Catoctin Wildlife Preserve & Zoo - Frederick, MD

Wonderful adventures and exciting new animal friends await you and your family in the newly enlarged Catoctin Wildlife Preserve & Zoo. On now over 50 acres up-close exhibits and personal information make you feel like one of the family. Get stalked by a tiger, jaguar or lion and live to tell the tale. Feel the breath of a bear, follow a fallow deer, or tickle a tortoise. Hand-feed goats, sheep, donkeys, llamas, ducks and other curious creatures await you in the petting area.


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Finlay Park - Columbia, SC

One of the best known parks in the state of South Carolina, Finlay has hosted just about everything from festivals and political rallies to road races and Easter Sunrise services. This beautiful 18-acre park has had two lives; first dedicated in 1859 as Sidney Park, named in honor of Algernon Sidney Johnson, a Columbia City Councilman, the park experienced an illustrious but short tenure. The park is situated between the streets of Assembly, Taylor, Gadsden and Laurel and remains one of the treasures of Columbia. It is across the street from the Governor's Mansion and has one of the most photographed views of downtown.


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Day Trip to Little St. Simons Island, GA

Easy adventure or total relaxation can be found on this private island paradise. Join naturalists for guided interpretive and birding tours. Over nine miles of hiking and bicycling trails traverse the island's maritime forests, and seven miles of deserted beach await visitors for shelling, swimming or just strolling along the shoreline. A maze of tidal creeks and rivers meanders through and around the island for touring by boat, kayak or canoe. Guided day tours of this pristine private island are available year round by reservation only. Additionally, overnight accommodations are available at The Lodge on Little St. Simons Island. This is the perfect spot to take a break and relax at with your friends and family!

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Quartz Crystal Mining - Arkansas

Geologists say that Arkansas and Brazil have the best quality quartz in the world, and today rockhounds, families and tourists from all over the world head for the Hot Springs and Mount Ida area to go prospecting in the abundant Quartz Crystal deposits of the Ouachitas. Whether you are interested in mining for your own crystals in a "dig-your-own" mine or would prefer to find the perfect crystal in one of the many Rock and Gem shops in the area, you will surely treasure the natural beauty and "energy" of your own Ouachita Quartz Crystal.

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Northlake Nature Center - St. Tammany, LA

Located on 400 acres of ancient pines and hardwood forest, bounded on the west by Bayou Castine, crossed by a marsh and active beaver pond - teeming with native animal and plant life - the Northlake Nature Center is St. Tammany's "Secret Garden." The subtle splendor of Louisiana's wetlands is complemented by graceful structures, aged and new. A recent archaeological survey revealed the Center site as home to ancient peoples more than 500 years ago.

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