Explore Historic Ratón
GERALDINE CHICARELLI DAVIS TEETERS ATOP a sharply cut bank, peering into the sluggish creek below. She remembers when it flowed with enough force for children to splash and swim for days. She…
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Category: Travel
Five Ways to Keep All Your New Year's Resolutions
Discover your wild side. Whether you like your adventures wild or mild, the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park has a path for you. Two beginner-friendly trails at the 935-acre preserve, near Las Cruces…
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Small-Town Spirits in Mountainair
KAREN ARGEANAS WALKS THROUGH the old mission church at Abó, one of three parts of the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (along with Quarai and Gran Quivira), outside the town of Mountainair…
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Five Places to Take Holiday Guests
Above: Get weird at Meow Wolf, in Santa Fe. Photograph courtesy of Meow Wolf. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HELD A CURMUDGEONLY VIEW of houseguests, quipping that they, “like fish, begin to smell after three…
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Journey into the Santa Fe Trail's Past—and Future
WHEN WILLIAM BECKNELL'S MULE train creaked, snorted, and jounced into Santa Fe on November 14, 1821, a metaphoric earthquake shook New Mexico’s dusty soil. For more than two centuries, the Spanish…
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Take off to Spaceport America for a Stellar Tour
Above: Spaceport America’s G-force simulator is a highlight of the tour. Photograph by Jesse Ramirez. CURTIS ROSEMOND INVITES my five- and seven-year-old sons to have a seat at Spaceport America’s…
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Five Perfect Spots to Soak in the Season
Above: Riverbend Hot Springs offers a chill vibe and warm pools overlooking the Río Grande. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. FOR SOME, THE SEARCH FOR A GOOD SOAK is practically a religion. And with New…
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Route 66 Shines Bright in Tucumcari
The Blue Swallow Motel is known for its neon sign and vintage car. IN ITS HEYDAY IN THE 1950s AND '60s, Tucumcari glowed with so much neon that it was dubbed “Little Las Vegas.” Period photos hanging…
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See Fall Color Shimmer Across the Jemez Mountains
Pockets of fall color glimmer across the charred ridges of the Jemez Mountains. A FEW SLIM, BLACKENED PINE TREES—some now up to their waists in baby aspens—stand sentry on the ridgetops running off…
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