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**Until that opens, the exhibit at the Farnsworth Art Museum — [[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57607300/wonderful-collection-of-oz-memorabilia-goes-on-display-at-maine-museum/ A]] [[http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2013/11/09/follow-yellow-brick-road-down-east/8OssssWj2bdYqHVJOojC3L/story.html B]] [[http://www.pressherald.com/news/yellow-brick-road-to-camden-completes-movie-junkies-journey.html?pagenum=1 C]] [[http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/merry-old-land-oz-relocates-maine/25261 D]] [[http://wabi.tv/2014/01/08/wizard-oz-exhibit-spikes-rockland-museum-admission-sales/ E]] | **Until that opens, the exhibit at the Farnsworth Art Museum — [[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57607300/wonderful-collection-of-oz-memorabilia-goes-on-display-at-maine-museum/ A]] [[http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2013/11/09/follow-yellow-brick-road-down-east/8OssssWj2bdYqHVJOojC3L/story.html B]] [[http://www.pressherald.com/news/yellow-brick-road-to-camden-completes-movie-junkies-journey.html?pagenum=1 C]] [[http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/merry-old-land-oz-relocates-maine/25261 D]] [[http://wabi.tv/2014/01/08/wizard-oz-exhibit-spikes-rockland-museum-admission-sales/ E]] | ||
*Dorothy's House in Liberal, Kansas — [[http://www.liberal.net/info/events/oz.html A]] [[http://www.dorothyshouse.com/ B]] | *Dorothy's House in Liberal, Kansas — [[http://www.liberal.net/info/events/oz.html A]] [[http://www.dorothyshouse.com/ B]] [[http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2815 C]] | ||
**[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/22/america-tourist-traps_n_5111107.html Kansas's top tourist trap!] | **[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/22/america-tourist-traps_n_5111107.html Kansas's top tourist trap!] | ||
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- The Chesterton, Indiana, Oz Festival (currently on hiatus)
- OzFest in Chittenango, New York: L. Frank Baum's hometown throws a party for their native son — [A] [B]
- The plaque on the only house still standing that L. Frank Baum lived in (in Coronado, California)
- Oz-toberfest, an autumn Oz event in Kansas
- The Oogaboo Rendezvous, a group of local Oz fans in the Pacific Northwest
- The (now closed) Wizard of Oz Park in Banner Elk, North Carolina — [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F][G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N]
- Autumn at Oz, an annual festival that revisits the Wizard of Oz Park
- The National Oz Museum in Camden, Maine
- The Wizard of Oz touring museum exhibit (based on the book)
- The Wizard of Oz Festival in Oz — Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia, that is
- LEGOLAND Discovery Center Kansas City, which includes several Wizard of Oz exhibits in its Miniland
- The Wizard of Oz story garden in Butler Hayned Park in Mapleton, Illinois
- The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation — they sponsor an annual Weekend in Oz, since Gage was L. Frank Baum's mother-in-law
- Wizard of Oz Meetup Groups — meet local Oz fans in your area
- Sunday River Ski Resort, Maine — one of their mountains is called Oz, with appropriately named runs
- Sluggers & Putters, an Ohio amusement center that has Oz-themed areas, including miniature golf
- The Museum of the Moving Image, Queens, New York — You can put your own voice into scenes from The Wizard of Oz!
- Fairytale Town in Sacramento is adding a Yellow Brick Road
- Public children's literature statues in the United States, including two entries from The Wizard of Oz
- Wizard of Oz Funland, and it's actually in Oz (Australia, that is)
- The Emerald Lounge at the Revere Hotel in Boston
- Wizard of Oz slot machine (you'll have to find a place that has this, however)