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rhbrakman

There is no better way to spend a day than visiting a museum. Any kind of museum! Large ones, small ones, ones inspired by the passion of one or two people, or a collaborative effort created by a city's population. Any kind. And the best thing to ever come out of the United States government is the National Park Service. Every park, monument, site and destination is an invaluable resource for learning and experiencing the country.

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Sequoia National Park, California

General Sherman

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Holbrook, Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

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San Francisco, California

The Parrots of Telegraph Hill

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Custer, South Dakota

Crazy Horse Memorial

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Silver Spring, Maryland

National Museum of Health and Medicine

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

Dylan

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tiffany Glass Mural "The Dream Garden"

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

Luray, Virginia

The Great Stalacpipe Organ

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Lafayette Cemetery

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Grip the Raven

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

Dylan

Seattle, Washington

Museum of Pop Culture

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

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Fall River, Massachusetts

Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast and Museum

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

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Brooklyn, New York

New York Transit Museum

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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London, England

The Churchill War Rooms

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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Congress Bridge Bats

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Dylan

Los Angeles, California

Space Shuttle Endeavour

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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Green Valley, Arizona

Titan Missile Museum

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

Trinity Atomic Bomb Site

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Montmartre Cemetery

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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Boston, Massachusetts

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (The Gardner)

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

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Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

Gloucester, Massachusetts

Hammond Castle Museum

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

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Natural Bridge, Virginia

The Natural Bridge

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

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New York, New York

Museum of the American Gangster

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

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