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The beauty of a road trip through the vast American southwest

The beauty of a road trip through the vast American southwest

World-changing history, indigenous culture and spectacular landscapes are all part of the New Mexico and Arizona experience. Pull your hiking boots on.

The Grand Canyon at dawn from the south rim. It is Arizona’s most famous landmark. Alamy

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I peer through the window of a stone and wood cabin in the remote high country of New Mexico that was assigned to Robert Oppenheimer in 1943. There’s little change visible in what is still known as Bathtub Row – the handful of small cabins, boasting bathtubs, where the most brilliant scientists working on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos were housed.

The Oppenheimer movie makers even bequeathed the household furniture they used in the film to the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.

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Jennifer HewettColumnistJennifer Hewett is the National Affairs columnist. She writes a daily column on politics, business and the economy. Connect with Jennifer on Twitter. Email Jennifer at jennifer.hewett@afr.com

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