Travel briefs: Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008
Travel briefs: Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008

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Published: September 14, 2008

Travel for youngsters

You've probably heard of the best-selling travel book by Patricia Schultz, "1,000 Places to See Before You Die.”

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Travel + Leisure is offering a shorter list geared to pint-size travelers: 10 places to see before you're 10.

The list, in the magazine's online September issue and in some print editions, has some classics as well as a few surprises, starting with the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. Probably the least-known place featured in the article, it is described as an "outsider-art showcase” of "riveting works” including a 6-foot-tall violinist made of matchsticks and a car smothered in Noxzema jars.

The 10 must-sees for grade-schoolers also include Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia; Ellis Island in New York; the Grand Canyon in Arizona; Niagara Falls and Chicago's Sears Tower.

Four California attractions made it onto the list: Disneyland in Anaheim, described as "charmingly retro” and "more manageable” than Orlando, Fla.; Muir Woods; Monterey Bay Aquarium, and the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.

For more information, go online to www.travelandleisure.com/family.

Car show

BISMARCK — The Arkansas Street Rod Association will have restored, pre-1949 cars on exhibit Oct. 4-5 at the Caddo Bend area of Degray Lake Resort State Park during the 36th Annual Street Rod Car Show. For more information, call (501) 865-2801 or go online to degray.com.

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