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Historic Bok Sanctuary
Edward Bok, editor of the Ladies’ Home Journal from 1888 to 1919, stood at the forefront of modern environmentalism and the promotion of progressive causes. Inspired by his grandmother’s admonishment to ‘make you the world a bit more beautiful and better because you have been in it
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Brooklyn Bridge Park
This 85-acre park is one of Brooklyn’s best loved new attractions. Wrapping around a bend on the East River, it runs for 1.3 miles from the eastern edge of the Manhattan Bridge in Dumbo to the west end of Atlantic Ave in Cobble Hill. It has revitalized a once-barren stretch of shor
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Mill Ave
Along the western edge of Arizona State University, Mill Ave is Tempes main drag and lined with restaurants, bars and a mix of national chains and indie boutiques. For cool metro and mountain views, huff it up for half a mile to the top of A Mountain , so-called because of the gian
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Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam – as its known round here – is ready to enlist you for a little military history. Its claims to fame? The Apache Chief Geronimo was held here for 40 days. It was also the site of first military flight in US history in 1910. And its home to several historic buildings with d
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Space Center Houston
Dream of a moon landing? You can hardly get closer than at the official visitor center and theme park–esque museum of the National Air & Space Admistrations (NASA) Johnson Space Center. The 90-minute tram tour of the center itself includes the historic Mission Control (you know
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Watts Labor Community Action Committee
Watts was the epicenter of two sets of LA riots – 1965 and 1992 – when this vibrant community and cultural center was burned to the ground. The neighborhood is still teeming with large numbers of kids growing up poor and angry, but there are pockets of improvements thanks in part t
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Kolb Studio
In 1905 Ellsworth and Emery Kolb built a small photography studio on the edge of the rim, which has since been expanded and now holds a bookstore and museum. The brothers arrived at the canyon from Pennsylvania in 1902 and made a living photographing parties descending the Bright A
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Adams National Historic Park
The Adams family sights are accessible by guided tours departing from the Adams National Historic Park Visitor Center. Every half-hour (until 3:15pm), trolleys travel to the John Adams and John Quincy Adams Birthplaces , the oldest presidential birthplaces in the United States. The
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Blaine Kerns Mardi Gras World
We dare say Mardi Gras World is one of the happiest places in New Orleans by day – but at night it must turn into one of the most terrifying funhouses this side of Hell. It’s all those faces, man, the dragons, clowns, kings and fairies, leering and dead-eyed…That said, by day we lo
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Ramsey Canyon Preserve
A sycamore- and yucca-weaved dome some 5500ft in the sky marks where the Huachuca Mountains meet the Rockies, the Sierra Madres and the Sonoran Desert. This beautiful Nature Conservancy-owned preserve is one of the best hummingbird bagging spots in the USA. Up to 15 species of the
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Fishermen’s Terminal
Seattle’s fishing fleet resides at Fishermen’s Terminal, in a wide recess in the ship canal called Salmon Bay on the south side of the Ballard Bridge. Fishermen’s Terminal is a popular moorage spot because the facility is in freshwater, above the Chittenden Locks; freshwater is muc
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Rock Creek Park
At 1700 acres, Rock Creek is twice the size of New York’s Central Park and feels much more wild. Even coyotes have settled into the wilderness (they’re not dangerous, by the way). Terrific trails for hiking, biking and horseback riding extend the entire length, and the boundaries e
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Lyon Arboretum
Beautifully unkempt walking trails wind through this highly regarded 200-acre arboretum managed by the University of Hawaiʻi. It was originally founded in 1918 by a group of sugar planters growing native and exotic flora species to restore Honolulu’s watershed and test their econom
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Kahuluʻu Manowai
On the former grounds of the Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort, just south of Kahaluʻu Beach Park, three restored heiau (temples) and ancient Hawaiian petroglyphs are the centerpiece of a planned outdoor education and Hawaiian cultural center, sponsored by Kamehameha Schools and still
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
If you only visit one art museum in Washington, DC, make it this one, technically composed of two institutions. There is, simply put, no better collection of American art in the world. Collectively, these museums are known as the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The National Portra
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Hollywood Land
California’s biggest factory of dreams is presented here in miniature, with soundstages, movable props, and – of course – a studio store. The big attraction is the The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror , a 13-story drop down an elevator chute situated in a haunted hotel – one eerily re
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Hiram M Chittenden Locks
Seattle shimmers like an impressionist painting on sunny days at the Hiram M Chittenden Locks. Here, the fresh waters of Lake Washington and Lake Union drop 22ft into salt-water Puget Sound. Construction of the canal and locks began in 1911; today 100,000 boats pass through them an
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Aquarium of the Americas
Part of the Audubon Institute, the immense Aquarium of the Americas is loosely regional, with exhibits that delve beneath the surface of the Mississippi River, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and far-off Amazon rainforest.The new and impressive Great Maya Reef lures visitors into a 3
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Lake Mead & Hoover Dam
Lake Mead and Hoover Dam are the most-visited sites within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area , which encompasses 110-mile-long Lake Mead, 67-mile-long Lake Mohave and many miles of desert around the lakes. The excellent Alan Bible Visitors Center , on Hwy 93 halfway between Bo
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Radio City Music Hall
This spectacular Moderne movie palace was the brainchild of vaudeville producer Samuel Lionel Roxy Rothafel. Never one for understatement, Roxy launched his venue on 23 December 1932 with an over-the-top extravaganza that included camp dance troupe the Roxyettes (mercifully renamed
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