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...finder, trolling motor, trailer, etc.) on a one-stop basis. Morris had opened a retail store on the site principally to give fishermen something to do when they came to Springfield to pick up their boats. In 1981, Morris changed outdoor retailing by establishing a combination sporting-goods store, museum and boat dealership that became the biggest tourist attraction in the state...
...Hagale. "Then a handful. Next year maybe we can do two handfuls." The city of Buffalo, for instance, offered $66 million in various incentives to get Bass Pro to crawl into the shell of a downtown arena called the Aud and build a gigantic store. A hotel and museum are also in the plans. The mission is nothing less than reviving that Rust Belt city on Lake Erie. It's an astonishingly tall order for an overgrown tackle shop to revive what had once been a manufacturing center. But at a time when there are few manufacturers for cities...
...lies across the river. Even if you can't tell a diva from a rapper, you'll want to see a production amid the neo-Baroque grandeur of the Paris Opera (Palais Garnier, Place de l'Opéra), where prices start as low as 7 euros. The Baccarat Gallery-Museum (11, Place des Etats-Unis) displays all sorts of glittering goodies, such as Czar Nicholas II's custom-ordered giant candelabra, crystal thrones created for India's maharajas and dessert plates made for Coco Chanel, complete with etchings of delicate scissors. Skaters can cut the ice with the locals...
Like many of Washington's specialty institutions, the Spy Museum seems to have a particular appeal for baby boomers, perhaps because they have the historical perspective with which to appreciate the subject. According to Peter Earnest, founding executive director, 75% of the museum's visitors are 50 and older. Boomers like Donaldson can live out their Mission: Impossible fantasies by selecting an undercover persona--complete with false name, age and other traits--upon entering the museum. Before they exit, an interactive display tests them on how well they remember the details of their new identity...
Those whose taste for high tech has been whetted by the spyware can move on to the Marian Koshland Science Museum. The institution, part of the National Academy of Sciences, explains "the science behind the headlines" in layman's terms and focuses on cutting-edge research and how it impacts people's lives, says director Patrice Legro. There are exhibits on global warming, forensics and DNA replication, and even an interactive display called "Lights at Night" that allows visitors to navigate the globe using a joystick, along the way viewing data on energy use and population changes around the planet...