Editor's Letter: Here to Stay
NO MATTER HOW OFTEN I’m on the Santa Fe Plaza, La Fonda seems to call out to me. “Let’s go in,” I’ll say. Not for dinner or drinks (though both are worth the stop, especially at the rooftop Bell Tower…
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Tag: Hotels & Lodging
Los Poblanos's New Spa Provides an Escape
AFTER STROLLING THE LANDSCAPED GROUNDS of Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm, in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, I entered a luscious mix of historic architecture, antique art, and soothing color…
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Route 66 Shines Bright in Tucumcari
IN ITS HEYDAY IN THE 1950s AND '60s, Tucumcari glowed with so much neon that it was dubbed “Little Las Vegas.” Period photos hanging in the New Mexico Route 66 Museum testify to the illumination of…
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Visit These Three Haunted Hotels for Ghostly Lodgings
La Posada de Santa Fe offers a chance for ghostly encounters. Photograph by Andrew Kornylak. La Posada de Santa Fe After her death in 1896, Santa Fe society matron and hostess Julia Staab never…
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Sleeping with Spirits
Clayton’s Hotel Eklund is home to a few ghosts. THE HOTEL EKLUND HAS HAD 125 YEARS to accumulate ethereal energy by offering comfortable accommodations, good food, and liberal libations to travelers…
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Essential Guide to Ghost Towns
GOOD HAUNTS Abandoned, barely there, or rebounding with new purpose, towns, hotels, and restaurants all across the state hold secret treasures: the stories of past lives. Chloride After the…
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This Historic Lodge is Full of Spirit
LANNA AND JOE DUNCAN HAVE BEEN BUSY. The owners of Cloudcroft’s historic Lodge Resort & Spa used a pandemic closure for an extensive renovation that uncovered many of the structure’s Arts and Crafts…
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Full Stop at the Chili Line Depot
Chili Line Depot's outdoor patio offers some shade from the summer sun. Photograph by Jay Shaffer Photography. A VOICE RINGS OUT FROM THE GRILL as we walk into Chili Line Depot. “It’s going to be a…
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Vintage Vibes at Raton Pass Motor Inn
MICHAEL BROWN AND BRANDY DIETZ first stayed at the Raton Pass Motor Inn as guests. Beginning in 2004, they overnighted at the northeastern New Mexico motor lodge en route from their Dallas home to…
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This Couple Saved Moriarty's Sunset Motel
THE SUNSET MOTEL, IN MORIARTY, lays claim to the title of New Mexico’s only Route 66 hotel still owned by the original family. Mike Pogue was there even before the motel’s 1959 beginning. As a…
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