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Hotel Paisano (
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Alien lights, an obsession with the Texas film classic
Giant
, and a renowned modern-
art installation or two: Marfa (
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) is nothing if not out there. This west desert out-
post attracts an interesting mix of artists and rugged individualists. The number of New
Yorkers here may surprise you, but then so might the replica Prada store in the middle of
nowhere. Stay at the old Hotel Paisano, where James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor once did,
then head out to the lights-viewing platform at 2am to see if you can spot anything mysteri-
ous.
