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Marfa Mystery Lights
Ghost lights, mystery lights…call them what you want, but the Marfa Lights that flicker beneath the Chinati Mountains have captured the imagination of many a traveler over the decades. On many nights, the mystery seems to be whether youre actually just seeing car headlights in the
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Hat Point
High above the Snake River, the Hat Point fire lookout tower (elevation 6982ft) offers great views. On each side of the canyon, mountains soar toward 10,000ft, with the Seven Devils on the Idaho side and the towering Wallowas on the Oregon side.From Hat Point, a hiking trail edges
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Beat Museum
The closest you can get to the complete Beat experience without breaking a law. The 1000+ artifacts in this museums literary ephemera collection include the sublime (the banned edition of Ginsbergs Howl ) and the ridiculous (those Kerouac bobble-head dolls are definite head-shakers
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West Thumb Geyser Basin
Although West Thumb is not one of Yellowstone’s prime thermal sites, its 0.5-mile shoreline boardwalk loop (with a shorter inner loop) passes more than a dozen hot springs. At famous Fishing Cone , anglers once used the infamous ‘hook ‘n’ cook’ method to prepare their catch, castin
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Crescent Meadow
A lush meadow buffered by a forest of fir and giant sequoia trees, this was allegedly once described by John Muir as the ‘gem of the Sierra.’ High grass and summer wildflowers are good excuses for a leisurely loop hike, as is watching black bears snack on berries and rip apart logs
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Makena Bay
Want to kayak along the coast? Then drop into this pretty bay. There’s no better place on Maui for kayaking – as you might surmise from the collection of kayak-tour vans parked here every morning. When seas are calm, snorkeling is good along the rocks at the southern side of Makena
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Iditarod Trail Headquarters
Near Wasilla, Knik boasts a rich sled-dog history, since its the home of many Alaskan mushers and checkpoint 4 on the route. For more information about this uniquely Alaskan race, stop in at Iditarod Trail Headquarters. The log-cabin museums most unusual exhibit is Togo, the famous
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Oregon State Capitol
The states first capitol building burned down in 1855, and a domed classic Roman edifice was built to replace it. Unfortunately, that building also burned down (in 1935), and the current capitol building was completed in 1938. Bauhaus and art-deco influences are apparent, especiall
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Northerly Island
Northerly Island was once the busy commuter airport known as Meigs Field. Now its a prairie-grassed park with walking trails, fishing, bird-watching and an outdoor concert venue. The shift from runway to willowy grasses has its root in a controversial incident that reads a little
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Newberry Library
The Newberrys public galleries are for bibliophiles: those who swoon over original Thomas Paine pamphlets about the French Revolution, or get weak-kneed seeing Thomas Jeffersons copy of the History of the Expedition under Captains Lewis and Clark (with margin notes!). Exhibits rota
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Blockhouse & Princess Maksoutoff’s Grave
Sitka’s Russian background guards the hill north of the Alaska Pioneers Home. The blockhouse is a replica of what the Russians used to protect their stockade from the Indian village.Across Marine St, at the top of Princess St, is Princess Maksoutoff’s Grave , marking the spot where
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Tower Fall
Two-and-a-half miles south of Tower-Roosevelt Junction, Tower Creek plunges over 132ft Tower Fall before joining the Yellowstone River. The fall gets its name from the volcanic breccia towers around it, which are like a demonic fortress and earn it the nickname The Devil’s Den. A s
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Lakeview Cemetery
One of Seattle’s oldest cemeteries and the final resting place of many early settlers, Lakeview Cemetery borders Volunteer Park to the north. Arthur Denny and his family, Doc and Catherine Maynard, Thomas Mercer and Henry Yesler are all interred here. This is also the grave site of
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Lumahai Beach
If Lumahai Beach looks familiar, its where Mitzi Gaynor promised to wash that man right out of her hair in the 1958 musical South Pacific . Its just as spectacular in real life. Plan to stroll this mile-long sandy beach, with jungle growth looming on one side and tempestuous open s
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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
In the late 1580s, three decades before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, a group of 116 British colonists disappeared without a trace from their Roanoke Island settlement. Were they killed off by drought? Did they run away with a Native American tribe? The fate of the Lost Col
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Pier 39
The focal point of Fishermans Wharf isnt the waning fishing fleet, but the carousel, carnival-like attractions, shops and restaurants of Pier 39 – and, of course, the famous sea lions. Developed in the 1970s to revitalize tourism, the pier draws thousands of tourists daily, but its
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Titan Missile Museum
At this original Titan II missile site, a crew stood ready 24/7 to launch a nuclear warhead within seconds of receiving a presidential order. The Titan II was the first liquid-propelled Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) that could be fired from below ground and could reach
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California Institute of Technology
With 31 Nobel laureates among its faculty and alumni, it’s no surprise that Caltech is regarded with awe in academic circles. Earthquake studies were essentially pioneered here in the 1920s with the inventions of the seismograph and the Richter scale, and to this day Caltech scient
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Kamaʻole Beach Parks
Kamaʻole Beach is having so much fun, it just keeps rolling along. And along. And along. Divided into three sections by rocky points, these popular strands are known locally as Kam I , Kam II and Kam III . All three are pretty, golden-sand beaches with full facilities and lifeguard
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Kukaniloko Birthstones State Historic Site
Just north of Wahiawa is the area known as Kukaniloko, which marks a group of royal birthstones where Hawaiian queens gave birth to generations of royalty. The stones date from the 12th century. Legend held that if a woman lay properly against the stones while giving birth, her chi
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