Chama’s Iron Rail Inn Rolls Again
NO ONE AT CHAMA’S Iron Rail Inn seems to be in a hurry. A hunter at the bar is deep in conversation with a hiker fresh off the Continental Divide Trail. Out on the patio, friends are working through…
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Tag: Historic Hotels
Dream Wedding Venues Across New Mexico
GROWING UP, Karly Candelaria dreamed of getting married on the historic farm now known as Houser Raspberry Ranch. “It’s a sentimental place,” Candelaria says of the Mora County property, where her…
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Route 66 Rest Stops
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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Three Historic Lodgings to Know
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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Check Into the Historic Boyle House
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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Lost Oasis in the Organ Mountains
TUCKED INTO THE rugged folds of the Organ Mountains near Las Cruces, crumbling stone walls mark the ghostly remnants of the Van Patten Mountain Camp—once an oasis where visitors escaped the desert…
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Step Back in Time in Cimarrón
SOUTH COLLISON AVENUE cuts through the center of Cimarrón like a thread through time. A product of the Santa Fe Trail, the mid-1800s trade route from Franklin, Missouri, to Santa Fe, the town of…
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Level Up Your Summer: Regular Visitor
SNACK POOLSIDE AT ARRIVE HOTEL A summer day spent by the pool can be hard work, what with the lounge chair positioning, towel fluffing, and sunscreen applying. Arrive Albuquerque, a new boutique…
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Meet Mike Pogue of Moriarty's Sunset Motel
A S OWNERS OF THE SUNSET MOTEL in Moriarty, Mike and Debbie Pogue put their heart and soul into keeping the midcentury property in tip-top shape. Mike helped his dad build the original 18-room hotel…
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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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