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Provo is best known as the home of the famed Brigham Young University, located approximately 45 minutes south of Salt Lake City's downtown district.
Visitors can explore a plethora of attractions on the BYU campus, including the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, the BYU Museum of Art, and the BYU Museum of Paleontology, which showcases a significant collection of dinosaur fossils.
The Covey Center for the Performing Arts showcases live theater and dance performances throughout the year, while the Provo Utah Temple is home to significant attractions and places of worship connected to the Latter-Day Saints Church.
Each year, the city hosts the America's Freedom Festival Independence Day celebration, which brings in major celebrities such as Mandy Moore, Sean Hannity, and Taylor Hicks.
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