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25.07.08 The Saxman Native Totem Park
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The Saxman Native Totem Park is a native village located in Saxman, Alaska.  It is filled with stunningly beautiful view with a mere population of 400.  The place is a home to the world’s biggest totem pole collections. Rock Oyster Man Pole is one of the 24 intricately carved and painted specimen that is in [...]

6.06.08 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
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A sampling of works by New Mexico’s most famous artist can be seen in the small Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 217 Johnson Street, a few blocks west of the Plaza. Tt was opened to the public in July 1997, eleven years after the death of the artist from whom it takes its name The Georgia O’Keeffe [...]

30.05.08 The Lego Wonderland at the Legoland
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If you wish to bring your kids to a whole lot of fun theme park then it’s time for you take them to Legoland in Carlsbad, California. The Lego company built this first ever theme park for their company. It was specially designed for children whose ages are from 3 years old up to 12 [...]

30.04.08 Colors and Wonder at the Strybing Arboretum
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A carnival of colors, scents, and vibrant visions decorate the space of the San Francisco Botanical Garden (also the formerly known Strybing Arboretum). As part of the memorable Golden Gate Park, 55 acres of land stretch across San Francisco, laying out the foundation for a symphony of plants, flowers, and trees to share the roaring [...]

30.04.08 The de Young Museum
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The original de Young Museum opened to the community in 1921, which served as part of the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition. Named after the early San Francisco newspaper personality, M. H. de Young, this enlightening attraction is almost always called by the shortened “de Young” reference. To accommodate a growing art collection and repair [...]

30.04.08 Common Yet Still Promising at the Boston Common
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The only frogs near the park’s Frog Pond are the big brass sculpted ones that welcome you to skate there in winter, cool off under the 50-foot plume of water that shoots into the shallow pool in the summer, or contemplate near the reflection pool between seasons. Boston Common is known as the starting point [...]

28.10.07 Discover History at the DiscoverSea Shipwreck Museum
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The DiscoverSea Shipwreck Museum is the first ‘edu-tainment’ museum in lower Delaware. The place allows tours, exhibits and provides as an information cener for schools and researches who would like to see artifact collections. Such collections showcases the bullion which were recovered from local ship wrecks, coins, silver bars and gold bars, jewelry, weapons, pottery [...]

8.10.07 That’s Energy History
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You’ve been to countless gas stations but ever been to the Petroleum Museum? Yeah, there is such a thing! The place welcomes you with two grasshoppers right in front of the museum. The Petroleum Museum houses the largest collection of historic oil retrieving machine. The museum is fully air conditioned. It has three halls that [...]

26.09.07 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
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Established in 1916, the Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park is scenic beauty and a place to view history. The place is clothed with 70 million years of migration, volcanism and evolution. The whole park stands on a 333,000 acres of land. Most part of the park is left to nourish its natural beauty and wilderness. The [...]

31.08.07 2007 Garden and Design Showcase
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The annual Garden and Design Showcase festival in Beverly Hills for 2007 will be held on October 25, 2007. The cocktail reception will start at 5PM to 9PM.  There will also be a whole festival weekend which happens on Saturday and Sunday of November 3-4, 2007 from 10AM to 4PM. The showcase features the Marketplace, [...]