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Fort Mason Center
San Francisco takes subversive glee in turning military installations into venues for nature, fine dining and out-there experimental art. Evidence: Fort Mason, once a former shipyard and embarkation point for WWII troops, now a vast cultural center and gathering place for events, d
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Enfield Shaker Museum
Set in a valley overlooking Mascoma Lake, the entire Enfield Shaker site dates back to the late 18th century and grew into a small but prosperous community of Shaker farmers and craftspeople in the early 1800s. The museum centers on the Great Stone Dwelling, the largest Shaker dwel
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Biosphere 2
Built to be completely sealed off from Biosphere 1 (that would be Earth), Biosphere 2 is a 3-acre campus of glass domes and pyramids containing five ecosystems: tropical ocean, mangrove wetlands, tropical rainforest, savannah and coastal fog desert. In 1991, eight biospherians were
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Saint
In the summer of 1885, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens rented an old inn near the town of Cornish and came to this beautiful spot in the Connecticut River Valley to work. He returned summer after summer, and eventually bought the place in 1892. The estate, where he lived until
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Kihei Coastal Trail
This short trail meanders along coastal bluffs ideal for whale-watching and quiet meditation. You might even see an outrigger canoe glide past. At the start of the trail look for the burrows of ʻuaʻu kani (wedge-tailed shearwaters), ground-nesting seabirds that return to the same s
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Transamerica Pyramid & Redwood Park
The defining feature of San Franciscos skyline is this 1972 pyramid, built atop the wreck of a whaling ship abandoned in the Gold Rush. A half-acre redwood grove sprouted out front, on the site of Mark Twains favorite saloon and the newspaper office where Sun Yat-sen drafted his Pr
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Kawaiahaʻo Church
Nicknamed ‘Westminster Abbey of the Pacific,’ Oʻahu’s oldest church was built on the site where the first missionaries constructed a grass thatch church shortly after their arrival in 1820. The original structure seated 300 Hawaiians on lauhala mats, woven from hala (screwpine) lea
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National Seashore Beaches
All roads lead to Coast Guard Beach . The main road from the Salt Pond Visitor Center deposits you here, as do cycling and hiking trails. And its for good reason: this grand beach backed by a classic coast guard station is a stunner that attracts everyone from beachcombers to hard-
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Wupatki National Monument
The first eruptions of Sunset Crater (AD 1040–1100) enriched the surrounding soil, luring ancestors of todays Hopi, Zuni and Navajo to the rich agriculture land. By AD 1180, it was home to roughly 100 people, and 2000 more peppered the immediate area. By 1250, however, their pueblo
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Science City
Science City is the nickname for the collection of domes just behind the summit. Managed by the University of Hawaiʻi, this area is unfortunately off-limits to visitors, as it houses some very interesting equipment – much of it studying the sun and outer space. Pan-STARRS surveys t
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Paradise Pier
If you like carnival rides, you’ll love Paradise Pier, designed to look like a combination of all the beachside amusement piers in California. The state-of-the-art California Screamin’ roller coaster resembles an old wooden coaster, but it’s got a smooth-as-silk steel track: it fee
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Cadillac Ranch
To millions of people whizzing across the Texas Panhandle each year, the Cadillac Ranch, also known as Amarillo’s ‘Bumper Crop,’ is the ultimate symbol of the US love affair with wheels. A salute to Route 66 and the spirit of the American road, it was created by burying, hood first
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Chena Lakes Recreation Area
The last phase of an Army Corps of Engineers flood-control project prompted by the Chena River’s flooding of Fairbanks in 1967. Two separate parks make up the area, offering nature paths, paved trails and swimming, plus canoe, sailboat and paddleboat rentals. Three campground loops
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Presidio Historic District
The Tucson Museum of Art is part of this low-key neighborhood, which embraces the site of the original Spanish fort and a ritzy residential area once nicknamed Snob Hollow. This is (per current historical knowledge) one of the oldest inhabited places in North America. The Spanish P
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Olmsted Point
This ‘honey, hit the brakes!’ viewpoint is a lunar landscape of glaciated granite with a stunning view down Tenaya Canyon to the backside of Half Dome . Midway between the May Lake turnoff and Tenaya Lake, the point was named for Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903), who was appointed
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Inspiration Point
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Roosevelt Island
Floating in the East River between Manhattan’s eastern edge and Queens, New York’s anomalous, planned neighborhood sits on a tiny island no wider than a football field. At the southern tip of the Island is architect Louis Kahn’s striking memorial to Franklin D Roosevelt. Zipping ac
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Lafayette Square
The land north of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave was originally deeded as part of the White House grounds. However, in 1804 President Thomas Jefferson decided to divide the plot and give half back to the public in the form of a park, now known as Lafayette Sq. A statue of Andrew Jackson ast
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Historic Lees Ferry & Lonely Dell Ranch
Lees Ferry was the site of the regions original ferry crossing, and of Charles Spencer’s 1910 effort to extract gold from the surrounding hills. Today its the launching area for rafting trips down the Colorado through the Grand Canyon. Nearby, Lonely Dell Ranch provided for familie
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Jones Beach State Park
The offerings are simple: 6.5 miles of clean sand covered with bodies. The type of character differs depending on which ‘field’ you choose – for example, 2 is for the surfers and 6 is for families, and there’s a gay beach way east – but it’s a scene no matter where you spread your
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