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Old Schoolhouse Museum
The Old Schoolhouse Museum , across from the Salt Pond Visitor Center, features a small exhibit on author Henry Beston’s year in a cottage on Coast Guard Beach.
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Southeastern Architectural Archives
Stop by for changing exhibits which highlight different aspects of architecture in the Gulf South, which stretches from Louisiana east to the Florida Keys.
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Snagboat Heritage Center
Contains the restored hulk of the WT Preston snagboat that operated on Puget Sound between 1929 and 1981, removing navigational hazards from the waterways.
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Tisch Childrens Zoo
Attached to the Central Park Zoo, Tisch Children’s Zoo is a petting zoo with pot-bellied pigs, a cow and mini-Nubian goats. Its perfect for small children.
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Napa Valley Museum
Yountville’s modernist 40,000-sq-ft museum chronicles cultural history and showcases local paintings. Good picnicking outside. From town, its across Hwy 29.
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Pro Football Hall of Fame
The shrine for the gridiron-obsessed now sports sweet new interactive exhibits after the museums recent expansion. Look for the football-shaped tower off I-77.
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Potter’s Wax Museum
For biting political satire, visit Potter’s Wax Museum . At Potter’s you can check out Dubya, sculpted by either a bitter Democrat or Mad magazine fan.
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Petoskey State Park
The park is north along Hwy 119 and has a beautiful beach. Look for indigenous Petoskey stones, which are honeycomb-patterned fragments of ancient coral.
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Keʻanae Beach Park
Keʻanae Beach Park has a scenic coastline of jagged black lava and hypnotic white-capped waves. Forget swimming, as the water is rough and there’s no beach.
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Kahe Point Beach Park
At a rocky point that’s popular with snorkelers and anglers. There are, however, great coastal views, as well as running water, picnic tables and restrooms.
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East Ely Railroad Depot Museum
Ely was established as a mining town in the 1860s, but the railroad didn’t arrive until 1907. The East Ely Railroad Depot Museum inhabits the historic depot.
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Durst
Get a sense of the simple life led by less-affluent farmers at the circa 1830 Durst-Taylor house. Docents grow gardens appropriate to the period here.
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Dallas Arboretum
On the shores of White Rock Lake, the gorgeous Dallas Arboretum showcases plants and flowers in theme gardens such as the Sunken Garden and the Woman’s Garden.
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Hukilau Beach
North of Laʻie Shopping Center is a pocket of white sand that’s a leisurely place for swimming when summer waters are calm. Just beware any time the surf’s up.
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Hop Kiln Winery
This photogenic, historic landmark, has a busy tasting room inside a former hop kiln; we especially like the flavored vinegars, which make great $10 gifts.
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Cerrillos Hills State Park
A mile north of Cerrillos, amid scrubby desert hills pockmarked with historic mining sites, this park holds 5 miles of well-marked hiking and biking trails.
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Automotive Hall of Fame
Next door to the Henry Ford Museum, the interactive Auto Hall focuses on the people behind famed cars, such as Mr Ferdinand Porsche and Mr Soichiro Honda.
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Arnold Polson Museum
Built in 1924 by one of the timber barons of Hoquiam, this 26-room edifice is filled with period furniture, clothing, a doll collection and logging implements.
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Women in Vietnam Memorial
The tree-ringed Women in Vietnam Memorial, showing female soldiers aiding a fallen combatant, was added to complement the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1993.
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The Point
Right across the road from Kalani Oceanside Retreat is The Point – a wild spot of coast for some contemplative solitude on a rough-hewn bench under a lone palm.
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