Many places on Earth have historic and appropriate names, but there are also places that acquired their names for unusual reasons. We'll armchair travel to such sites as Calico, California, Tahiti and its islands, Valley of Fire, Nevada, the Mojave Desert, Oatman, Arizona, and Area 51, Nevada.

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Instructor Bio: Stephenie Slahor holds a doctoral degree and juris doctor degree and is retired from her law practice and university and law school teaching. She now creates informative and enjoyable OLLI courses for universities around the nation, primarily in the natural sciences, and about places in the world with unique geological or human history.

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