A Love for Valentine Diners
Above: Jerry Ueckert renovated this Valentine diner and dubbed it the Red Top Diner. Photograph by Kate Nelson. After they went into production in 1947, Valentine diners soon dotted the West—some…
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Category: History
Chloride After the Boom
Visitors to Chloride can see former mining buildings. HAD DON EDMUND NOT TAKEN A WRONG TURN on Labor Day weekend in 1977, the town of Chloride might have fallen faster. Instead, Edmund fell for the…
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On the Right Track
FROM THE OUTSIDE, the engine workshop of the historic Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, in Antonito, Colorado, doesn’t seem like much. Not to my eyes anyway. It takes stepping inside, where the…
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Our Lady of Peace
Our Lady of Peace is on view at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, in Santa Fe. WHENEVER HE RECEIVES A NEW PARISH assignment, the Reverend Timothy Martinez searches for his family ties…
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Relicarios: Hidden Jewels
SMALL ENOUGH FOR HER fingers to close over it, the pendant resting on Martha J. Egan’s palm demands a closer look. It bears an image of the Virgin Mary in absolute miniature. “In Copacabana,” she…
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See the Historic Mills of the Mora Valley
The adobe-walled Cleveland Roller Mill is one of the three historic flour mills that remain today. TWENTY-FIVE MILES NORTH OF LAS VEGAS, a gentle giant of a building welcomes drivers to a pastoral…
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Dig Into Ancestral Chocolate at Chaco Canyon
More than 100 rare black-and-white cylindrical vases were found in Room 28 of Pueblo Bonito. Photograph courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History Library, ptc-3521. ENTOMBED IN AN EARTHEN…
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Quintessentially NM: Art
A gleaming selection of turquoise bracelets. Courtesy of New Mexico Tourism Department. True Blue WATER HELPS COPPER AND ALUMINUM SEEP THROUGH rocks and alchemize into veins of blue stone found in…
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Quintessentially NM: Wild West
Rodeos throughout the state still celebrate the working cowboy. Photograph by Sara Maxfeldt. Trails and Rails THE SPANISH BROUGHT COWS, SHEEP, AND VAQUERO skills to New Mexico, but cowboying in the…
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Maisel’s Historic Murals
Pop Chalee’s Animals in the Forest . Courtesy of Historic Albuquerque. A BLUE-SKINNED APACHE MOUNTAIN SPIRIT dancer in ruffled yellow pants hops on his moccasined foot. He brandishes two painted swords…
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