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Hotel Monticello is near White House, United States Capitol and Supreme Court, Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument. Located in the historical district at Washington, this is a luxury boutique European-style hotel offers personalized and friendly service. Located on the street where Thomas Jefferson once lived, it houses the classic 18th Century Georgian architecture that is the trademark of historic Georgetown.

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Gateshead Millennium Bridge
It is the world’s first and only tilting bridge. Designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and engineered by Gifford, Gateshead Millennium Bridge was described as one of the best places in Europe by Tony Blair. Officially opened in May 2002, the bridge is 126 meters long. It links Gateshead with Newcastle, United Kingdom. Details: Design: Tilt bridge, Total length: 126 m, Width: 8m, Longest span: 105 m.

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The hotel is situated 15 km away from Ataturk Airport, Istanbul and is within a walking distance of 15 minutes the Hagia Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace and the Covered Bazaar. Hotel Grand Washington provides high quality service to make you feel as peaceful and comfortable as your home…..

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Yountville is a lovely town tucked among the rolling landscapes of Napa Valley. This town is a regional center of fine dining, with such well-regarded restaurants as the French Laundry, Bouchon and Redd. The high standard there did not scared the owners of Hotel Luca, Paul and Cassandra Hazen from opening it, in December 2006. The hotel has 20 guest rooms huddled around a courtyard made of 300-year-old Florentine tiles, a stone fountain, and a roof made of 200-year-old shingles from Lucca, Italy, and all of these makes you feel as if it is plucked from the Tuscan countryside.

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Alyson Shotz is an American artist located in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and took an MFA from the University of Washington in 1991.Alyson Shotz works on the problem of perception and space with sculptures made from a range of synthetic materials such as mirror, glass beads, plastic lenses, thread and steel wire.

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Olympic National Park is located in the U.S. state of Washington. The park consists of three basic regions: the Pacific coastline, the Olympic Mountains, and the lush rainforest. The coastal part of the park is a rugged, sandy beach along with a strip of adjacent forest. The Hoh River has the Hoh people and at the town of La Push. Part of this long beach is covered with sand, whereas others parts with heavy rock and very large boulders. Bushy overgrowth, slippery footing, tides and misty rain forest weather all hinder foot travel.

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Skamania Lodge is an superior select for families, for couples, and for grouping perception for deluxe accommodations with access to a show of outside recreation opportunities. Surrounded by the waterfalls, peaks, forests and canyons of the superior University River Pass Somebody Scenic Region, this splendid Columbia apply is settled just 45 miles asia of Portland in Stevenson, Washington.

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Semiahmoo Resort is placed 25 minutes north westerly of Town in Blaine Washington. Semiahmoo Hotel - Golf- Spa has a golf row, a cliquish beach , tennis courts , a wellbeing club, and an outdoor pool.

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The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the Soul Paseo, in Washington, DC, the United States. The Museum is the Smithsonian’s museum of recent and peer art comprised of some 11,500 artworks, including paintings, sculptures, totality on publisher, photographs, collages, and ornamental art objects.

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Diablo Dam was once the world’s tallest dam at 389 feet, and it was through this that Diablo Lake was formed. Located in the Northern Cascade Range, Newhalem, Washington, the lake is so wonderful. It is a recreation area that is open all year to fishing and boating.

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