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Harney County Historical Museum
Lots of historical relics – from photos to coins to guns to a document sentencing a hanging – are on exhibit at this museum; if youre a couple, the $5 admission covers you both.
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Central Florida Zoo
Small but satisfying zoo set apart from the usual intensity of Orlando tourist attractions, with an excellent splash-play area, animal interactions and a zip line (from $18 to $48).
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Convent Avenue Baptist Church
A lovely Gothic-style church offering traditional baptist services since the 1940s. Morning congregations are more formally attired; the 5pm service is generally more casual.
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Childrens Museum of Indianapolis
Its the worlds largest kids museum, sprawled over five floors holding dinosaurs aplenty and a 43-foot sculpture by Dale Chihuly that teaches tykes to blow glass (virtually!).
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Bush House Museum
Rambling 19th-century Bush House is an Italianate mansion now preserved as a museum with historic accents, including original wallpapers and marble fireplaces. Open by tour only.
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Bright Side Gallery
Representing both island and US mainland artists, this fun, whimsical space never takes itself too seriously. Surf themes show up in many of the oils, acrylics and giclées.
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Arizona Doll & Toy Museum
Take the tots to the Arizona Doll & Toy Museum in the 1901 Stevens House. The 1912 schoolroom with a cast of antique dolls squeezed behind the wooden desks is adorable.
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Angelina National Forest
The Angelina National Forest has the Sawmill Hiking Trail , a 5½-mile-long gem along the Neches River. For the area’s best boating and fishing, head to the Sam Rayburn Reservoir .
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Key West Lighthouse
You can climb up 88 steps to the top of this lighthouse, built in 1846, for a decent view. But honestly, it’s just as enjoyable to gaze up at the tower from the leafy street below.
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Los Angeles Live Steamers
Just east of Travel Town, is this group of local folks with a passion for scale-model locomotives. On Sunday afternoons they offer rides on their one-eighth-size model trains.
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Yellowstone Gateway Museum
Livingston’s collection of historical and archaeological treasures is housed in a century-old schoolhouse. Exhibits include a pioneer kitchen and an early Yellowstone stagecoach.
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Santa Fe Childrens Museum
The Santa Fe Childrens Museum features hands-on exhibits on science and art for young children. The museum runs daily programs tackling subjects like solar energy and printmaking.
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Tory Row
Heading west out of Harvard Sq, Brattle St is the epitome of colonial posh. Lined with mansions that were once home to royal sympathizers, the street earned the nickname Tory Row.
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Missoula Art Museum
All hail a city that encourages free-thinking art and then displays it free of charge in a sleek building that seamlessly grafts a contemporary addition onto a 100-year-old library.
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Museum of Florida History
Here it is: Floridas history splayed out in fun, crisp exhibits, from mastodon skeletons to Floridas Paleo-Indians and Spanish shipwrecks, the Civil War to tin-can tourism.
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John F Kennedy Hyannis Museum
The more casual moments of Americas 35th president are showcased here through photographs, videos and mementos. The museum also hosts the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame .
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Grange Hall
The 1859 Grange Hall is a historic meetinghouse, most visited these days for farmers markets. This post-and-beam structure is also a venue for concerts, lectures and other events.
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Gillette Castle
The medieval-style Gillette Castle is a wildly eccentric stone-turreted mansion built in 1919 by actor William Hooker Gillette, who made his fortune playing Sherlock Holmes.
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Girdwood Center for Visual Arts
In town this center serves as an artisan cooperative during the summer and is filled with the work of those locals who get inspired by the majestic scenery that surrounds them.
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Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Arty types can pop into Geffen Contemporary to peruse the cutting-edge conceptual exhibits and installations at this MOCA branch converted from a police garage by Frank Gehry.
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