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Burt Reynolds Canoe — Burt Reynolds' hellish vacation in "Deliverance" never ends in Jupiter, Fla., where his canoe, destroyed in the movie, has been patched together and put on display. It's at the Burt Reynolds Museum, of course, where you'll also find Burt's Trans Am from "Smokey and the Bandit" and his football helmet from "The Longest Yard."

Burt's career might've hit some rough spots, but in the mid-1970s, he was the No. 1 box office draw for five years, and his legions of fans have sustained the attraction since 1989. At one point, Burt even founded an acting school there — the Burt Reynolds Institute of Theater Training — perhaps in hopes of discovering the next "Stroker Ace."

Roy Rogers' Horse — The Burt Reynolds Museum happens to own Roy Rogers' $2,500 bill of sale for Trigger. But if you want to see what's left of "the smartest horse in the West," go to Brandon, Mo., home of the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum, where Rogers' golden palomino is stuffed and on display. Other cowboy curiosities can be found in the museum's popular "family attic."

Humphrey Bogart's African Queen — The riverboat that Bogey sails through the jungle while bickering with Katherine Hepburn found a home in south Florida that's also the namesake of another Bogey classic — Key Largo. The boat, built in 1912, was used mainly off the coast of Uganda until Hollywood borrowed it in 1950. Then, it went back into service for another 17 years.

In 1968, the steamship was auctioned off and brought to San Francisco. Bogey fans wanted it to be brought to Key Largo, but federal maritime law under the Jones Act made it illegal to move the outdated vessel. Finally, congressional lawmakers had to make a special exception, and now the boat is docked near a Holiday Inn.

Kevin Costner's Field of Dreams — "If you build it, they will come," an unseen voice tells Kevin Costner in 1989's "Field of Dreams," and 17 years after he cut a baseball diamond in a cornfield fathers and sons are still coming to Dyersville, Iowa, to play catch.

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