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Published: October 8, 2008
10 sites to see by age 10
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From Travel+Leisure online:

1. American Visionary Art Museum , Baltimore.

2. Colonial Williamsburg , Williamsburg, Va .

3. Disneyland , Anaheim , Calif.

4. Ellis Island , New York.

5. Grand Canyon , Arizona.

6. Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles .

7. Monterey Bay Aquarium , Monterey , Calif.

8. Muir Woods , Marin County , Calif.

9. Niagara Falls , N...

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