A Tale of Two Buildings
LAS VEGAS IS ESSENTIALLY A TALE OF TWO TOWNS—Old and New, West and East—that separately incorporated in 1888 and 1903, respectively, and did not join as one municipality until 1970. Similarly, the…
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Tag: Historic Hotels
River Phoenix
LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS and visitors have long appreciated the Gallinas River Walk, whether for an intimate stroll or the vibrant annual RiverFest. Recent revitalization along it will nurture…
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Built to Last
Casa Blanca Inn and Suites Built in the 1950s for lumber magnate H. Merrill Taylor in Spanish Colonial Hacienda style and renovated in the early 2000s by the current owners, the nine-room Casa Blanca…
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Back at the Ranch
HIKERS CRESTING THE TOOTH OF TIME see a sprawling white house below the apex of the ridge on the Philmont Scout Ranch. They might wonder why it’s not part of the ranch, which entirely surrounds its…
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Wine and Dine
SARA JO MATHEWS named Prairie Hill Café, the restaurant in Las Vegas’s Plaza Hotel, after the road leading to her family’s ranch. Their beef stars in the Jackpot Cowboy, a triple-layered, nine-ounce…
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Luxurious Lodgings
Sierra Grande Media mogul Ted Turner owns two parcels of land the size of national parks outside Truth or Consequences, and the Sierra Grande retreat is the jumping-off point for explorations of them…
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Hotel Andaluz Shines
ENTER THE HOTEL ANDALUZ'S LOBBY, in downtown Albuquerque, and the “Middle Casbah,” an alcove seating area, just might invite you to lounge a bit while sipping a cocktail near its fish-tank table. But…
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Visit Three Hotels with Hidden History
Eklund Hotel “Around here, the Old West hasn’t died,” says Keith Barras, one of the owners and managers of the Eklund Hotel, in Clayton. Swedish immigrant Carl Eklund opened the inn in 1894, and it…
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Dig Deep at the Black Range Lodge
A "FIT OF NAIVETE" COMPELLED Catherine Wanek to purchase the Black Range Lodge, in Kingston, in 1984. Never did she suspect that what she wanted—a writer’s retreat from Hollywood screenwriting—would…
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Hotels Fit for an Artist
Lundeen Inn of the Arts Lundeen Inn of the Arts, in Las Cruces, has seven artist-themed rooms showcasing notable New Mexico and Native American artists. The soaring great room holds more than 250…
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