The Bluest Stone
Above: Herculano Montoya of Cienega at the Tiffany Turquoise Mine near Turquoise Post, Cerrillos, New Mexico; 1937–1939. Photograph by Bill Lippincott/Palace of the Governors Photo Archives. EVEN…
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Tag: Backstory
Colonial Cartographer
Above: Miera y Pacheco's map. Photograph courtesy of the New Mexico History Museum. Don Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco won 18th-century renown as a soldier, explorer, cartographer, and remarkable…
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Dino Flight
Above: Pterandon sightings in New Mexico have been reported since the 1800s. Photograph by AB Historic/Alamy. Roswell’s aliens may be New Mexico’s favorite unsolved mystery, but a variety of…
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Meet ABQ’s Oddest Fellow
AN AX-HOLDING LUMBERJACK looms atop the May Cafe, near the intersection of Central Avenue and Louisiana Boulevard in Albuquerque. The restaurant serves Vietnamese food, which makes his placement even…
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Birth of the Travelogue
Above: A hand-colored image of a New Mexico dude ranch. Photograph by Minesh Bacrania. In 1925, the Fred Harvey Company announced something new and exotic: Indian Detours. Travelers who came west on…
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Healing Waters
FIRST FIND BIBO, north of Laguna Pueblo. From there, NM 279 leads to the small village of Seboyeta. Curve around the old church, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, and you’ll come upon a dirt road that…
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He’s No Dummy
Above: Slim Slidell says ... "Pay attention!" Photograph by Dan Leeth / Alamy Stock Photo. Slim Slidell is a hero. Whenever Taos Ski Valley has “slider” conditions—firm, challenging snow—there he is…
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Left, Right, Breathe
Above: Modeled on the labyrinth in France’s Chartres Cathedral, this one awaits by the doors of the St. Francis Cathedral, near the Santa Fe Plaza. Photograph by Stephen Bohannon. In Los Alamos, a…
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Santa Fe's Wolfhound Cemetery
Above: Courtesy of The School of Advanced Research. There are 48 graves on the campus of the School for Advanced Research. Each bears a wooden post painted turquoise and carved with names like…
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How Sparky's Became Legendary
Above: Sparky’s Restaurant. Photograph Courtesy of Sparky’s Restaurant. Colonel Sanders relaxes with Uncle Sam below a rooftop family of giants wielding mugs of root beer next to some Chernobyl-size…
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