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Captain Cook State Recreation Area
By following the Kenai Spur Hwy north for 36 miles, you’ll first pass the trailer parks and chemical plants of the North Kenai industrial district before reaching this uncrowded state recreation area that encompasses 4000 acres of forests, lakes, rivers and beaches along Cook Inlet
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Haight St
Was it the fall of 1966 or the winter of ’67? As the Haight saying goes, if you can remember the Summer of Love, man, you probably weren’t there. The fog was laced with pot, sandalwood incense and burning draft cards, entire days were spent contemplating Day-Glo Grateful Dead poste
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Los Angeles Maritime Museum & Around
Galleries set up in a historic ferry building tell the story of LA’s relationship with the sea and display enough ship models (including an 18ft cutaway of the Titanic ), figureheads and navigational equipment to keep your imagination afloat for an hour or so. If you enjoy clamberi
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Mission Bay
Just east of Mission and Pacific Beaches is this 7-sq-mile playground, with 27 miles of shoreline and 90 acres of parks on islands, coves and peninsulas. Sailing, windsurfing and kayaking dominate northwest Mission Bay, while waterskiers zip around Fiesta Island . Kite flying is po
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Old Sturbridge Village
Historic buildings from throughout the region have been moved to this site to recreate a New England town from the 1830s, with 40 restored structures filled with antiques. Rather than labeling the exhibits, this museum has ‘interpreters’ – people who dress in costume, ply the trade
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Skirball Cultural Center
Although it is, technically speaking, the country’s largest Jewish museum and cultural center, the Skirball has something for all. The preschool set can board a gigantic wooden Noah’s Ark while grown-ups gravitate to the permanent exhibit, an engagingly presented romp through 4000
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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
This good museum (its really more like a park visitor center within a city) shows off exhibits, photos and news clippings from the 1897 Klondike gold rush, when a Seattle-on-steroids acted as a fueling depot for prospectors bound for the Yukon in Canada. The best aspect of the mus
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Powell St Cable Car Turnaround
Stand awhile at Powell and Market Sts and spot arriving cable-car operators leaping out, gripping the trolleys chassis and slooowly turning the car atop a revolving wooden platform. Cable cars cant go in reverse, so they need to be turned around by hand here at the terminus of Powe
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Freer
This is a lovely spot in which to while away a Washington afternoon. Japanese silk scrolls, smiling Buddhas, rare Islamic manuscripts and Chinese jades spread through cool, quiet galleries. The Freer and Sackler are actually separate venues, connected by an underground tunnel. The
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Universal City Walk
With flashing video screens, oversized facades and garish color combinations, City Walk hovers beside Universal Studios like a reject from the Blade Runner –meets– Willy Wonka school of architecture. Opened in 1993 as a shopping adjunct to the theme park, this outdoor mall evolved
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One World Observatory
Spanning levels 100 to 102 of the highest building in the western hemisphere, One World Observatory offers dazzling views from its sky-high perch. Choose a clear day and expect to see all five boroughs and surrounding states. Not surprisingly, its a hugely popular site. Purchase ti
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Hanaka‘o‘o Beach Park
The long, sandy Hanakaʻoʻo Beach Park, extending south from Kaʻanapali Beach Resort, has a sandy bottom and water conditions that are usually safe for swimming. However, southerly swells, which sometimes develop in summer, can create powerful waves and shorebreaks, while the occasi
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Astoria
Home to the largest Greek community outside Greece, this is obviously the place to find amazing Greek bakeries, restaurants and gourmet shops, mainly along Broadway. An influx of Eastern European, Middle Eastern (Steinway Ave, known as Little Egypt, is the place for falafel, kebabs
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Cloisters Museum & Gardens
On a hilltop overlooking the Hudson River, the Cloisters is a curious architectural jigsaw, its many parts made up of various European monasteries and other historic buildings. Built in the 1930s to house the Metropolitan Museum’s medieval treasures, its frescoes, tapestries and pa
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Presidio Hill
In 1769 Padre Junípero Serra and Gaspar de Portolá established the first Spanish settlement in California overlooking the valley of the San Diego River. Walk up from Old Town along Mason St for excellent views of San Diego Bay and Mission Valley. Atop the hill, Presidio Park has se
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Point San Luis Lighthouse
Just getting to this scenic 1890 lighthouse, overshadowed by Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, is an adventure. The cheapest way to reach the lighthouse is via a rocky, crumbling, 3.75-mile round-trip hiking trail, for which guided hike reservations are required. If you’d rather t
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Portland Building
This controversial 15-story building (1982) was designed by Michael Graves and catapulted the postmodern architect to celebrity status. The people working inside the blocky, pastel-colored edifice, however, have had to deal with tiny windows, cramped spaces and general user-unfrien
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George Washington University
Known as ‘G-dub’ or ‘GW,’ the university has been a bedrock of Washington identity since its founding in 1821. Besides shaping much of the American political landscape, GW has shaped the capital itself, buying up townhouses on such a scale that it is now the city’s second-biggest l
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Castle Clinton
Built as a fort to defend the New York Harbor during the war of 1812, this national monument has played numerous roles, including opera house, entertainment complex and aquarium. Its now a visitors center, with historical displays (including an interesting timeline documenting New
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Kona Cloud Forest Sanctuary
Above 3000ft on the slopes of Mt Hualalai, the Kaloko Mauka subdivision is the home of this spectacular 70-acre sanctuary. Its not just any forest – a cloud forest is a moist woodland where mist and fog are constants. The sanctuary is a lush haven for native plants and birds, and t
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