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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FOR ANCESTRAL PUEBLOAN PEOPLE, Chaco Canyon may have been a central place, but the culture spread across the present-day boundaries of four states. Hundreds of additional communities share Chaco’s…
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EL RANCHO HOTEL, GALLUP Opened in 1937, the recently renovated hotel once played home to Hollywood legends (their names are on the doors) when out of the glare of movie cameras. The glitterati may…
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IT’S ONE OF THOSE neon-lit nights on Albuquerque’s Route 66 when downtown hums with evening energy. Enter me, checking into a stark white 1960s Imperial Inn, located a mile away in the Duke City’s…
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SPRINGER STATION, SPRINGER In Springer, the Brown Hotel—where Judy Garland filmed scenes for The Harvey Girls (1946) and cafe regulars included Wilford Brimley—is once again welcoming travelers as…
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IT’S EVIDENT HOW Blanche Blackmore Boyle (1839–1931) felt about the striking wooden portal her young renter had recently installed, free of charge, at 327 East De Vargas Street. The two were…
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WINDING UP THROUGH the trees toward our destination at 7,618 feet, my travel companions and I chatter about our favorite topics: ghosts, UFOs, and Bigfoot. We compare notes on recent podcast episodes…
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HISTORIC ST. FRANCIS DE SALES INN, HATCH Owner Celeste Zimmerman restored the 1860 adobe church, just outside Hatch, into lodging after visitors began saying, “It would be great to get married here…
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HACIENDA DE LAS CRUCES, LAS CRUCES This historic property has been lovingly maintained by owners Tamera and Eric Ahner for the last decade. They pride themselves on preserving the 1880s New Mexican…
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REVELERS HURRIEDLY SCURRY across the brick and stone walkways of historic Old Town as a postcard-perfect sunset ushers in another Friday night. Some are rushing to reservations at one of the…
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