons and spas will satiate any kimchi pangs.
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Hans Christian Andersen Museum
If you remember childhood fairy tales with fondness, stop by this tiny two-room museum where original letters and 1st-edition copies of the Danish storyteller’s illustrated books are on display.
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