The fall season means war on the gridiron, culminating in a medley of bowl games, none bigger than Super Bowl XLIII, Feb. 1, in Tampa.

Sports travel company Roadtrips offers a Jan. 29-Feb. 2 Super Bowl package that covers four nights' lodging, game tickets and round-trip stadium transfers for rates starting at $4,985, excluding meals and airfare between home and Florida (1-800-465-1765; www.roadtrips.com/football).

A week later, on Feb. 8, football takes a holiday when the NFL Pro Bowl kicks off at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. Fans can follow their favorite stars with Feb. 5-9 "NFL Pro Bowl Vacation Packages" from Pleasant Holidays, each with four nights' accommodations, game tickets, Official Tailgate Party admission and round-trip airport and stadium transfers.

Land-only prices are $1,189-$2,575, depending on hotel and seating. With round-trip airfare from Chicago, the price is $1,805-$3,195 plus air taxes (1-800-837-5999; www.pleasantholidays.com/probowl).

They include the last of their kind, unique landmarks, places threatened by rising or falling seas or development, and homes for species or phenomena that may not last forever.

These are some of the things you'll find in "Frommer's 500 Places to See Before They Disappear" ($19.99), published by New Jersey-based Wiley's.

The book features natural and historic sites, from ancient places of worship, to disappearing landscapes, to one-of-a-kind cultural treasures like Boston's Fenway Park, one of America's last original ballparks.

The list includes Fraser Island, Australia, made entirely of sand and threatened by rising sea levels; the Grove of Osun-Osogbo, a sacred primeval forest in Nigeria and UNESCO heritage site; the Dead Sea in Israel, where water levels have been dropping; Willow Creek Preserve in Oregon, home to Fender's blue butterflies, a species once thought to be extinct; and the chestnut tree that Anne Frank gazed upon while hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam. The tree has a fungal disease, but work has been undertaken to preserve it.

Rescued rarities known as the Bactrian Hoard are at the heart of the exhibit "Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures From the National Museum, Kabul," at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum until Jan. 25.

In conjunction with the exhibition, the 591-room Fairmont San Francisco has assembled a "Golden Treasures of Afghanistan" package that matches one night's accommodations with two tickets to the exhibition, for rates starting at $299 plus tax, good until Jan. 25.

In the spirit of the exhibit, the package also includes commemorative note cards and the traditional treat of baklava and coffee for two (1-800-441-1414; www.fairmont.com/sanfrancisco, click on Packages, or www.asianart.org).