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Max Amini. Free Things to Do in Miami -- National Geographic. Miami has more than its fair share of glitz and glam, but the city’s oceanside setting, vibrant multicultural communities, and wealth of art and architecture mean there’s plenty to keep visitors on a budget happy. Art Go for a Gables Art Walk along Ponce de Leon Boulevard on Coral Gables Gallery Night. On the first Friday of every month, galleries keep their doors open from 7 to 10 p.m., give gratis art advice, and provide a trolley between galleries.

Some even offer wine. The internationally known Wolfsonian-FIU art museum, located in a 1926 Mediterranean revival-style warehouse, features paintings, ceramics, posters, books, architectural creations, and furniture from the modern era. Peruse the exhibitions for free on Fridays from 6 to 9 p.m. There's no fee to wander the Miami Dade College Museum of Art and Design, housed in downtown’s historic Freedom Tower, for exhibitions of contemporary art by international and local artists and performers. Attractions Culture Kids Outdoors City of Miami.

National Parks....

Made in the South. Curious Places: About this blog. Welcome! I started this blog in February 2007 over on Livejournal under the name "Awesome_Places" and have recently improved and moved it to blogspot to make finding places easier. It's a collection of the weirdest & wonderfulest places built by people with a colourful imagination all around the world. Most places you find here are accessable to the public, but some are private (but still too awesome not to share) or don't exist anymore because they've been torn down in favour of building supermarkets etc... I sorted everything by geographical continents, so even though you might associate countries like Costa Rica with South America, it will be found on the North American continent page.

I try to link to the sources of most pictures posted here (or to the original poster back from awesome_places on livejournal) but I can't track all photos back. Thanks and enjoy! Recipes and Tips for Healthy Travel. If there is one passion I have beyond cooking and eating, it is traveling. In just one week I will be on a plane with my husband, heading for the tropical paradise of Kauai. It has been a dream of mine for many years to visit this Hawaiian island, and since my best friend is currently living there, I knew that this was the perfect opportunity.

The only bummer about this incredible dream coming true? Oh, the 38-hours it will take to get there from Copenhagen. Yikes. Yes, I love traveling, but I am not a huge fan of the in-transit time. One thing I have happily mastered in all of my travel experience is the business of food. I take great pleasure in preparing my food for trips, and although it takes a little planning, am I ever chuffed cracking open my Tupperware of thoughtfully made salad, crackers, dip, and dessert, while other passengers are munching on mystery meat.

Now, I know that the list seems really long, but keep in mind I’ll be in transit for over an entire day and a half! 1. Travel Bucket List. The Cool Hunter. Preachers Rock, Preikestolen, Norway Blue Caves - Zakynthos Island, Greece Skaftafeli - Iceland Plitvice Lakes – Croatia Crystalline Turquoise Lake, Jiuzhaigou National Park, China Four Seasons Hotel - Bora Bora Ice skating on Paterswoldse Meer, a lake just South of the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. Marble Caves, Chile Chico, Chile The Gardens at Marqueyssac Ice Canyon - Greenland Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada Multnomah Falls, Oregon Seljalandsfoss Waterfall on the South Coast of Iceland Petra - Jordan (at night) Verdon, Provence, France Wineglass Bay, Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia Norway Alesund Birdseye of City Benteng Chittorgarh, India Riomaggiore, Italy Keukenhof Gardens - Netherlands.

Sky Lantern Festival - Taiwan. Mount Roraima - Venezuela. Seychelles East Iceland. Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. New York City. Colonial Williamsburg Official Site.