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El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, or the Royal Road of the Interior, was the most important trading route in the American Southwest for more than 300 years. Don Juan de Onate, the last Spanish conquistador, blazed the road in ...

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Durango Colorado

Those who journey to Durango, Colorado today most likely want to spend their time skiing or hiking, but the area has a rich history to explore as well. Shortly after the railways founded the city in 1880 Durango received its ...

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The Dunes Hotel and Casino

The Dunes Hotel and Casino opened on the Las Vegas Strip in 1955. Robert Dorr Jr. and John Replogle designed and built the Dunes for $3.5 million, and the resort became known as “the Miracle in the Desert.” Its distinguishing ...

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Tovrea Castle

The Tovrea Castle earned its name from the property’s second owner, Della Tovrea, who made the castle her home from the 1930s until the late 1960s. However, the castle’s construction began shortly beforehand when Alessio Carraro, a successful Italian immigrant ...

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Tuba City, Navajo Nation

Tuba City is located in the western portion of the Navajo Reservation in Coconino County, Arizona. As early as 1776, Fray Francisco Garces visited the area and encountered Native Americans farming the land. A group of Mormons originally laid out ...

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White Rock, NM

Originally built in 1947 to house construction workers for the United States Atomic Energy Commission, the community of White Rock, New Mexico became a suburban community for those who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Lying south of Los Alamos, ...

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White's City, NM

Millions of visitors drive through White’s City on their way to one of America’s most famous natural wonders, Carlsbad Caverns. Legend has it Bonnie and Clyde stopped for gas in 1932, and Pat Boone stayed here while filming Journey to ...

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Desert Center

When Stephen and Lydia Ragsdale broke down in the desert on their way to Los Angeles, a prospector named Peter Gruendyke rescued them by providing a phone and shelter while they waited for the service truck. Peter lived alongside the ...

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Cortez Colorado

Cortez, Colorado, established in 1886, sits between the mountains and desert in Montezuma County. J.W. Hanna owned the land and was the president of the Montezuma Valley Water Supply Company. The town hosted hundreds of men who worked to create ...

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Coit Tower WPA Mural

Built in 1933, Coit Tower is located in Pioneer Park on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, California. Philanthropist Lillie Hitchcock Coit donated the money used to create the landmark. The Works Progress Administration commissioned artists to decorate the walls of ...

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