Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
Santa Fe
Primarily showing work by the students and faculty of the esteemed Institute of American Indian Arts, this museum also has the finest contemporary…
Must-see attractions in New Mexico
Albuquerque
The ABQ BioPark Aquarium, a few blocks west of Old Town and the centerpiece of the northern segment of the ABQ BioPark, holds a 285,000-gallon tank where…
Albuquerque
Dating in its present incarnation from 1793, the facade of this adobe church now provides Old Town's most famous photo op. Mass is celebrated Sunday,…
New Mexico
The rugged El Malpais National Monument consists of almost 200 sq miles of isolated volcanic terrain. There are numerous trails here, accessible via Hwy…
New Mexico
A 214-sq-mile adventure camp for the Boy Scouts of America, the ranch complex is also home to four unique museums. The new National Scouting Museum, which…
Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation
New Mexico
The Apache were relatively late arrivals in the Southwest, migrating in small bands from the north to reach the region around the 14th century, at much…
New Mexico
As far as we know, the dusty southwestern corner of New Mexico isn't haunted by spirits speaking in iambic pentameter, but it is where you'll find…
Capulin Volcano National Monument
New Mexico
A 60,000-year-old cinder cone, Capulin is the most accessible of numerous extinct volcanoes in the Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field, which covers a whopping…
New Mexico
Animal lovers won’t want to miss the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary, 20 miles southeast of Ramah off Hwy 53. Home to rescued and captive-born wolves and wolf…
New Mexico
The tiny village of Puerto de Luna, beside the Pecos River 10 miles south of Santa Rosa, was founded in the 1860s. The drive there is pretty, winding…
Taos
Constructed in 1965, this vertigo-inducing steel bridge carries Hwy 64 across the Rio Grande about 12 miles northwest of Taos. It’s the seventh-highest…
New Mexico
One of the 10 best dive spots in the US is, surprisingly, right here in li'l ol' Santa Rosa. The hourglass-shaped, 70ft-deep Blue Hole is 138ft in…
New Mexico
By far the coolest sight around these parts, Shiprock – Tsé Bit'a’à (Rock with Wings) in Navajo – looms eerily over the landscape 40 miles west of…
New Mexico
The largest great house and the most thoroughly excavated, Pueblo Bonito is the star attraction at the park. Visiting the pueblo, built between 850 and…
New Mexico State University Museums
New Mexico
If you're looking to engage the intellect, the university museums are a fantastic choice. While small, the exhibits are well curated. The Zuhl Museum, in…
New Mexico
Extending from New Mexico’s least-populated county into Texas and Oklahoma, the Kiowa National Grasslands consists of high-plains ranchland – endless,…
New Mexico
This unusual gravesite is the final resting place for Army Sergeant and miner James C Cooney. In the spring of 1880, Cooney and another miner rode to Alma…
Albuquerque
Both these traditional agricultural areas near the Rio Grande are characterized by open spaces, small ranches, farms, and acequias (irrigation ditches…
New Mexico
Route 66, the 'main street of America,' runs straight through downtown Gallup's historic district, lined with pretty, renovated light-red sandstone…
Taos
A short walk east of the Plaza, the little-changed former home of Kit Carson (1809–68) – perhaps the Southwest's most famous mountain man, guide, trapper,…
New Mexico
This eye-catching steel arch reaches toward the heavens in the roundabout in front of Spaceport America, about 30 miles southeast of Truth or Consequences…
New Mexico
One of New Mexico’s best regional museums, a sprawling, enormous affair that holds a superb display of Mimbres pottery and a great doll collection,…
New Mexico
Opened in 2018, this small but engaging museum spotlights the history and traditions of the Boy Scouts of America and shares historic artifacts connected…
Taos
Wonderfully preserved adobe residence, dating originally from 1797, which provides a vivid glimpse of life in Taos’ artistic community during the 1920s…
New Mexico
Just north of Glenwood, Hwy 159 twists its way off Hwy 180 for a vertiginous – and scenic – 9 miles on the slow-going route to Mogollon, a semi–ghost town…
New Mexico
Rockhound State Park, 14 miles southeast of Deming via Hwys 11 and 141, gives visitors the chance to collect all sorts of semiprecious or just plain…
New Mexico
Used by Native Americans since ancient times, the three pools here are simply lovely. Caretakers regulate the temperatures throughout the day so that they…
New Mexico
Established in 1859 as a gold-mining town, Pinos Altos, 7 miles north of Silver City along Hwy 15, is almost a ghost town these days, though its few…
New Mexico
This general store from 1880 is now a museum with a rich collection of paraphernalia form Chloride's heyday, including wooden dynamite detonators, farm…
Taos
Set amid the fields 2 miles southwest of the Plaza, this fortified adobe homestead was built in 1804. It served as a trading post, first for merchants…
New Mexico
Even if you don’t plan to spend the night, be sure to sneak a peek behind the Territorial-style adobe exterior of the St James Hotel, which started life…
Albuquerque
When Spanish colonists established this village in 1710, Tewa Indians had already been growing crops here for a thousand years. These days, the hills…
Elephant Butte Lake State Park
New Mexico
Just 5 miles north of T or C, New Mexico's largest artificial lake (60 sq miles) is much loved by local anglers, waterskiers and windsurfers. The marina…
White Sands Missile Range Museum
New Mexico
Explore New Mexico's military technology history with a visit to this museum, 25 miles east of Las Cruces along Hwy 70. It represents the heart of the…
New Mexico
Laguna Pueblo, 40 miles west of Albuquerque or 30 miles east of Grants, is New Mexico's youngest pueblo. Founded in 1699 by a mixed group of Kawaik people…
Santa Fe
This Hispanic cultural center hosts art exhibitions, theater performances, classes, lectures and, most interestingly, a winter market (www…
Taos
Attractively displayed in a gorgeous and very spacious mid-19th-century adobe compound, the paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and photographs here…
New Mexico
The ancient pueblo preserved here was built in the early 1100s by the Chaco people. Abandoned, resettled by refugees from Mesa Verde and again abandoned…
National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Albuquerque
Located at the edge of the massive Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque’s southeast corner, and surrounded by an outdoor Heritage Park holding discarded…
Taos Art Museum at Fechin House
Taos
Russian artist Nicolai Fechin moved to Taos in 1926, aged 46, and adorned the interior of this adobe home with his own distinctly Russian woodcarvings…
