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81. Adler Planetarium
The Adler Planetarium, opened in 1930 on the Museum Campus lakefront, mixes dome theatre sky shows with space exhibitions, historic instruments and a public observatory.
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The Adler Planetarium, opened in 1930 on the Museum Campus lakefront, mixes dome theatre sky shows with space exhibitions, historic instruments and a public observatory.
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A riverside aquarium at the foot of Canal Street with a walk-through tunnel, penguins, a white alligator and a shark touch pool, with entry to the Insectarium included.
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Opened in 1917 at the west end of Salmon Bay, the Ballard Locks lift boats between the lakes and Puget Sound and have a fish ladder used by migrating salmon.
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Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on Key Biscayne combines a highly rated beach, restored native habitats and the 1825 Cape Florida Lighthouse.
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I. M. Pei's presidential library on Columbia Point in Dorchester, with permanent exhibitions on John F. Kennedy's campaign, presidency, the space race and the Kennedy family.
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The Legion of Honor is a 1924 fine arts museum in Lincoln Park, modelled on a Paris palace, with ancient and European art and views of the Golden Gate.
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The ornate 1897 home of the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill, with a gilded Great Hall, exhibitions and short walkthroughs of the Main Reading Room.
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Opened in 1913 in Exposition Park, the Natural History Museum holds dinosaur fossils, gems and minerals, wildlife dioramas and gardens, and suits families and science fans.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's spiralling white rotunda on Museum Mile houses modern and contemporary art and is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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180-acre cultural and natural site built around the original Las Vegas Springs, home to the Nevada State Museum, botanical gardens, trails and family attractions.
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The Boston Public Library's main branch on Copley Square, with Charles McKim's 1895 building, the Bates Hall reading room and free entry for everyone.
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Designed by Jens Jensen in the early 1900s, Garfield Park Conservatory is a large glasshouse on the West Side with a Palm House, Fern Room and seasonal flower shows.
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The Getty's museum of Greek, Roman and Etruscan antiquities, set in a recreated Roman country house and gardens above the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades.
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Run by the Seattle Art Museum, the free Olympic Sculpture Park is a nine-acre waterfront park with large works by Alexander Calder, Richard Serra and others.
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The Palace of Fine Arts is a classical rotunda and colonnade beside a lagoon in the Marina, rebuilt from the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
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A disused elevated freight railway on Manhattan's West Side reimagined as a planted public walkway, with gardens, art and city views.
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A free museum and research centre on Royal Street devoted to the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South, with French Quarter galleries and a courtyard café.
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Nevada's oldest state park, around 50 miles north-east of Las Vegas, known for red Aztec sandstone formations, ancient petroglyphs and short desert hikes.
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The Venetian Pool is a historic spring-fed public pool in Coral Gables, created in a former limestone quarry and opened in 1924, with waterfalls and grottos.
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A Neo-Gothic Episcopal cathedral on Mount Saint Alban, finished in 1990 after 83 years of building, with stained glass, carved grotesques and garden views.
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