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Citgo Sign
London has Big Ben, Paris has the Eiffel Tower, and Boston has the Citgo sign. It’s an unlikely landmark in this high-minded city, but Bostonians love the bright-blinking ‘trimark’ that has towered over Kenmore Sq since 1965. Every time the Red Sox hit a home run over the leftfield
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Jack London State Historic Park
Napa has Robert Louis Stevenson, but Sonoma’s got Jack London. This 1400-acre park frames that authors last years; dont miss the excellent onsite museum. Miles of hiking trails (some open to mountain bikes) weave through oak-dotted woodlands, between 600ft and 2300ft elevations; an
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Harvey Milk & Jane Warner Plazas
A huge rainbow flag flaps above Castro and Market Sts, officially Harvey Milk Plaza. Look closer and spot a plaque honoring the man whose legacy is gay civic pride and political clout. Across Castro, by the F-train terminus, is Jane Warner Plaza, where ragtag oddballs and kids too
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Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
This is no dusty old historical museum. Big, glitzy and still relatively new, it shows off the Lone Star States history, all the way from when it used to be part of Mexico up to the present, with high-tech interactive exhibits and fun theatrics. Allow at least a few hours for your
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Waimea Bay Beach Park
It may be a beauty, but it’s certainly a moody one. Waimea Bay changes dramatically with the seasons: it can be tranquil and flat as a lake in summer, then savage in winter, with the island’s meanest rip currents. Typically, the only time it’s calm enough for swimming and snorkelin
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Eagle Creek Recreation Area
The beautiful, 13.2-mile Eagle Creek Trail is the gorges most popular hike; on summer weekends, get here early to snag a parking spot. Early gorge promoters engineered this historic trail in 1910 to coincide with the opening of the Historic Columbia River Hwy.The trail passes a doz
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San Francisco
San Francisco, themed heavily around the city as the site of the massive 1906 earthquake and the inspiration behind the 1974 film Earthquake, is home to Chez Alcatraz , a tiny and pleasant outdoor bar in Fishermans Wharf; Lombards , one of the parks two restaurants that accept rese
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Cabrillo National Monument
Atop a steep hill at the tip of the peninsula, this is San Diego’s finest locale for history, views and nature walks. It’s also the best place in town to see the gray-whale migration (January to March) from land. You may forget you’re in a major metropolitan area.The visitor center
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Lincoln Road Mall
Calling Lincoln Rd a mall, which many do, is like calling Big Ben a clock: it’s technically accurate but misses the point. Yes, you can shop, and shop very well here. But this outdoor pedestrian thoroughfare between Alton Rd and Washington Ave is really about seeing and being seen;
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Central Beaches
Near downtown’s village, Main Beach has volleyball and basketball courts, a playground and restrooms. It’s Laguna’s best beach for swimming. Just north at Picnic Beach , it’s too rocky to surf; tide pooling is best. Pick up a tide table at the visitors bureau. (Tide pool etiquette:
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Will Rogers State Historic Park
This park sprawls across ranch land once owned by Will Rogers (1875–1935), an Oklahoma-born cowboy turned humorist, radio-show host and movie star (in the early 1930s he was the highest-paid actor in Hollywood). In the late ‘20s he traded his Beverly Hills manse for a 31-room ranch
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Cosmopolitan
Hipsters who thought they were too cool for Vegas finally have a place to go where they dont need irony to endure – or enjoy – the aesthetics of the Strip. Like the new Hollywood It girl, the Cosmopolitan casino looks absolutely fabulous at all times. A steady stream of ingenues an
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Denali
What makes 20,237ft Denali (formerly Mt McKinley) one of the world’s great scenic mountains is the sheer independent rise of its bulk. McKinley begins at a base of just 2000ft, which means that on a clear day you will be transfixed by over 18,000 feet of ascending rock, ice and sno
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Dyea
In 1898 Skagway’s rival city, Dyea (die-yee), at the foot of the Chilkoot Trail, was the trailhead for the shortest route to Lake Bennett, where stampeders began their float to Dawson City. After the White Pass & Yukon Route was completed in 1900, Dyea quickly died. Today its a
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Frontierland
Wild West Disney-style. Splash Mountain depicts the misadventures of Brer Rabbit, Brer Bear and Brer Fox, complete with chatty frogs, singing ducks and other critters. The 40mph drop into the river makes for one of the biggest thrills in the park, and you will get very wet! With no
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Utah Olympic Park
Visit the site of the 2002 Olympic ski jumping, bobsledding, skeleton, Nordic combined and luge events, which continues to host national competitions. There are 10m, 20m, 40m, 64m, 90m and 120m Nordic ski-jumping hills as well as a bobsled-luge run. The US Ski Team practices here y
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Wynwood and Design District Arts Walks
Its hipsters gone wild! Hmm, that doesnt actually sound very fun, so well put it another way: Its free wine! And artsy types, and galleries open til late, and the eye candy of a club, and the drunken momentum of a pub crawl, and best of all, no red ropes. The Wynwood and Design Dis
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Hermits Rest
Commissioned by the Fred Harvey Company and designed by Mary Colter in 1913, this low-flung stone building is the South Rims western-most scenic overlook. It houses a small gift shop and a walk-up window, with sandwiches, ice-cream and snacks. Hermits Rest is named after Louis Bouc
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10,000 Islands
One of the best ways to experience the serenity of the Everglades - somehow desolate yet lush, tropical and foreboding - is by paddling the network of waterways that skirt the northwest portion of the park. The 10,000 Islands consist of many (but not really 10,000) tiny islands and
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Kahaluʻu Beach Park
Whether young or old, triathlete or couch potato, everyone appreciates the islands most thrilling, easy-to-access (and admittedly busy) snorkeling spot. Protected by an ancient breakwater (which, according to legend, was built by the menehune, or little people), the bay is pleasant
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