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KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART Knoxville – 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive (Downtown @ World’s Fair campus. At the I-275/I-40 interchange, bear right onto 441 South) 37996. Phone: (865) 525- 6101. www.knoxart.org. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm (later on Fridays), Sunday 1:00-5:00pm. Closed major holidays. Admission: FREE. Highlighted in the permanent collection are works of American art created [...]

RIDE THE DUCKS NEWPORT Newport – One Aquarium Way (Newport on the Levee, I-75 exit 192, head east on W. 5th St. or I-275 East to I-471 North. Newport Exit) 41011. Phone: (859) 815-1439. http://newportducks.com/. Admission: $13.00 adult, $10 child (2-12). Tours: Summer hours daily 10:00am-8:00pm. Fall/Spring hours generally daily Noon – 5:00pm (subject to [...]

SANDPIPER CANAL BOAT Toledo – 2144 Fordway, Riverfront (Jefferson Street Docks in Promenade Park, I-75 exit 201B or 202A) 43606. Phone: (419) 537-1212. www.sandpiperboat.com. Admission: Range of $7.00-$15.00. Basically double the price for lunch cruises. Replica of a Miami and Erie Canal boat. Educational or historical Cruise up river past riverside estates, downtown or down [...]

TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART Toledo – 2445 Monroe at Scottwood (off I-75) (I-75 exit 203 east, follow signs, located parallel to highway) 43620. www.toledomuseum.org. Phone: (419) 255- 8000. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00am-4:00pm, Sunday 11:00am-5:00pm. Open Friday evening til 10:00pm. Discover treasures from the riches of the medieval, the splendors of a French chateau and the tombs [...]

VISIT VIRGINIA…and the BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY – before the weather turns too cold and foggy. NW Virginia – NELSON COUNTY.  Walton’s Mountain Visit. You’ll first want to visit www.nelsoncounty.com, where you’re invited to click on the “Visitors” section and view some pictures and descriptions of a land similar to those words of “John Boy” Walton [...]

MUSEUM OF OJIBWA CULTURE St. Ignace – 500-566 North State Street (I-75 exit 345 at the north end of the boardwalk, downtown, across from waterfront) 49781. Phone: (906) 643-9161. www.stignace.com/attractions/ojibwa. Hours: Daily 11:00am-5:00pm (Memorial weekend – late June and Labor Day-early October). Daily 10:00am-8:00pm, except Sunday open at Noon (Late June-Labor Day). Admission: $1.00-$2.00 general, [...]

CASTLE ROCK St. Ignace – Castle Rock Road (I-75 to exit 348) 49781. Phone: (906) 643-8268. www.stignace.com/attractions/castlerock/. Hours: Daily 9:00am-9:00pm. (early May to mid-October) Admission: 50 cents to climb the rock trails. See and climb (189 steps) the legendary Castle Rock (a limestone “sea stack” – nearly 200 feet tall) that Native Americans once used [...]

Exit – 14 (west of I-75) RIVER RAISIN BATTLEFIELD VISITOR’S CENTER Monroe – 1403 East Elm Street (I-75, exit 14) 48161. Phone: (734) 243-7136 or (743) 243-7137. www.co.monroe.mi.us/monroe/default.aspx?PageId=107. Hours: Friday-Tuesday 10:00am-5:00pm (Memorial Day-Labor Day). Weekends only 1:00- 5:00pm (late April, May, September). Closed October – March. Admission: FREE (donations accepted) An important stop for interesting [...]

Exit – 390 (east of I-75) SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TEACHING ZOO Gainesville – 3000 NW 83rd Street (I-75 exit 390, east on SR 222 to NW 91st St., follow until sharp left turn) 32606. http://inst.santafe.cc.fl.us/~zoo/  Phone: (352) 395-5601. Hours: Saturday-Sunday 9:00am-2:00pm or by appointment. Closed school holidays and breaks. Admission: $3.00-$4.00 Tours: given approximately [...]

Exit – 333 (east of I-75) DALTON DEPOT RESTAURANT Dalton – 110 Depot Street (I-75 exit 333, go east on Walnut to left on Thorton. Right on Crawford, left on Hamilton and then one block to Kings St) 30722. Phone: (706) 226-3160. www.daltondepot.org. The Western & Atlantic Depot of the 1850s served as a Confederate [...]