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Museum of Springfield History
Showcasing the citys distant heyday, this museum is home to the Esta Mantos Indian Motocycle collection and a 1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom that was – yes, you heard it right – built right here in Springfield. During the Roaring 20s, Rolls-Royce made nearly 2000 vehicles in Springfield
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Bradbury Science Museum
You cant actually visit the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where the first atomic bomb was conceived, but the Bradbury Science Museum has compelling displays on bomb development and atomic history, along with medical and computer sciences. Theres even a room where you can twist yo
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American Visionary Art Museum
Housing a jaw-dropping collection of self-taught (or outsider art), AVAM is a celebration of unbridled creativity utterly free of arts-scene pretension. Youll find broken-mirror collages, homemade robots and flying apparatuses, elaborately sculptural works made of needlepoint, and
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Andy Warhol Museum
This six-story museum celebrates Pittsburghs coolest native son, who moved to NYC, got a nose job and made himself famous with pop art. The exhibits start with Warhols earliest drawings and commercial illustrations and include a simulated Velvet Underground happening, a DIY screen
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Independence Hall
The birthplace of American government, a modest Quaker building, is where delegates from the 13 colonies met to approve the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Entrance is at the corner of Chestnut and 5th Sts. Even without a ticket, you can pass through to see Congress Ha
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Marshs Free Museum
Half souvenir shop and half sideshow starring Weekly World News media stars like Jake the Alligator Boy (a freakish taxidermy that appears to be an alligator bottom stuck together with a real human upper half), an Amazon shrunken head, and a one-eyed lamb: if you love kitsch, dont
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Kualoa Regional Park
Huge extended-family groups gather for weekend picnics on the wide, grassy field that fronts the narrow white-sand beach here. There’s good swimming, with magnificent mountain scenery as a backdrop. Stroll south along the beach to ʻApua Pond , a 3-acre brackish salt marsh on Kualoa
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Shedd Aquarium
Top draws at the kiddie-mobbed Shedd Aquarium include the Wild Reef exhibit, where theres just 5in of Plexiglas between you and two dozen fierce-looking sharks, and the Oceanarium, with its rescued sea otters. Note the Oceanarium also keeps belugua whales and Pacific white-sided do
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Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum
The story of Americas worst incident of domestic terrorism is told at this poignant museum, which avoids becoming mawkish and lets the horrible events speak for themselves. The outdoor Symbolic Memorial has 168 empty chair sculptures for each of the people killed in the attack (the
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Historic Ship Nautilus & Submarine Force Museum
On the Naval Submarine Base, the Historic Ship Nautilus & Submarine Force Museum is home to Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine and the first sub to transit the North Pole. The brief audio tour of Nautilus is fascinating primarily for military enthusiasts. Oth
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California State Capitol
The gleaming dome of the California State Capitol is Sacramento’s most recognizable structure. A painting of the Terminator in a suit hangs in the west wing with the other governors portraits. Some will find Capitol Park , the 40 acres of gardens and memorials surrounding the build
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Manzanar National Historic Site
Hwy 395 barrels on south to Independence and Manzanar National Historic Site , which memorializes the war relocation camp where some 10,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly interned during WWII following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Interpretive exhibits and a short film vividly chr
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Orlando Museum of Art
Founded in 1924, Orlandos grand and blindingly white center for the arts boasts a fantastic collection, and hosts an array of adult and family-friendly art events and classes. The popular First Thursday ($10), from 6pm to 9pm on the first Thursday of the month, celebrates local art
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Point Blue Conservation Science
Off Mesa Rd west of downtown and formerly known as the Point Reyes Bird Observatory, its Palomarin Field Station has bird-banding and netting demonstrations, a visitors center and nature trail. Banding demonstrations are held in the morning every Tuesday to Sunday from May to late
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Laguna Art Museum
This breezy museum has changing exhibitions featuring contemporary Californian artists, and a permanent collection heavy on Californian landscapes, vintage photographs and works by early Laguna bohemians. Free guided tours are usually given at 11am Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, a
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Florida Museum of Natural History
The highlight of this excellent natural-history museum is the expansive Butterfly Rainforest. Hundreds of butterflies from 55 to 65 species flutter freely in the soaring, screened vivarium. As you stroll among waterfalls and tropical foliage, peek at scientists preparing specimens
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Fargo Woodchipper
Fargos embrace of its namesake film is on full display at the towns visitor center , which houses the actual woodchipper used for the scene where Gaear feeds the last of Carls body into its maw and is discovered by Marge. You can reenact the scene – although not the results – while
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Campanile
Officially called Sather Tower, the Campanile was modeled on St Mark’s Basilica in Venice. The 328ft spire offers fine views of the Bay Area, and at the top you can stare up into the carillon of 61 bells, ranging from the size of a cereal bowl to that of a Volkswagen. Recitals take
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High Desert Museum
Dont miss this excellent museum about 3 miles south of Bend on US 97. It charts the exploration and settlement of the West, using reenactments of a Native American camp, a hard-rock mine and an old Western town. The regions natural history is also explored; kids love the live snake
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Lightner Museum
Henry Flaglers former Hotel Alcazar is now home to this wonderful museum, with a little bit of everything, from ornate Gilded Age furnishings to collections of marbles and cigar-box labels. The dramatic and imposing building itself is a must-see, dating back to 1887 and designed in
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