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Museum of Northern Arizona
An attractive Craftsman-style stone building amid a pine grove, this small but excellent museum spotlights local Native American archaeology, history and culture, as well as geology, biology and the arts. Its on the way to the Grand Canyon, and makes a wonderful introduction to hum
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Palm Springs Art Museum
See the evolution of American painting, sculpture, photography and glass art over the past century. Alongside well-curated temporary exhibitions, the permanent collection is especially strong in modern painting and sculpture, with works by Henry Moore, Ed Ruscha, Mark di Suvero and
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Clark Art Institute
The Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute is a gem among US art museums. Even if youre not an avid art lover, dont miss it. The collections are particularly strong in the impressionists, with significant works by Monet, Pissarro and Renoir. Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer and Joh
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History Park
Historic buildings from all over San Jose have been brought together in this open-air history museum, southeast of the city center in Kelley Park. The centerpiece is a dramatic half-scale replica of the 237ft-high 1881 Electric Light Tower . The original tower was a pioneering atte
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Denver Art Museum
The DAM is home to one of the largest Native American art collections in the USA, and puts on special avant-garde multimedia exhibits. The Western American Art section of the permanent collection is justifiably famous. This isnt an old, stodgy art museum, and the best part of a vis
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Mayflower II
If Plymouth Rock tells us little about the Pilgrims, Mayflower II speaks volumes. It is a replica of the small ship in which they made the fateful voyage. Actors in period costume are often on board, recounting harrowing tales from the journey. As you climb aboard, you have to wond
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Maluʻaka Beach
Dubbed ‘Turtle Beach,’ this golden swath of sand behind Makena Beach & Golf Resort is popular with snorkelers and kayakers hoping to glimpse the surprisingly graceful sea turtles that feed along the coral here and often swim within a few feet of snorkelers. You’ll find terrific
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Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
The largest performing-arts center in Florida (and second largest, by area, in the USA) is Miami’s beautiful, beloved baby. It is also a major component of downtown’s urban equivalent of a facelift and several regimens of Botox. Designed by Cesar Pelli (the man who brought you Kual
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Reynolds Center for American Art & Portraiture
If you only visit one art museum in DC, make it the Reynolds Center, which combines the National Portrait Gallery and the American Art Museum. There is, simply put, no better collection of American art in the world than at these two Smithsonian museums. Famed works by Edward Hopper
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Hoʻokipa Beach Park
Hoʻokipa is to daredevil windsurfers what Everest is to climbers. It reigns supreme as the world’s premier windsurfing beach, with strong currents, dangerous shorebreaks and razor-sharp coral offering the ultimate challenge. This is also one of Maui’s prime surfing spots. Winter se
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Maritime Museum
This museum is easy to find: look for the 100ft-high masts of the iron-hulled square-rigger Star of India. Built on the Isle of Man and launched in 1863, the tall ship plied the England–India trade route, carried immigrants to New Zealand, became a trading ship based in Hawaii and,
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Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge
This wildlife refuge on the banks of the Rio Grande is a special spot, and will give you some idea of what the valley must have looked like before it was developed for agriculture. Its best to visit at dawn or dusk, when wildlife is the most active and when youll hear the amazing s
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Salem Maritime National Historic Site
This National Historic Site comprises the Custom House, the wharves and the other buildings along Derby St that are remnants of the shipping industry that once thrived along this stretch of Salem. Of the 50 wharves that once lined Salem Harbor, only three remain, the longest of whi
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Mark Twain House & Museum
For 17 years, encompassing the most productive period of his life, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910) and his family lived in this striking orange-and-black brick Victorian house, which then stood in the pastoral area of the city called Nook Farm. Architect Edward Tuckerman Potte
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USS Midway Museum
The giant aircraft carrier USS Midway was one of the navy’s flagships from 1945 to 1991, last playing a combat role in the first Gulf War. On the flight deck of the hulking vessel, walk right up to some 25 restored aircraft including an F-14 Tomcat and F-4 Phantom jet fighter. Admi
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Barnes Foundation
In the first half of the 20th century, collector and educator Albert C Barnes amassed a remarkable trove of artwork by Cézanne, Degas, Matisse, Renoir, Van Gogh and other European stars. Alongside, he set beautiful pieces of folk art from Africa and the Americas – an artistic deseg
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Venice Boardwalk
Life in Venice moves to a different rhythm and nowhere more so than on the famous Venice Boardwalk, officially known as Ocean Front Walk. It’s a freak show, a human zoo and a wacky carnival alive with hoola-hoop magicians, old-timey jazz combos, solo distorted garage rockers and ar
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Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Perhaps the top art school in the United States, RISDs imprint on Providence is easily felt. From public statuary to film performances, the creativity of the schools students extends across the small cityscape. Not least in the extraordinary collections at its Museum of Art which i
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Liliʻuokalani Park
Savor Hilos simple pleasures with a picnic lunch in Japanese gardens overlooking the bay. Named for Hawaiis last queen (r 1891–93), the 30-acre county park has manicured lawns, shallow ponds, bamboo groves, arched bridges, pagodas and a teahouse. At sunrise or sunset, join the loca
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Shelburne Museum
This extraordinary 45-acre museum, 9 miles south of Burlington, showcases the priceless Americana collections of Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888–1960) and her parents – 150,000 objects in all. The mix of folk art, decorative arts and more is housed in 39 buildings, most of them moved
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