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Grace Cathedral
The citys Episcopal cathedral has been rebuilt three times since the Gold Rush; the current French-inspired, reinforced concrete cathedral took 40 years to complete. The spectacular stained-glass windows include a series dedicated to human endeavor, including Albert Einstein uplift
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Williamsburg
There is a definite Williamsburg look: skinny jeans, multiple tattoos, a discreet body piercing, a beard for men, maybe some kind of retro head covering for a woman. Denizens of this raggedy and rowdy neighborhood across the East River on the L train seem to have time and money to
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The Mount
Almost 50 years after Nathaniel Hawthorne left his home in Lenox (now part of Tanglewood), another writer found inspiration in the Berkshires. Edith Wharton (1862–1937) came to Lenox in 1899 and proceeded to build her palatial estate, The Mount. When not writing, she would entertai
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Paper House
In 1922, long before there was any municipal recycling program, Elis F Stenman decided that something useful should be done with all those daily newspapers lying about. He and his family set to work folding, rolling and pasting the papers into suitable shapes as building materials.
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Bentsen
Spot some 300 or more bird species in this serene 760-acre park, which is headquarters for the World Birding Center. Much of the park surrounds several resacas – water-filled former river channels that support lush foliage. The visitor center has excellent trail guides and many bir
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Old Town & Chinatown
The core of rambunctious 1890s Portland, the once-seedy Old Town used to be the lurking ground of unsavory characters, but today disco queens outnumber drug dealers. Its one of the citys livelier places after dark, when nightclubs and bars open their doors and the hipsters start sh
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Mokuʻaikaua Church
Completed in 1836, this church is a handsome building with walls of lava rock held together by sand and coral-lime mortar. The posts and beams, hewn with stone adzes and smoothed with chunks of coral, are made from ohia, and the pews and pulpit are made of koa, the most prized nati
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Big Cypress Gallery
The highlight of many Everglades trips, this gallery showcases the work of Clyde Butcher, an American photographer who follows in the great tradition of Ansel Adams. His large-format black-and-white images elevate the swamps to a higher level. Butcher has found a quiet spirituality
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Caprock Canyons
Caprock Canyons has a stunning topography and abundant wildlife. Even the casual visitor is likely to see mule deer, roadrunners and aoudad, the North African barbary sheep transplanted to the Panhandle in the 1950s. The sunsets are stupendous, but the trail system here is what mak
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Destrehan Plantation
Start your day at the oldest plantation home remaining in the lower Mississippi Valley, Destrehan Plantation , only 12 miles from New Orleans International Airport. Indigo was the principal crop in 1787 when Antoine Robert Robin DeLongy commissioned the original French colonial–sty
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King Ranch
Much of the King Ranch is not open to the public. But there are 60,000 head of cattle, 400 horses and dozens of cowboys here – many fifth- and sixth-generation descendants of Mexicans who moved to the ranch in the 1860s. On the tour’s 10-mile loop you will see the horse and cattle
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Haleakalā Visitor Center
Perched on the rim of the crater at 9745ft, this visitor center is the park’s main viewing spot. And what a magical sight awaits. The ever-changing interplay of sun, shadow and clouds reflecting on the crater floor creates a mesmerizing dance of light and color. The center has disp
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Cape Cod Canal Visitor Center
Cape Cod isn’t connected by land to the mainland, but it’s not exactly an island, or at least wasn’t until the Cape Cod Canal was dug in 1914. The 7-mile-long canal saves ships from having to sail an extra 135 miles around the treacherous tip of the Cape. The canal is also a great
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Aniakchak National Monument
Aniakchak’s centerpiece is a six-mile-wide caldera (a massive crater formed when a volcano collapses inwards) that sits in the middle of the narrow Alaska peninsula. The caldera has a dramatic effect on the local weather causing clouds to billow over the edges of the crater rim in
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Columbia University
Founded in 1754 as King’s College downtown, the oldest university in New York is now one of the world’s premiere research institutions. It moved to its current location (the site of a former asylum) in 1897, where its gated campus now channels a New England vibe and offers plenty o
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Channel Islands National Park
The Channel Islands is an eight-island chain lying off the coast from Newport Beach to Santa Barbara. The four northern islands - San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz and Anacapa - along with tiny southern Santa Barbara Island comprise Channel Islands National Park. The islands have
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Aria
CityCenter revolves around Aria, a thoroughly contemporary casino resort with a deluxe, design-savvy casino surrounded by tempting restaurants. Key pieces of CityCenters priceless art collection are also found here. Look for poet-sculptor Tony Craggs stainless-steel column sculptur
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center
The world’s most unselfish billionaire’s generous actions are eloquently displayed at this suitably high-tech visitor center (part of the larger foundation building), which opened opposite the Space Needle in February 2012. Spread over five rooms with highly interactive exhibits,
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Casa Elián
The surreal house of Elián Gonzales , the subject of one of the most bitter international custody battles of the 1990s, is a shrine, time capsule and exercise in public iconography. Since 2001, the house has been a temple of anti-Castro, Cuban-exile symbology. The little property i
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Southern Food & Beverage Museum
You dont have to be a gourmet or mixologist to enjoy this made-from-scratch museum, which celebrates Southern cooking and cocktails with exhibits sourced from every state south of the Mason-Dixon. The well-stocked Museum of the American Cocktail displays old elixir bottles, cocktai
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