Smoke Screen
A BULL AND AN OWL began meeting at the Knights of Pythias Hall more than 100 years ago. By then, silver strikes and the railroad had turned Socorro into a boomtown, and the fraternal society occupied…
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Tag: Roadside Stop
109 East Palace
NEAR THE SANTA FE PLAZA, a narrow courtyard between two buildings on Palace Avenue holds ristras, Talavera pottery, and crepe paper flowers. Wander all the way back for a piece of what was once…
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Welcome to Cabinetlandia
A RUSTED METAL FILE CABINET rises from the earth as if it were a natural feature of an otherwise barren wilderness east of Deming, in southwest New Mexico, between an I-10 overpass and winding train…
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Fruit of Labor
Apple Boy stands 12-feet tall, just outside the Old Apple Bar, in Mountain Park. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. BILL AND BEVERLY NIFFENEGGER BOUGHT A 1941 apple barn in Mountain Park with plans to…
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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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Roadside Stop: Pistachioland
ON THE NORTH END OF ALAMOGORDO, McGinn’s PistachioLand draws a crowd with its nut orchard, country store, winery, ice cream parlor—and a whopper of a roadside attraction. The 30-foot-tall…
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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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