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painted desert inn   The Painted Desert Inn originally was a Fred Harvey House, re-designed by Mary Coulter, an architect who designed a number of Harvey houses (hotels). She also designed the "Watchtower" in Grand Canyon National Park. The Inn was decorated with Hopi symbolic paintings and decorations - see the skylights on the left an the mural on the right, painted by a famous Hopi artist Fred Kabotie   Kabotie_mural
         

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English:  Death Valley Journey's Start Petrified Forest/Painted DesertSanta Fe Bandelier Chaco Canyon Mesa Verde ArchesCanyonlands Canyon de Chelley Monument Valley Grand Canyon