Engineering Marvels

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(NAPSA)—If you’re trying to construct a one-of-a-kind vacation itinerary, you may want to take a trip through the realm of American know-how. The National Engineers Week Foundation has developed the Sightseers Guide to Engineering (www.engineeringsights.org), with nearly 300 attractions that tell the story of American engineering ingenuity through intriguing and often offbeat tourist sights. Recent additions to the guide include: a) ff pt Wa ) p> t Ve ya MEO — af Z/ ps Es f $Y ——, ) mn gt by O\ _ =b i) ae Lee lll Visiting America’s engineering marvels makes for an offbeat and educational vacation. Fontana Dam in Robbinsville, N.C. The tallest concrete dam east of the Rockies was built in record time. International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., which features such engineering oddities as a solar-powered listening device disguised as a tree stump; and Highland Park Dentzel Carousel, a massive 1896 carousel in Meridian, Miss., the largest of its kind in the world. Make your vacation educational and memorablethis year by visiting one of the hundreds of engineering marvels featured at www.engineeringsights.org.