Editor's Letter: Grand Tour
ANGELISA MURRAY HAS SOME ADVICE for travelers, whatever their destination: “Take a tour,” says the CEO of Heritage Inspirations tour company. “Beginning with a tour is positively the best way to start…
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Category: August
Tour Georgia O'Keeffe's New Mexico
“THERE, SEE THOSE FLOWERS,” calls Susan Cross from the front of the small bus. “Those are mariposa lilies. This is a special sight; they don’t bloom every year.” Cross, our guide on the Ghost Ranch…
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Take an Immersive Culture Tour
El Rancho de las Golondrinas. The 500-acre historic rancho on the Camino Real is a living history site dedicated to 18th- and 19th-century New Mexico heritage. Daily tours at 10:30 a.m. are guided by…
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The Sky's the Limit at Acoma Pueblo
ONE DAY IN THE 1960S, four men with identical suits and haircuts walked into a house at Acoma Pueblo’s Sky City. Tour ambassador Brandon “Turtle” Valdo, whose family began guiding visitors around…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Feel the music at Ghost Ranch. See some of the best indie bands perform against a stunning orange- and cream-hued backdrop at the Ghost Ranch Music Festival: Blossoms and Bones . Headliners include…
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Pronghorn Find New Homes in New Mexico
THE TRAP WAS SET BEFORE SUNRISE on a crisp, sunny morning in late February. From the helicopter where New Mexico pronghorn biologist Anthony Opatz watched, it resembled wings spread across the…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: August 2023
Illustration by Chris Philpot. WHERE’S THE BEACH? Years ago, RAYMOND PUFFER was a brand-new ensign in the Navy, assigned to what was then Sandia Base, in Albuquerque. Back in Michigan, his mother, a…
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Howdy from Las Vegas
TWENTY-FIVE SECONDS INTO THE OPENING of Red Dawn, the camera pans across the peaceful streets of Las Vegas, New Mexico, before lingering on a mural of a cowgirl sitting on a fence next to the greeting…
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How to Preserve the Dark Skies
VALLE DE ORO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE is an oasis just seven miles south of Albuquerque. The former 570-acre farm, the first urban wildlife refuge in the Southwest, also ranks as an Urban Night Sky…
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Explore the Deep Night Sky
A FORM OF ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY that’s popular among more serious amateur astronomers is taking photos of distant objects in space. Retired aerospace engineers Lori and Barry Flansburg take pictures of…
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