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The New Mexico Museum of Space History is a 30-minute drive from the White Sands National Monument. Since I am attracted to anything concerning space, I decided to drive to the east side of Alamogordo, New Mexico to check it out. The museum is not hard to locate. In fact,…
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The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden offers a year-round enjoyment to the viewing public outside the confines of a building. This gallery of art is the only kind in the National Mall in Washington, DC. Apart from the flowering trees and shrubs that decorate the garden, visitors will get…
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The exact address of the City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico confused me. One website lists Deming, NM as its location city. Another website lists it as Faywood, NM. The New Mexico State Park website says it is “located about halfway between Silver City and Deming.” With all…
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When I get to enter a museum for free and enjoy the exhibits inside, there is nothing for me to complain about. The University of Wisconsin Geology Museum is a small museum inside the UW campus, yet it is full of interesting display. Depending on how interested you are in…
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Here is how the New Mexico State University website described the University Museum that is located inside the Las Cruces campus. “The Museum collections are primarily anthropological (archaeological and ethnographic) with secondary collections in history and the natural sciences. Anthropological collections document the cultural diversity of the border in the…
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One way to spend a weekend of boredom is to drive somewhere and enjoy the scenic views of winter. That’s when I found the Ozark National Scenic Riverways on Google. It is a huge national park in the Ozarks of southern Missouri with river systems flowing through it. According to…
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I won’t argue if the pick of Travelers’ Choice Best Zoo in the World is the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska. Ranking 275 zoos and aquariums, the zoo in Omaha topped the list. “Award winners were determined using an algorithm that took into account the quantity and quality of…
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Mesilla is a small town in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. The old historic town is just less than 10-minute drive from where I live in Las Cruces. I frequent the town for coffee at the famous local coffee house “The Bean.” The first time I visited the town on…
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