Cultural Gems Across New Mexico
FOR NEW MEXICO STATE historian Rob Martínez, the Land of Enchantment is a place where the past animates the present and culture thrives. The Albuquerque native and former high school teacher’s family…
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Category: City Guides
Find Deeper Connections in Taos
MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND years of living history run through Taos. The converging Indigenous, Spanish, and broader global influences create a singular mix of cultures that resonate throughout northern…
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Full Sail in Shiprock
SHIPROCK HAS BECOME one of the most recognizable places in the Southwest. Dozens of movies and TV shows have filmed scenes before the dramatic 7,178-foot peak that rises sharply from the desert floor…
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A View for the Ages at Ghost Ranch
“IN THE LANDSCAPE, you can witness time from 215 million years ago,” says Joanne Lefrak, director of experience and social impact at Ghost Ranch. Located an hour north of Santa Fe in Abiquiú, the…
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Where Route 66 Still Moves
ON A WEEKEND NIGHT on Central Avenue, Route 66 does not feel historic. It feels active. Cars move slowly beneath old motel signs and storefront lights, an Impala rolling low, a Monte Carlo on wire…
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ABQ BioPark Gets a Wild Makeover
“THE BAAAABBBYYY!” shrieks a woman behind me, pushing a stroller, jolting me out of my quiet study of Gila, the ABQ BioPark Zoo’s four-month-old baby gorilla. I spin around to make sure the woman’s…
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Following the Footsteps at White Sands
WE APPROACH WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK from Las Cruces on I-70, climbing up and over the jagged Organ Mountains. The desert is stark out here, beautiful but ominous. After passing military installation…
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High Desert Healing in Taos
“WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME you had a massage?” AnnaMarie Vaughan asks. I am face down on the table in the attic of her cozy cabin just north of Taos. Afternoon light hits crystal suncatchers and throws…
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Spend a Weekend in Gallup
FROM THE SKY at last year’s Red Rock Balloon Rally, the contours of Gallup make a stunning kind of sense. When it’s rising over the city’s eastern side just past dawn, a hot-air balloon turns out to…
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Making the River of Lights
A CRAFTSMAN BORN AND RAISED in Albuquerque, Joey Trujillo was originally hired at the ABQ BioPark for horticulture and construction in 2001. But everything changed when Trujillo’s boss saw him weld a…
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