Host venue of the 2012 PGA Championship: Thursday, August 9th – Sunday, August 12th. Defending Champion: Keegan Bradley. Read more.
For a totally different MoMA, go on the first Thursday of each month, when the Museum is open 'til 8:45 p.m. with music and a bar.
This distinctive skyscraper stands atop the site where Mark Twain is said to have met the real-life Tom Sawyer whose name and anecdotes would later inspire his famous novel. (From Aerial America) Read more.
One company, Sea Trek, runs a kayak trip that starts in the shadows of the Golden Gate and crosses under the bridge on the way to the Marin Headlands. Read more.
Take in the city from 'Top of the Rock' (30 Rockefeller Plaza; topoftherocknyc.com; Open 8am-midnight) the 70th floor roof-deck of GE Building, centerpiece of Midtown’s Art Deco-era Rockefeller Center
Take photos from an angle ... and then climb the hill to get the view of San Francisco in the background
The Shakespeare Garden, built in 1945, was originally intended to contain only those trees, flowers and other plants which appear in Shakespeare’s plays, but now contains roses named after the charact Read more.
More roses than you can imagine with views overlooking the city. Read more.
The highlight of the 1.5-mile esplanade is a 1,200 foot "floating walkway"—the longest of its kind in the U.S. according to Portland Parks and Rec. Read more.
Opened in 1990, it houses the world's largest Foucault Pendulum. It has become known for upward illuminating the twin spires yearly on September 11th in memorial of the events of 9/11.
For a good historical and scenic experience, take a walk or tour through this cemetery.
The focus here is on the music as much as the food—both are great—making it a quintessential New Orleans experience. [Eater 38 Member]
The 280 steps on the park's northeast side make up the longest public staircase in the city. Time your ascent from the base to the drinking fountain at the top!
Have your pick from 70 unique varieties of doughnuts! As seen on Travel Channel’s Man v. Food Nation.
"Powell’s City of Books is the largest independent bookstore in the US. Actually, it's not so impressive when you realize there are only 4 bookstores left in the US." - Conan O'Brien
The garden opened in 2000. Most of the plants featured in the garden are indigenous to China, but no plants were brought from China due to import bans. Some plants in the garden are 100 years old.
Opened in 1917, the garden houses over 7,000 rose plants of approx. 550 varieties. It's the oldest continuously operating public rose test garden & exemplifies Portland's nickname 'The City of Roses'.
