This page lists some web sites I found when I was planning my trip plus some links to other interesting sites. I have no control over the content of these sites. Therefore, I assume no responsibility regarding the accuracy of the information provided by these sites.

If you find broken link, please let me know.

National Parks

National Parks Service	Home page of the United States National Parks Service. The site features information about all National Parks, information about the history of the United States of America, Facts about the organization's educational programs and a lot of other useful information.
Desert USA	Provides general information about deserts (geology, animals and wildlife, plants and wild flowers, weather etc) as well as pages about specific deserts in the United states
Great Outdoor Recreation Page	Travel guide specializing in outdoor activities.
American Southwest	Guides to National Parks in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah.
Area Parks Network	Travel guide to the National Parks of the United States
World Heritage Sites	UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.
Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation Department	This organization operates a number of parks ans monuments established on land of Native Americans
Go Utah	Travel guide to Utah
Mapquest	Interactive maps and driving directions, live traffic reports, city guides etc
Casa Grande National Monument	National Park Service Official home page Desert USA GORP Great Outdoor Recreation Page American Southwest Area parks network Coming soon
Organ Pipes Cactus National Monument	National Park Service Official home page Desert USA GORP Great Outdoor Recreation Page American Southwest Area parks network
Saguao National Park	National Park Service Official home page Desert USA GORP Great Outdoor Recreation Page American Southwest Area parks network
White Sands National Monument	National Park Service Official home page Desert USA American Southwest Area parks network Coming soon
Bandelier National Monument	National Park Service Official home page Desert USA GORP Great Outdoor Recreation Page American Southwest Area parks network
Aztec Ruins National Monument	National Park Service Official home page Desert USA GORP Great Outdoor Recreation Page Area parks network Coming soon
Mesa Verde National Park	National Park Service Official home page Desert USA GORP Great Outdoor Recreation Page American Southwest Area parks network UNESCO Mesa Verde is a World Heritage Site ARAMARK This company is a major sponsor of Mesa Verde NP and operates the park's lodging and supply facilities. See also ARAMARK parks home page and ARAMARK's business home page.
Four Corners Navajo tribal park	Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation Department Official home page Go Utah
Arches National Park	National Park Service Official home page Desert USA GORP Great Outdoor Recreation Page American Southwest Area parks network Go Utah
Monument Valley	Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation Department Official home page Desert USA Area parks network Go Utah Travel guide, includes a printable Monument Valley guide in PDF format Totem Pole Commercial tour operator
Grand Canyon National Park	National Park Service Official home page Desert USA GORP Great Outdoor Recreation Page American Southwest Area parks network Grand Canyon Tourism and National Park Information UNESCO Grand Canyon is a World Heritage Site
Death Valley National Park	National Park Service Official home page Desert USA GORP Great Outdoor Recreation Page American Southwest Area parks network Visitor guide This independent visitor guide provides comprehensive information about Death Valley National Park Panamint Springs Visitor Guide Provided by Panamint Springs Resort Janet Westbrook' site provides good advice to the prospective Death Valley visitor. Janet is the webmistress of the Maturango Museum in Ballarat, a nearby town. Obviousely, she knows Death Valley pretty well. Ballarat This Ghost Town in Death Valley has its own home page Furnace Creek Inn & Ranch Resort
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Dead Horse Point State Park	Department of Natural resources Utah Travel Council Go Utah
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Route 66	Desert USA Arizona Desert USA New Mexico National Route 66 Federation The Mother Road from The Daily Press Arizona Route 66 New Mexico Route 66 Association Route 66 USA Route 66 guide
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Parkname National Park	National Park Service Official home page Desert USA American Southwest
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Federal and State agencies

White House	The President's official home page
CIA	Official site of the Central Intelligence Agency
DEA	Drug Enforcement Administration
DOJ	Department of Justice
FBI	Official site of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Check out the official warrant for Osama Bin Laden
INS	Immigration and Naturalization Service
Marshals	United States Marshals Service - America's Oldest Federal Law Enforcement Agency
State police directory	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
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Scientific and military facilities

