Otherwise known as the “Public Hospital for Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds,” this is clearly not an ordinary museum with dinosaurs and globes. This establishment was the very first of its kind in North America in the 1700s; a treatment asylum for the mentally disturbed and occasionally hostile. Inside the hospital you will find…
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Alligator Farm Zoological Park
Alligator Farm Student groups exploring the wonderful historic St. Augustine area won’t want to miss a visit to the Alligator Farm! What began in the late nineteenth century as a small exhibition of native Florida reptiles ultimately evolved into the quintessential Sunshine State attraction; the Alligator Farm, today, functions as a modern zoo serving the public…
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Backbeat Tour
Backbeat Tour Student groups on Blues City getaway may want to enlist the considerable talents of the good, capable folk at Backbeat Tours in providing a unique specialty entertainment excursion with that “personal touch”. Their fantastic outings have been featured time and time again on tv and in the news and treat guests to extraordinary…
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Beale Street
Beale Street [caption id="attachment_33711" align="alignright" width="425"] Beale Street Memphis Pixabay Public Domain[/caption] This fantastic landmark Historic District in downtown Memphis saw its notorious heyday in the roaring 20s in a thriving boom of nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, stores, pawnshops, hot music and all manner of prosecutable vice. Since then, energetic and resilient Beale Street has survived…
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Graceland
Graceland [caption id="attachment_24063" align="alignright" width="425"] Graceland with Pink Cadillac - Credit Graceland[/caption] Student groups on Memphis holiday will certainly not want to pass up the opportunity to join the over 600,000 adoring fans annually making the grand celebrity pilgrimage to 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard, Graceland. Passing through those hallowed, music-booked-shaped gates and onto the perfectly…
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Sun Studio
Sun Studio “If music was a religion, then Memphis would be Jerusalem, and Sun Studio its most Holy Shrine.” Student groups on Tennessee holiday exploring iconic Beale Street must NOT miss an opportunity to stop in at this landmark historic attraction, a springboard for some of the most important careers in the history of music…
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Fisherman’s Wharf
Fisherman’s Wharf [caption id="attachment_38828" align="alignright" width="425"] Sea lions at Fisherman's Wharf San Francisco Travel Association Photo[/caption] For a pure San Francisco experience, one must visit the Fisherman’s Wharf. Built on the ruined buildings destroyed by the devastating 1906 earthquake, Fisherman’s Wharf was born out of a renewed love of the sea and the traditions surrounding…
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San Francisco Chinatown
Chinatown San Francisco [caption id="attachment_38860" align="alignright" width="250"] Grant Avenue in San Francisco's Chinatown[/caption] The largest Chinatown outside of Asia and the oldest in the United States, San Francisco’s landmark district was established in 1848, dating back to the original Chinese immigrants who settled in the area. This microcosmic enclave preserves the culture, traditions, languages, and…
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Alcatraz
Alcatraz [caption id="attachment_33007" align="alignright" width="425"] Alcatraz Pixabay Public Domain[/caption] Located 1.5 miles off the coast of California in the San Francisco Bay, the island of Alcatraz is a historical landmark boasting several fascinating qualities. The first lighthouse and U.S. built a fort on the West Coast, Alcatraz was also the site of a military prison…
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Crocker Art Museum
Crocker Art Museum Groups of budding art connoisseurs on California holiday must see this fabulous, multi-genre assemblage of exquisite European paintings, master drawings, international ceramics, and significant African, Asian, and Oceanic works, with prized collections dating from the Gold Rush era to the present day. Landmark Crocker Art Museum, one of the most important art…
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