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Here are some places in the Southwestern US that are worth going out of your way to see.
Updated on 2008-10-02
Created on 2008-04-15
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Hole 'N The Rock (Moab, Utah)
5,000 square foot, fourteen room home carved into sandtone during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s
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Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park (SW Utah)
The Park encompasses 3,730 acres of southern Utah's color country. The park itself is breathtaking, with coral-colored dunes, surrounded by red sandstone cliffs, blue skies, and deep emerald forests. This is a photographer's paradise. The sweeping expanse of dunes is a massive playground for hiking, off-highway vehicle riding, or just playing in the sand. Off-road enthusiasts will find 1,000 acres of play area, and hundreds of miles of trails in the nearby vicinity.
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Utah Shakespearean Festival (Cedar City)
Great festival from June through October. Plays -- Shakespeare and more as well as classes, lectures, talks.
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (Tucson, AZ)
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden, all in one place! Exhibits re-create the natural landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region so realistically you find yourself eye-to-eye with mountain lions, prairie dogs, Gila monsters, and more. Within the Museum grounds, you will see more than 300 animal species and 1,200 kinds of plants. There are almost 2 miles of paths traversing 21 acres of desert.
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Springs Preserve (Las Vegas, NV)
The eight-acre botanical Gardens at the Springs Preserve features a wide range of desert landscapes and demonstrates native and non-native desert plant life with interpretive stations and hands-on activities.
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Ethel M Botanical Cactus Garden (Henderson, NV)
Nevada's largest and one of the world's largest collections of its kind. Based on the English landscape model of naturalistic design, the Ethel M® Botanical Cactus Garden features four acres of drought-tolerant ornamentals, cacti, and other succulents.\n\nOver 300 species of plants can be found on the grounds. Half are cacti and succulents largely native to the American Southwest, and the rest are desert trees and shrubs from the Southwestern United States, Australia, and South America. All of these plants were chosen both for the beauty of their floral displays and their ability to adapt to the climate of Southern Nevada. The types of rock used are Utah Bali Hai chocolate and Arizona moss rock (from the Grand Canyon region).
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Mesa Verde National Park - NPS (SW Colorado)
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Mesa Verde, Spanish for green table, offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300.
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