Kitt Peak National Observatory	Kitt Peak home page of National Optical Astronomy Observatories, the organization that operates the observatory. This site provides a lot of information about the technology used at the observatory and the research projects of the scientists.
Kitt Peak Visitor Center	Visitor information, including details concerning the public nightly observation programs.
Biosphere 2	Home page of Biosphere 2 research laboratory operated by Columbia University. The site provides both information about research programs and visitor information.
Biosphere 2 - Desert USA	Desert USA's site about Biosphere 2 near Tucson, AZ
Davis Monthan Base	Air Force Base near Tucson, AZ
Pima Air and Space Museum	The Pima Air & Space Museum (PASM) features over 200 aircraft on display and has five large hangars totaling 100,000 square feet of exhibit space. An original WWII barracks contains an extensive model collection, arranged chronologically, which shows virtually all U. S. military aircraft from pre- World War I to the present.
Pima Air and Space Museum Aero.com	This aviation home page provides a very informative page about the Pima Air and Space Museum
Titan Missile Museum	Official home page of the museum near Tucson. Like the Pima Air and Space Museum, this museum is operated by the Arizona Aerospace Foundation.
Titan Missile Museum Tucson Online	Tucson Online, the online visitor guide, has a small page about the Titan Missile Museum. The site provides not much information, but it's good enough to serve as a backup information source in case the official home page of the museum is not available.
Titan II	Don Boelling, a former Senior Wing Instructor at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, AZ has compiled this very informative site where you will find tons of facts about theTitan II missile, plus links to other Titan II sites.
Titan Missile Museum Alastair's site	Personal page of Alastair Bor who visited the museum in February 1996 and posted some pictures of his visit on his home page.
White Sands Missile Range	Official home page of the Missile Range
Space Center	Home page of the Space Center museum in Alamogordo. Provides information about the exhibitions as well as visitor information.
IUFOMRC	The International UFO Museum and Research Center displays UFO - related exhibits and plays an active role in UFO research. Their home page also provides information about the 1947 Roswell incident.
MicroMike	MicroMike, scientist and philosopher, affiliated with the IUFOMRC, is dedicated to the philosophical analysis of scientific thought.
CUFOS	The Center for UFO Studies is an international group of scientists, academics, investigators, and volunteers dedicated to the continuing examination and analysis of the UFO phenomenon.
Alien Resistance	Alien abduction resistance and counselling. Warning Browsing the Alien Resistance, I have found indications that this might be some sort of religious organization. If you intend to contact the resistance, please check the organizations background first, to make sure you don't get involved with some suspicious cult.
VLA	NRAOs Very Large Area Telescope near Socorro consists of 27 antennas placed in Y shape to work as one giant antenna. The home page provides a lot of technical information and instructions of how to apply for VLA time if you wish to conduct studies using the telescope.
NRAO	The National Radio Astronomy Observatory operates state-of-the-art radio telescope facilities around the world.
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Kirtland Air Force Base	Home of the National Atomic Museum
Bradbury Science Museum	The museum displays exhibits about the history of Los Alamos National Laboratory and its research
Area 51 research center	Home page of Glenn Campbell's center in Rachel, the nearest town to Area 51. The site features the latest news about the top secret air force base and the research center's activities.
Area 51 research center	Former home page of the Area 51 research center. Since the center does not have the capacity to maintain this extensive web site, it has been permantently frozen as per January 1, 2000. Although you won't find any updated information here, it provides a lot of interesting background information.
Little A'Le'Inn	Official home page of the famous restaurant near Area 51
Hoover Dam	Official Hoover Dam home page features visitor information as well as all the facts about the dam and its history.
Boulder City Hoover Dam Museum	The museum's home page features some interesting information about the dam.

