Follow New Mexico's Space Trail
AS I WALK THROUGH SHADOWS CAST by golden-age behemoths at the New Mexico Museum of Space History, it’s easy to imagine the awe these marvels inspired in the early days. Even now, more than a…
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Category: City Guides
Route 66 Road Trip: West Albuquerque to Manuelito
ROUTE WEST ALBUQUERQUE TO MANUELITO • Roughly 155 miles • Laguna, Grants, Bluewater, Thoreau, Gallup, Manuelito EAT. Rub elbows with the locals at El Cafecito in Grants, where the same friendly…
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Meet Billy Keeler of Richardson Trading Post
L ISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER of Historic Places, Richardson Trading Post stands out with retro neon signs and display windows filled with Native pottery, rugs, and jewelry. Inside, 3,000 Navajo…
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Gallup's Route 66 Adventure
AUTHENTIC NATIVE JEWELRY, rugs, and pottery displayed in the windows of trading posts, galleries, and shops along Route 66 in downtown Gallup let travelers know that they’ve arrived at the Gateway to…
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Travel the Santa Fe Loop of Route 66
SEATED AT THE PLAZA CAFE soda fountain, it’s easy to picture what Santa Fe may have looked like between 1926 and 1937, when Route 66 ran through the heart of the capital city. After 1937, however, a…
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Route 66 Road Trip: Tijeras to West Albuquerque
ROUTE TIJERAS TO WEST ALBUQUERQUE • Roughly 30 miles • Nob Hill, Central Avenue, Fourth Street EAT. Housed in a former Phillips service station, the Route 66 Diner channels the 1950s, with burgers…
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Two Paths, One Epic Route 66
WITH MORE THAN A HUNDRED Route 66–era buildings and a necklace of neon bling along the 18-mile Route 66 stretch known as Central Avenue, Albuquerque could easily be considered the Route 66 capital of…
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The Magic of Chimayó
MAGICAL REALISM WAS NOT SIMPLY a literary genre when I spent summers in Chimayó during my youth. It was a lived experience. I’d venture into the hills behind my grandmother’s home, just a stone’s…
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Explore the Charm of Sunland Park
“WE’RE A STRANGE LITTLE PLACE,” says Marina Ardovino, describing both her Sunland Park restaurant and inn (Ardovino’s Desert Crossing), as well as the border town itself. “I joke that we’re still the…
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Art City, Here We Come
DAWN LIGHT BATHES ART CITY in pastels. Mauves and pinks unfurl over the desert plains, lending a gauzy morning majesty to the giant sculpture of a poppy-red mouth that sits outside my trailer. I open…
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