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It may seem an unlikely candidate for the Pacific Northwest’s latest vacation hot spot, but this former mining town has survived decades of decline to boom once more.

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We wear out the carpet regularly,” says Claire Brown, Director of Communications for the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.  With 5 million visits last year, the home of the Wright brothers’ 1903 Flyer, the Apollo 11 command module, and a fleet of other airborne wonders landed at number two on Forbes Traveler’s most-visited museum list.

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“Extreme Makeover: Corn Edition” has returned to the World’s Only Corn Palace after a one-year hiatus. A severe drought last season forced the “a-maize-ing” South Dakota tourist attraction to skip its annual redesign because there wasn’t enough colored corn to cover the building’s facade.

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Ah, the age-old Halloween dilemma: Your kids love dressing up and trick-or-treating, but they’re still too young for zombies, werewolves, and fright fests. A fall getaway to one of the country’s most kid-friendly zoos might be just the ticket.

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