States and cities

The US 50	Facts and information (history, geography, travel etc) about each of the 50 States
50States	Facts and information (history, geography, trivia etc) about each of the 50 States
Travel 50	Comprehensive travel guide featuring all 50 states. This site covers not only attractions, activities and events but also things like food and drink, health and safety, time zones and much more.
Ghost towns	This site provides information on just about every ghost town in the United States or Canada
The State of Arizona	Official site of the Arizona Government
Arizona	Comprehensive collection of links to all kind of web sites related to - well - Arizona. You'll find everything from the State's administration institutions and tourist information to commercial sites and newspapers.
Arizona Office of Tourism	Official site of the Arizona Office of Tourism, including travel planner and maps
Arizona travel guide	Comprehensive travel guide that covers not only attractions, activities and events but also things like food and drink, health and safety, time zones and much more.
City of Flagstaff	Official home page of the Government of Flagstaff. Includes community information, calendar of events, and links to various organisations.
Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce	This site provides business information, links to universities and other organizations, weather forecast, live web cameras and other useful information. There's even a Jobs section.
Flagstaff Visitor Guide	Visitor guide providing travel information as well as real estate facts, shopping advice, a health care section and other information.
Pima County	County administration home page
University of Arizona	University of Arizona, Tucson
City of Phoenix	Official home page of Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix travel info	Information about Phoenix by the Arizona Office of Tourism
Arizona Science Center	Science museum in Phoenix
Arizona Center	Shopping plaza and entertainment complex in downtown Phoenix. The site also provides some general information about Phoenix
City of Tucson	Official home page of Tucson, AZ
Tucson attractions	Visitor information about Tucson. Compiled by Southern Arizona Attractions Alliance
Tucson tourist guide	Home page of the Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau. The site provides background information about Tucson, advice about accommodation, an activities guide and much more.
Tucson tourist guide	Online guide to shopping, dining, night life and much more in Tucson
Old Tucson	Official home page of the Old Tucson Studios entertainment park. Beside the description of how much fun the park offers, the site also provides a calendar of events, an online shop, some history about this former film set and even provides a direct link to contact Old Tucson Studios in case you wish to film your own western movie in one of the old west town sets still operational.
Old Tucson - Desert USA	Desert USA's site about Old Tucson Studios.
Old Tucson - EMOL	Entertainment Magazine Online, an online publication that covers attractions thruout the Southwest, also provides a page about Old Tucson Studios.
Tombstone facts	Since I haven't been able to find an official Tombstone Home page, I guess this is as close to such a thing as it gets. The site provides some basic facts about the town.
The Clanton Gang	Home page of the Clanton family (yes, the one that was involved in the Gunfight at the OK Corral). This site provides a description of this event - from the Clanton's point of view. In addition, you learn all about the Clanton family. There's also a comprehensive section covering all kinds of tourist information including a list of attractions.
Big Nose Kate's Saloon, Tombstone	This famous Grand Hotel was once owned by - you guessed it - Big Nose Kate, Doc Holiday's girlfriend. The site of course tells you that you just have to visit this place which is now a restaurant. Beside that, it also provides some general information about the town and its history. The most remarkable section is a page about the famous Gunfight at the OK Corral that took place on October 21, 1882. On that page, you will not only find a detailed description of the event but also an animated reconstruction that shows a possible way of what happened that day.
Crystal Palace Saloon	Home page of what was the finest place among literally hundreds of saloons in town
Tombstone 1880	Commercial site that lists some businesses in Tombstone.
Arizona Gun Fighters	The Arizona Gun Fighters, from Mesa AZ, participated in the Rendezvous of Gunfighters on Labour Day weekend in Tombstone, AZ
The State of California	Official site of the California Government
California's Travel Center	Home page of the California Division of Tourism
California travel guide	Comprehensive travel guide that covers not only attractions, activities and events but also things like food and drink, health and safety, time zones and much more.
The State of Colorado	Official site of the Colorado Government
Colorado Tourism	Official site of Colorado Tourism
Colorado for visitors	Although this is a commercial site, it provides useful information about Colorado including the major tourist attractions, parks and towns.
Colorado travel guide	Comprehensive travel guide that covers not only attractions, activities and events but also things like food and drink, health and safety, time zones and much more.
Colorado visitor guide	Features all kinds of tourist information. Whether you're looking for attractions, lodging, tour operators, activity guides or just nice place to dine, this is the site to check out.
Durango Visitor guide	Comprehensive visitor guide covering just about everything a traveler on the way to Durango needs to know.
Durango Area CRA	The home page of the Durango Area Chamber Resort Association provides travel information, an online form to order a free visitor guide and other useful information
Silverton	Visitor guide by the Silverton Area Chamber of Commerce, providing background facts as well as visitor information.
Telluride	Visitor guide to Telluride, CO
The State of Utah	Official site of the Utah Government
Utah Travel Council	Visitor Guide that provides travel information, facts about Utah, a Lodging section and other intersting stuff
Moab	Visitor guide (official home page of the Grand County Travel Council) to the Moab area. The site provides visitor information for the towns of Moab and Green River, in addition to information relating to Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, and Dead Horse Point State Park.
The State of Nevada	Official site of the Nevada Government
Nevada Commission On Tourism	Essential information for travellers to Nevada - maps, travel tips, marriage information, weather data etc
Nevada travel guide	Comprehensive travel guide that covers not only attractions, activities and events but also things like food and drink, health and safety, time zones and much more.
