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at where you live, which buildings and sites around you are important enough to preserve for future generations.

Hi, I'm Rick Steeves.

Coming up on Travel with Rick Steeves,

we'll hear how some communities in Latin America are getting an economic boost

by preserving their historic sites for tourism.

Some of the sites are probably the only way out of the terrible poverty that some of these communities face.

We'll also look at the exciting role art installations can play in amplifying our experience

outdoors all over the USA.

And what's really rewarding about site-specific art

is that as the space around it changes,

so does your interpretation of it.

And we'll explore the sacred places

that make the state of New Mexico an intriguing road trip destination.

You know, New Mexico is an interesting place because its history came from the south,

as opposed to much of the United States, where the history came from the east.

Take a fresh look at the world around you in the hour ahead on travel with Rick Steve's.

Sometimes it takes an artist to prompt us to look at the world around us with a renewed

appreciation for the beauty of this earth.

Coming up today on Travel with Rick Steves, we'll hear about a few of the exciting site-specific art installations that dot the USA.

And a veteran road trip or helps us explore the many sacred corners of one of the most visually

distinctive of the 50 states, New Mexico. Let's start with an update on

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