Shop New Mexico's Antique Shops
MAYBE IT’S OUR DRY climate or maybe it’s our appreciation for fine craftsmanship, but New Mexico is a gold mine for antiques shopping. Support local businesses, do something good for the environment…
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Category: Travel
Clovis Cranks Up the Volume
WITH 90 MINUTES UNTIL SHOWTIME, parking is already scarce at the Curry County Events Center. I hurry toward the front gates, passing out-of-towners as they help their children down from dusty pickups…
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Experience New Mexico Giveaway
THE GIVEAWAY New Mexico Magazine readers will have the opportunity to enter our Instagram giveaway for four Experience New Mexico excursions. The promotion is provided in partnership with Heritage…
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Motor Lodges Worth a Stay
Lulu Motor Inn. Just outside downtown Silver City, the Lulu blends retro touches like chrome-style handles on the microwave and minifridge, and a rotary phone on the nightstand. A contemporary…
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Discover Retro Charm in Ratón
AS YOU HEAD SOUTH down the steep curves of I-25 into New Mexico, the Raton Pass Motor Inn’s cheery turquoise siding and red-trimmed windows mark the first sign of humanity in the state. It’s both on…
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Find Southern Comfort in Mesilla
THREE YEARS AGO, JUAN ALBERT AND Claudia Gonzalez were scouting locations for a coffee shop and artisan market when they found an 1850s adobe along Calle de Guadalupe. A half block south of Mesilla…
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El Rancho Lights Up the Mother Road
THE LETTERS ON THE NEON SIGNS framing the route into Gallup follow a familiar pattern. A large blocky word beside one or two tilted script words—all written in gas-filled phosphorescent tubes—proclaim…
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Go Retro on Route 66
WEARY MOTORISTS TRAVELING the Southwest might feel a sudden onset of déjà vu when they glance up at the Sands Motel sign written in neon light, as though the hotel had been duplicated at every exit…
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Motels Making a Comeback
Monterey Motel. Originally built in 1946, this restored sister property to El Vado reopened in 2021. “Rooms at the Monterey have a bit more of a contemporary, chic aesthetic,” says Nate Valdez…
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Gather Round at El Vado Motel
AS YOU CRUISE DOWN Albuquerque’s Central Avenue, the remnants of Route 66’s once-thriving motel culture often fade into the background—boarded windows, weed-covered entryways, a dark neon sign in an…
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