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The vast Navajo tribal park on the border of Utah and New Mexico stars in Hollywood movies but remains largely hidden to visitors
February 2010
| By Tony Perrottet
She didn't plan on staying, but more than 20 years later novelist Patricia Henley embraces her adopted community
February 2010
| By Patricia Henley
A community in the Allegheny foothills nurtured novelist Jayne Anne Phillips' talent for storytelling
January 2010
| By Jayne Anne Phillips
Mexico's "City of Angels" is home to gilded churches, artistic treasures and a delectable culinary culture
December 2009
| By Francine Prose
In the peaks and valleys of California’s wine country, vinters remember the region’s rich history and rebuild for the future
October 27, 2009
| By Matt Kettmann
October 20, 2009 | By Megan Gambino
A land of silvery light and astonishing peaks, the country's largest state perpetuates the belief that anything is possible
November 2009
| By Pico Iyer
In the spirit of Kerouac and Steinbeck, the celebrated travel writer fulfills a childhood fantasy: to drive across his native land
September 2009
| By Paul Theroux
The biographer of William Bligh—he of the infamous mutiny on the Bounty—tracks him to Jamaica, still home to the versatile plant
September 2009
| By Caroline Alexander
The fiction writer cherishes her mountain town's anti-commercialism, as epitomized by the local swap stop, a regional landmark
August 2009
| By Antonya Nelson
For the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Douglas, Arizona was a place to "refresh the wells" and drive into the sunset
July 2009
| By Tom Miller
Observing ibises and kayaking among sharks, author Barbara Ehrenreich savors life
"up the Keys"
July 2009
| By Barbara Ehrenreich
The stylish and affordable capital of Argentina has become a big hit with growing numbers of foreigners
June 2009
| By Daniel Politi
Memorist Rick Bragg finds forgiving soil along the brown sand stretch of Mobile Bay
June 2009
| By Rick Bragg
Untrammeled wilderness and new age enclave, Big Sur retains its rugged beauty and quirky charm
May 2009
| By James Conaway
In Florida's panhandle, vibrant Pensacola stakes its claim as the oldest European settlement in the United States
May 2009
| By Donovan Webster
From curried catfish to baba ghanouj, Chicago serves up what may be the finest ethnic cuisine going
May 2009
| By Jamie Katz
May 2009 | By Smithsonian magazine
Eager enthusiasts track Chicago’s indigenous—and sometimes endangered—food traditions
April 20, 2009
| By Jamie Katz
Idaho's natural beauty is what makes novelist Anthony Doerr feel so much at home in Boise
April 2009
| By Anthony Doerr
An abandoned island off the coast of the Yukon Territory holds a unique place in the history of the Pacific whaling industry
March 2009
| By Sarah Zielinski
One of South America's best preserved towns, this Spanish colonial port city now faces deteriorating conditions
March 2009
| By Karen Larkins
Built by a self-taught black architect, the Arkansas church has hosted leaders in the black community for over a century
March 2009
| By Marian Smith Holmes
About 600 years ago, this city on the Pacific coast was the largest city in the Americas
March 2009
| By Bruce Hathaway
The 2,400 mile highway was eclipsed by interstate highways that bypassed neon signs of roadside diners
March 2009
| By Megan Gambino
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