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority	This site features not only visitor information, which includes listings of accommodations, attractions, museums etc but also visitor statistics, a Hotel construction Bulletin, a Calendar for conventions, shows and events and other interesting sections.
Vegas.com	This site features travel information as well as an events calendar and current news. Claims to be Nevada's largest website.
lasvegas.com	Comprehensive commercial guide to Las Vegas.
Las Vegas guide	Travel, hotel, casino and entertainment guide. Also features an online hotel booking section.
Some Las Vegas casinos	Bally's Caesar's Palace Circus Circus Desert Inn Excalibur Flamingo Flamingo Coming soon The Mother of casinos, built in 1946 by Bugsy Siegel Fremont Imperial Palace Las Vegas Hilton Luxor MGM Grand Hotel New York New York Paris Sam's Town Stardust Stratosphere Treasure Island Tropicana Venetian Westward ho
Las Vegas wedding information	General information about getting married in Las Vegas. Features legal information as well as links to various businesses you might need. There's also a list of wedding chapels.
Some Las Vegas wedding chapels	Chapels of Las Vegas Candlelight Chapel Chapel of the bells Garden of love Little white chapel Special Memory Victoria wedding chapel and receptions
Some Las Vegas attractions	Imperial Palace Auto Collection Las Vegas Attractions site MGM Grand amusement Park Sega Gameworks Star Trek: The Experience
Guide to Tonopah	Introduction to Tonopah by The Complete Nevada Traveler. The site features a list of hotels and casinos and a section about the town's history.
Tonopah	This more comprehensive guide features visitor information, an annual events listing, a lodging guide and other useful information
The State of New Mexico	Official site of the New Mexico Government
All about New Mexico	A comprehensive index of New Mexico links
New Mexico Department of Tourism	Travel information for New Mexico, including an event calendar, a Route 66 page and even an Audio/Video tour. And, of course, all about outdoor activities, history and culture, attractions etc.
New Mexico travel guide	Comprehensive travel guide that covers not only attractions, activities and events but also things like food and drink, health and safety, time zones and much more.
Las Cruces	Official web site of Las Cruces. Provides not only visitor information but also useful facts about the city's administration and services.
Las Cruces CVB	The home page of the Las Cruces Convention and Visitors Bureau provides not only interesting facts about the town and its history but also an events calendar as well as information about lodging, attractions and a lot more.
Alamogordo	Official web site of Alamogordo. Includes a guide to area attractions, a calendar of events, an area map and guides to dining and lodging as well as facts about the town.
Fort Sumner	Some background information, basic facts about Fort Sumner, links and other useful information
Lincoln, NM	Summary of the town's history including a paragraph dealing with The Lincoln County War. Another feature is an interactive map that shows some of the town's attractions.
Lincoln County War	Detailed description of the Lincoln County War, including a list of reference sources.
Billy the Kid biography	Biography of The Desert's Baddest Boy
Billy the Kid - Desert USA	Desert USA's page about Billy The Kid
City of Roswell	Information about the town's Government, public services, organizations and tourist attractions
Roswell CVB	The Convention and Visitors Bureau home page offers information about attractions, the town's history, sports events etc
City of Albuquerque	Information about the town's Government, public services, organizations and events. The site provides not much travel information
Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau	This site provides a lot of interesting information for the traveler. You will not only find background facts like the town's history, native American culture or climate and weather but also information about accommodation, activities, tours and other stuff you need to know.
National Atomic Museum	Learn all about the Atomic Age. The Museum exhibits unclassified nuclear technology and provides information about atomic research. The Museum is located at Kirtland Air Force Base.
Sandia National Laboratories	This organization operates the National Atomic Museum
City of Santa Fe	Official home page of the City of Santa Fe. The site contains not much information for travelers and visitors.
Santa Fe Convention and Visitors Bureau	This site provides a wide range of information about Santa Fe, including background facts about climate, geography etc as well as visitor - oriented advice when it comes to lodging, dining, activities, events etc
Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce	Here you will find Business directories, demographics, an events calendar, community information and other more or less interesting stuff.
Los Alamos Visitor Guide	This site provides useful information on dining, lodging, activities, recreation, attractions and more
Virtual Los Alamos	Online directory to the businesses and services of Los Alamos
The State of Texas	Official site of the Texas Government
TravelTex	Travel guide to Texas, including online reservation system for accommodation and airline tickets
Texas Fun	This travel guide features information about the major attractions, activities and events as well as links to several cities of Texas
Texas travel guide	Comprehensive travel guide that covers not only attractions, activities and events but also things like food and drink, health and safety, time zones and much more.
El Paso	Official home page of the city. Provides information about the City Council, the development of the town, facts and figures, directory including links to the various departments of the city's administration and personal information about the local authorities.
El Paso - Guestlife	Visitor guide to El Paso, including information about attractions and upcoming events. The site also features a hotel guide to help you find accommodation.
El Paso - Desert USA	Desert USA's site about El Paso
El Paso - Mission Trail	Home page of the Missions near El Paso
Amarillo	The home page of the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation provides information about the town and its residents, online job listings, a real estate page, a list of links and other useful background information
Amarillo visitor guide	Information about Amarillo attractions, weather, hotels and more
Big Texan Steak Ranch and Motel	Home of the 72 oz (approx 2 kg) steak. If you manage to eat it all, including all side dishes, within 11 hour, it's free.
Cadillac ranch	Official home page of the famous roadside attraction created by The Ant Farm
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Airlines and airports

