Milagro Beanfield War
A STATE OF WAR grips Truchas. Trucks by the dozen round the hairpin curves on the narrow mountain road leading into the village. Guards stand sentry at strategically placed barricades. A helicopter…
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Travel the High Road
ON THE HIGH ROAD to Taos, the landscape keeps changing. Back in Santa Fe, the earth felt hot and dry. But as I approach Nambé on NM 76, the scenic byway’s unofficial starting point, sandy ground…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Visit artist studios. Santa Fe Studio Tour With an abundance of creative power to showcase, the Santa Fe Studio Tour includes mediums from photography to sculpture and textile art. “We’ve been…
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Discover the World in a Shop
HAYWARD SIMONEAUX WAS DRIVING the High Road to Taos to visit his partner’s family when he noticed a “for rent” sign posted on a building in Truchas and felt compelled to stop. “The space just kind of…
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Escape to New Mexico Wine Country
THE PATIO AT VIVÁC WINERY, in Dixon, backs up to leafy vineyards overlooking dramatic mountains. Beneath a canopy of grapevines and shade sails, the sound of clinking glasses blends with laughter as…
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Take the High Road to Taos
The Route For a whirlwind immersion in Spanish mission history, Southwestern eats, surreal rockscapes, and sublime northern New Mexican art, this High Road–to–US 285 loop—a 175-mile drive from Santa…
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5 Great Ways To See Fall Colors
The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad cuts through aspen groves. Photograph courtesy of Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. Gold hunters, rejoice! Autumn delivers the shimmering yellows of aspens and…
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