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Hawaiʻi State Art Museum
With its vibrant, thought-provoking collections, this public art museum brings together traditional and contemporary art from Hawaii’s multiethnic communities. The museum inhabits a grand 1928 Spanish Mission Revival–style building, formerly a YMCA and today a nationally registered
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Textile Museum
This gem is the country’s only textile museum. Galleries hold exquisite fabrics and carpets. Exhibits revolve around a theme, say Asian textiles depicting dragons or Kuba cloth from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and rotate a few times a year. Bonus: the museum shares space with
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Moody Gardens
Three colorful glass pyramids form the focus of one entertainment complex. The Aquarium Pyramid showcases king penguins, fur seals and the largest array of sea horses in the world. The 10-story Rainforest Pyramid is a lush tropical jungle full of plants, birds, butterflies and a wo
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Brickell Avenue Bridge & Brickell Key
Crossing the Miami River, the lovely Brickell Avenue Bridge between SE 4th St and SE 5th St was made wider and higher several years ago, which was convenient for the speedboat-driving drug runners being chased by Drug Enforcement Administration agents on the day of the bridge’s gra
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Richard J Riordan Central Library
The Egyptian-flavored 1922 central library was designed by Bertram Goodhue and named for a former mayor. Sphinxes greet you at the 5th St entrance, a colorful 1933 mural showing milestones in LA history swathes a grand rotunda on the second floor, and it’s crowned with a stunning M
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Seattle Aquarium
While not comparable to Seattles nationally lauded Woodland Park Zoo, the aquarium – situated on Pier 59 in an attractive wooden building – is probably the most interesting site on the waterfront, and its a handy distraction for visiting families with itchy-footed kids. The entry l
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Harbor Defense Museum
Beneath the breathtaking Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and located inside Fort Hamilton, military buffs will discover a small treasure trove of artifacts at the Harbor Defense Museum, the only army museum in New York City. Built between 1825 and 1831, this arched, brick fort is still an
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California Historical Society Museum
Enter a Golden State of enlightenment at this Californiana treasure trove, featuring themed exhibitions drawn from the museums million-plus California photographs, paintings and ephemera. Recent exhibits have unearthed 19th-century photographs of pioneers gleefully climbing trees i
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Polynesian Cultural Center
A nonprofit cultural park owned by the Mormon Church, the PCC revolves around eight Polynesian-themed ʻvillages’ representing Hawaii, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Samoa, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Fiji, Tahiti and Tonga. The admission price is steep, but this includes frequent village sh
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Jurassic Park
Oddly quiet, with no screams or loud music and no neon colors or hawking vendors, this oasis of palm trees, greenery and ferns offers a handful of attractions with a prehistoric twist. Jurassic Park River Adventure (Express Pass) floats you past friendly vegetarian dinosaurs, and a
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Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site
On May 8, 1846, General Zachary Taylor and his troops defeated a larger Mexican army on this site in the first major battle of the Mexican War. The visitor center does an excellent job of putting the battle into context: were the Americans invaders or defenders? The 3400-acre site
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Bedford
Bedford-Stuyvesant is New York City’s largest African American district – its where Notorious BIG grew up and film director Spike Lee shot Do the Right Thing . The neighborhood sprawls across central Brooklyn between Flushing and Atlantic Aves and incorporates everything from pictu
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Merchandise Mart
The Merchandise Mart is the world’s largest commercial building and largest LEED-certified building (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design; silver status, thanks in part to a hefty thermal storage facility). Spanning two city blocks, the 1931 behemoth has its own zip code a
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Manatee Springs State Park
Between Cedar Key and Steinhatchee, this park is worth a stop, especially for a dip into the 72˚F crystalline waters of the beautiful spring. You can also scuba dive ($10 plus gear; certification and dive buddy required) at the springhead, which gushes 117 million gallons of water
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St Patricks Old Cathedral
Though St Patrick’s Cathedral is now famously located on Fifth Ave in Midtown, its first congregation was housed here, in this recently restored Gothic Revival church. Designed by Joseph-François Mangin and constructed between 1809 and 1815, the church was once the seat of religiou
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Sharlot Hall Museum
Prescotts most important museum highlights Prescotts period as territorial capital. The museum is named for its 1928 founder, pioneer woman Sharlot Hall (1870–1943), and a small exhibit in the lobby commemorates her legacy. The most interesting of the nine buildings here is the 186
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Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
Youd be forgiven for overlooking Bolsa Chica, at least on first glance. Against a backdrop of nodding oil derricks, this flat expanse of wetlands doesnt exactly promise the unspoilt splendors of nature. However, more than 200 bird species arent so aesthetically prejudiced, either m
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Boston Massacre Site
Directly in front of the Old State House, encircled by cobblestones, the Boston Massacre site marks the spot where the first blood was shed for the American independence movement. On March 5, 1770, an angry mob of colonists swarmed the British soldiers guarding the State House. Sam
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Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center
Visit Gloucesters working waterfront and see the ongoing restoration of wooden boats, watch the operation of a marine railway that hauls ships out of the water, and compare the different kinds of fishing boats that were used over the years. From the Grant Circle rotary, take Washin
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Cliff House
Populist millionaire Adolph Sutro imagined the Cliff House as a working-mans paradise in 1863, but Sutros dream was rebuilt thrice. A $19-million 2004 facelift turned the Cliff House into a sadly generic, if panoramic, restaurant complex. Two key attractions remain: sea lions barki
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