Road Trips / Jun 17, 2026
New Mexico’s Route 66 Neon
Johnnie Meier points to restored Route 66 neon and unrestored roadside relics that still mark New Mexico's motels, drive-ins, bakeries, truck…
By Lynn Cline
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Explore museums, murals, historic theaters, and cultural landmarks that bring the rich history of Route 66 to life.
Road Trips / Jun 17, 2026
Johnnie Meier points to restored Route 66 neon and unrestored roadside relics that still mark New Mexico's motels, drive-ins, bakeries, truck…
By Lynn Cline
People / Jun 17, 2026
At Embudo's Classical Gas Museum, Johnnie Meier turns Route 66 roadside relics and neon signs into a case for preserving New Mexico's glowing…
By Lynn Cline / Photos by Jen Judge
Arts & Entertainment / Jun 17, 2026
Fuel your road trip with public art that celebrates culture, captures history, and gets a boost of augmented reality.
By Lanee Lee
Road Trips / Jun 10, 2026
Sit back, relax, and let someone else do the driving, with these Route 66 tours.
By Lynn Cline
Arts & Entertainment / Jun 10, 2026
For Diné artist Akilah Martinez, Route 66 is more than a highway.
By Lanee Lee
Culture / Jun. 10, 2026
Cars have always been the driving force of the Mother Road. But along Albuquerque’s Central Avenue, lowrider culture…
Museum / Jun. 03, 2026
This month brings three exciting ways to celebrate and learn about the Mother Road.
Photography / May. 13, 2026
A downtown Albuquerque intersection wasn’t just the heart of the city’s lowrider scene. For one photographer, it also…
Museum / Jun 03, 2026
This month brings three exciting ways to celebrate and learn about the Mother Road.
By Maria Manuela
Art / Feb 12, 2026
A new exhibition in Santa Fe looks at the Black experience in the Land of Enchantment.
By Alejandra Lara
Museum / Jan 21, 2026
A new Museum of Indian Arts and Culture exhibition examines the cosmos through a lens of Indigenous knowledge and craft.
By Luke Henley
Museum / May 28, 2025
The new Hall of Ancient Life at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science showcases some of the state’s oldest known residents.
By Sarah Mock
Route 66 / Apr 30, 2025
Fuel your passion for Route 66 at these museums.
By Lynn Cline / Photos by Jen Judge
Books / Sep. 24, 2025
Rachel Eve Moulton's "Trantrum" delivers a wickedly smart, unsettling, and slyly funny thriller about motherhood…
Books / Feb. 22, 2023
Author Brennen Matthews chronicles an eye-opening road trip with his family from Chicago to California.
Books / Aug. 24, 2022
Tucumcari native David H. Stratton takes you on a ride through the Route 66 town's history.
City Guides / Jul 02, 2025
While professional baseball in Albuquerque goes back more than a century, there’s much…
Arts & Entertainment / Jun 18, 2025
With a direct line from Andalucía to Albuquerque, the cultural art form thrives in the…
Arts & Entertainment / Jun 11, 2025
After Gene Hackman's passing, Santa Feans discovered that the actor's paintings line the…
Museum / May 14, 2025
Alongside the 100-year-old, newly renamed museum that preserves them, the arts that…
Route 66 / May 01, 2025
The owner of Richardson Trading Post continues the family business started in 1913.