American Airlines	USA
Continental Airlines	USA
Delta Airlines	USA
Northwest Airlines	USA
United Airlines	USA
Swissair	Switzerland
British Airways	Great Britain
Qantas	Australia
KLM	Netherlands
Lufthansa	Germany
Lauda Air	Austria
Aer Lingus	Ireland
Chicago O'Hare	Illinois, USA (ORD)
Cincinnati	Ohio, USA (CVG)
Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport	Texas, USA (DFW)
Frankfurt International Airport	Germany (FRA)
Hartsfield	Atlanta, Georgia, USA (ATL)
Heathrow	London, Great Britain (LHR)
John F. Kennedy	New York City, USA (JFK)
John F. Kennedy	New York City, USA (JFK) New web address, Coming soon
Los Angeles International Airport	California, USA (LAX)
McCarran	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (LAS)
Miami International Airport	Florida, USA (MIA)
Newark International Airport	New Jersey, USA (EWR)
Phoenix Sky Harbor	Arizona, USA (PHX)
San Diego International Airport	California, USA (SAN)
San Francisco International Airport	California, USA (SFO)
Schiphol	Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS)
Tucson International Airport	Arizona, USA (TUS)
Zurich Airport	Switzerland (ZRH)
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Search engines

AltaVista	Web search engine
Fireball	German search engine that specializes in web sites from Germany
Google	One of the best, if not the best search engines on the web. After submitting your query on the plain and simple search input page, you will receive a list of search results that contains the sites that actually contain the data you're looking for instead of just claiming to cover your subject.
Hot bot	This is - you already guessed it - another search engine
Lycos	This search engine automatically forwards your query to a regional search site, depending on where on earth you log on to the web. If you, for instance, work in Switzerland, you will be redirected to the Swiss Lycos site.
Sear.ch	Swiss search engine, powered by Alta Vista. You may either search for Swiss sites only or world wide.
Yahoo	This search engine lists the sites matching your query by categories which often makes it easier for you to find a site that actually contains the information you're looking for
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News

CNN	International news
New York Times	USA
USA Today	USA
Sydney Morning Herald	Australia
NZZ	Switzerland (German, but also provides News in English).
Tagesanzeiger	Switzerland (German only)
Ruebliland	News and information from the region where I live when I'm not traveling (German only)
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Miscellaneous

Internet Movie Database	This online movie database provides information about almost every movie that's ever been produced. Not only complete cast and credits, but also trivia, goofs, quotes, filming locations and much more. Plus, there is a very sophisticated Searchoption that helps you to find any specific movie based on whatever search arguments you wish to use. Most movie references I have mentioned thruout my site refer to this database.
LEO dictionary	Online English - German (and vice versa) dictionary.
World clock	Find out what time of the day it is in every part of the world.
Dilbert	Enjoy Scott Adams' daily cartoon about Dilbert continuous struggle with his mischievous, incompetent boss, an evil HR director and deceitful fellow workers, not to mention the slimy bunch of sales representatives and the annoying customers.
Garfield	Yes, the world's laziest, fattest and funniest cat does have its own home page.
Madblast	Great collection of Taliban- and Bin Laden related jokes
Tasteless jokes	Features tons of great jokes, but be aware that some of them might offend you (Come on, what do you expect from a site named www.tasteless-jokes.com?)
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Software downloads

Edit Plus	This is a very user - friendly HTML editor. I have created my home pages using this tool, and so far it has served its purpose quite well.
Microsoft	If you insist on using Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can get the latest version here
Netscape	Download the latest version of Netscape Communicator
Win Zip	Here you get WinZip, the popular file compression tool
Winamp	Free MP3 player
Music Match	Popular MP3 player. Lets you create your own Music CDs from MP3 files. Even the free version allows you to convert WAV files into MP3 files in CD quality.
WS FTP Limited edition	This File Transfer Protocol client lets you transfer your files in a professional way. I have used this product to upload all the files to my home page.
Yahoo!GeoCities	Get your very own free home page and upload up to 15 MB of html files, pictures or just about everything else you wish to share with the world
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Submit a link

Your site?	Have you come across a web site that should be listed here or, even better, have you created your own USA - related or otherwise interesting home page? Tell me about it, so I can check it out and add it to this list of links.
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