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Navajo National Monument
The sublimely well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings of Betatkin and Keet Seel are protected at the Navajo National Monument and can only be reached on foot. It’s no walk in the park, but there’s truly something magical about approaching these ancient stone villages in r
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Fenway Park
What is it that makes Fenway Park Americas Most Beloved Ballpark? Its not just that its the home of the Boston Red Sox. Open since 1912, it is the oldest operating baseball park in the country. As such, the park has many quirks that make for a unique experience. See them all on a b
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Palms Casino Resort
The ultramodern Palms casino hotel, built in 2001, offers an eclectic mix of entertainment designed to seduce gen-Xers and -Yers. Known for its starring roles on MTVs Real World: Las Vegas reality series and Bravos Celebrity Poker Showdown, the Rio has a high-drama, neon-lit atmos
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Golden Nugget
Check out the polished brass and white leather seats in the casino: day or night, the Golden Nugget is downtowns poshest address. With classy eateries and a swimming pool famous for its shark tank, the Golden Nugget outshines the competition. This swank carpet joint rakes in a mone
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SeaWorld San Diego
SeaWorld opened in San Diego in 1964 and for years has been one of California’s most popular theme parks. Many visitors spend the whole day here, shuttling between aquatic-themed rides, animal encounters and exhibits. However, the park’s best-known attraction is also its most contr
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Pawnee National Grassland
If, like some of us, you happen to be fishtailing at high speeds along the graded dirt roads that thread through the private-public checkerboard quilt that is this grassland as dusk descends on another summer day, youll notice a few things. As the sun slants down it enlightens all
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Shark Valley
Shark Valley sounds like it should be the headquarters for the villain in a James Bond movie, but it is in fact a slice of National Park Service grounds heavy with informative signs and knowledgeable rangers. Shark Valley is located in the cypress-and-hardwood-and-riverine section
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Denali National Park & Preserve
Here is probably your best chance in the Interior (if not in the entire state) of seeing a grizzly bear, moose or caribou, and maybe even a fox or wolf. And unlike most wilderness areas in the country, you don’t have to be a hiker to view this wildlife. The window of the park bus w
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University of Chicago
Faculty and students have racked up more than 80 Nobel prizes within U of Cs hallowed halls. The campus is well worth a stroll, offering grand Gothic architecture and good free museums. The economics and physics departments lay claim to most of the awards. Merton Miller, a U of C e
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Colonial Williamsburg
The restored capital of England’s largest colony in the New World is a must-see attraction for visitors of all ages. This is not some phony, fenced-in theme park: Colonial Williamsburg is a living, breathing, working history museum with a painstakingly researched environment that b
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Illinois Institute of Technology
Famed architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed many of the campus modern buildings. Download a free map for DIY wanderings. Better yet, docents lead 90-minute tours (10am Monday to Friday, 10:30am Saturday and Sunday); departure is from the welcome center in the McCormick Tribun
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Porcelain Basin
One mile of boardwalks loop through Porcelain Basin, the park’s hottest exposed basin. (The name comes from the area’s milky deposits of sinter, also known as geyserite.) The bleached basin boils and bubbles like some giant laboratory experiment and the ash-white ground actually pu
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Disneyland Park
Spotless, wholesome Disneyland is still laid out according to Walts original plans. Its here youll find plenty of rides and some of the attractions most asscociated with the Disney name – Main Street USA, Sleeping Beauty Castle, Tomorrowland. Main Street, USA , gateway to the park,
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National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Northeast of downtown Honolulu is a bowl-shaped crater, nicknamed the Punchbowl, formed by a long-extinct volcano. Hawaiians called the crater Puowaina (‘hill of human sacrifices’). It’s believed that at an ancient heiau here the slain bodies of kapu (taboo) breakers were ceremonia
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Historic Downtown
Montezuma St west of Courthouse Plaza was once the infamous Whiskey Row , where 40 drinking establishments supplied suds to rough-hewn cowboys, miners and wastrels. A devastating 1900 fire destroyed 25 saloons, five hotels and the red-light district, but several early buildings rem
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Water Tower
The 154ft-tall, turreted tower is a defining city icon: it was the sole downtown survivor of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, along with the Pumping Station (aka Water Works), its associated building across the street. Today the tower houses the City Gallery , showcasing Chicago-themed
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Humboldt Park
This 207-acre park, which lends its name to the surrounding neighborhood, comes out of nowhere and gobsmacks you with Mother Nature. A lagoon brushed by native plants takes up much of the green space, and birdsong flickers in the air. The 1907 Prairie School boathouse rises up from
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Kalopa State Recreation Area
Dont miss this idyllic 100-acre state park, with camping (first left as you enter), cabins (second left) and various gentle trails. Set in a quiet, native forest at 2000ft, its fantastically lush and a great place for beginner or family camping . Group cabins (eight people max) hav
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Moʻokini Luakini Heiau
Its off the beaten path, but this heiau, near ʻUpolu Point at Hawaiʻis northernmost tip, is among the oldest (c AD 480) and most historically significant Hawaiian sites. Measuring about 250ft by 125ft, with walls 6ft high, the massive stone ruins sit solitary and brooding on a wind
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Massachusetts State House
High atop Beacon Hill, Massachusetts’ leaders and legislators attempt to turn their ideas into concrete policies and practices within the State House. John Hancock provided the land (previously part of his cow pasture); Charles Bulfinch designed the commanding state capitol; but it
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