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"   Be Corny  Be Corny What&amp;#039;s 39,000 square feet and all ears? The Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD, which features murals made of 275,000 ears of local corn. Tours are free. CornPalace.com    Track a Wolf  Track a Wolf At the International Wolf Center in Ely, MN, learn how to track wolves in the wild\u2014and howl like them too. Just don&amp;#039;t be surprised if the pack howls back. ($8.50 admission; additional programs&amp;#039; fees vary.) Wolf.org    See Cadets in Action  See Cadets in Action Tour the grounds Robert E. Lee and Douglas MacArthur once walked at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in West Point, NY. And nothing boosts your patriotic spirit more than seeing today&amp;#039;s cadets marching. Hooah! ($12 admission) WestPointTours.com    All Aboard  All Aboard Raise the sails and set out on the Victory Chimes, a 132-foot historical wooden ship, as it heads into Penobscot Bay. (Leaves from Rockland, ME, June 1\u2013September 27; four-day voyages start at $650 per person, including meals.) VictoryChimes.com    Catch a Moonbow  Catch a Moonbow Somewhere over the rainbow is a beautiful sign that you&amp;#039;ll only see at night. The best place to catch it? Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, in Corbin, KY. Every month you can see a rainbow formed by the mist of a waterfall and the light of the full moon. Check the park&amp;#039;s website for dates and times. Parks.KY.gov    Follow the Barbecue Trail  Follow the Barbecue Trail Whether it&amp;#039;s smoked, rubbed, pulled, sauced or spiced, if you&amp;#039;re in the mood for finger-lickin&amp;#039;-good BBQ, drop by one of these festivals where low-and-slow is king. \u2022 The Lexington Barbecue Festival, Lexington, NC (October 22; free); BarbecueFestival.com  \u2022 World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, Memphis, TN (May 17\u201319 2012; $8); MemphisInMay.org  \u2022 American Royal Barbecue, Kansas City, MO (September 29\u2013October 2; $15); AmericanRoyal.com    Watch the Art Parade  Watch the Art Parade You won&amp;#039;t see any floats at Houston&amp;#039;s annual Art Car Parade. Instead, cars, bikes, golf carts\u2014anything with wheels\u2014are painted, glued and sculpted within an inch of their lives to become unique rolling works of art. (May 12, 2012)  OrangesHow.org    Attend a Powwow  Attend a Powwow Dancers in beautiful regalia, artisans selling handmade crafts, exhibits of Native American artifacts and more are what you&amp;#039;ll find at The Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, NM, the country&amp;#039;s largest (75,000 people!) and best-known powwows. (April 26\u201328 2012; tickets start at $15.) GatheringOfNations.com    Explore a Cave  Explore a Cave Get rocking at Sequoia National Park&amp;#039;s Crystal Cave, where guides lead you on a chilly (48\u00BAF!) underground tour. You&amp;#039;ll marvel at needle-sharp stalactites, amazing crystal formations and cool underground streams. (May 14\u2013October 23; a 45-minute tour of the marble cave costs $13.) SequoiaHistory.org    Solve a CSI Mystery  Solve a CSI Mystery Move over, Catherine Willows, there&amp;#039;s another new crime scene investigator in town. Well, in Las Vegas anyway. The interactive exhibit CSI: The Experience at the MGM Grand Hotel &amp;amp;amp; Casino lets you crack one of three murder cases, complete with &amp;quot;crime scenes&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;labs&amp;quot; for analyzing the evidence. Tickets are $30. LasVegas.CsiExhibit.com    Climb a Tree  Climb a Tree If you longed for a tree house as a kid, stay in one at the Out &amp;#039;n&amp;#039; About Treehouse Treesort in Takilma, Oregon. The 13 &amp;quot;branch-and-breakfasts&amp;quot; have electricity, heat and refrigerators. Rates begin at $120 per night in summer. Treehouses.com    "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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