A blend of home and history

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Marathon, TX, is a small town with a population of 600 whose most famous landmark is the Gage hotel. Antiques and authentic cowboy gear are available at the hotel, which also arranges excursions for its guests. Travellers who want fancy and affordable cuisine can try the hotel's Iron Mountain Grill.

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30 of nature's best: America's natural monuments

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Seventy-three national monuments spread across the US. Among these presidentially-proclaimed attractions are the White Sands National Monument, the Cedar Breaks and the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

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Desert in depth: it's four days of geologizing, botanizing, lizard-lassoing, owl-watching, and dry-climate learning at the Institute of Desert Ecology outside Tucson, Arizona

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The Tucson Audubon Society offers its Institute of Desert Ecology to interested parties wishing to learn more about the desert. The program is concentrated on the Sonoran Desert outside of Tucson, Arizona.

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