The Ghost Towns of the Black Range
“THIS IS WHERE THE WORLD ROLLS UP,” Eric C. Brown proclaims from his Kingston Clay Company shop, perched on the edge of a town with barely 50 residents, 25 of them part-time. It sounds preposterous—if…
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Category: 2019
If These Walls Could Talk
Above: A young visitor catches a view of Los Luceros' historic hacienda. Photographs by Inga Hendrickson. IT'S A CLOUDLESS SKY, a swath of uninterrupted blue that contrasts with the umber…
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Really Good Food
Above: Roasted Curried Cauliflower Flatbread and the Margarita Flatbread from Sixty-Six Acres in Albuquerque. Photographs courtesy of Sixty-Six Acres. With a menu of shareable comfort food and a bar…
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The Next Generation of Local Winemakers
Above: Jasper Riddle and his Noisy Water have breathed new life into the oldest wine-making region in the country. Photographs by Douglas Merriam. “Welcome to the smallest winery in the world,” Sean…
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The Story of Blake’s
IT WAS 1952. World War II was seven years in the rearview mirror. And Blake Chanslor, a veteran, moved to Albuquerque from Borger, Texas, to open the first Lotaburger on the corner of Southern Avenue…
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Places We Love: Silver City's Bear Mountain Lodge
Above: Bear Mountain Lodge in Silver City. Courtesy of Bear Mountain Lodge. “Come forth into the light of things,” Wordsworth wrote. “Let nature be your teacher.” Bear Mountain Lodge, a place where…
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This Legendary Climber is a Ski Patroller at Taos
DAVE HAHN SAYS HE'S ALWAYS been somewhat homeless. Born on a military base in Japan, he grew up in California and New York and has split his time among the tallest mountains of the world ever since…
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Shoot for the Sky
Above: Organ Mountain Morning Mist by Wayne Suggs. Photography by Wayne Suggs. On a typical afternoon, I am with my camera gear, driving along a rocky two-track road in the shadow of the Organ…
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One of Our 50 Is Still Missing
Above: Illustration by Chris Philpot. PACK IT UP, PACK IT IN In Sharon Drusedum and her husband discovered that their luggage was fatally damaged after a flight from Roswell to Cincinnati, Ohio. So…
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Things We Love: Las Cruces' Distillery
Above: The ingredients for gin: cassia, rosemary, juniper, star anise, orange peel, coriander, angelica root, and licorice root. Photograph Courtesy of Dry Point Distillers. It took 18 trials in a…
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