Santa Fe Region
Right where Hwy 68 meets Hwy 75, this winery is run by the genial Padberg brothers, born and raised in Dixon. The Divino and Diavolo reds are the best –…
Must-see attractions in New Mexico
New Mexico
Created as part of a recycling education program, this 20ft-tall roadrunner is, appropriately, made completely out of recycled materials. The sassy bird…
Central New Mexico
Seven miles east of Eagle Nest on US 64, Cimarron Canyon State Park runs alongside a dramatic 8-mile stretch of the scenic Cimarron River, hued in pine…
Aztec Museum & Pioneer Village
New Mexico
Small but excellent history museum, with an eclectic collection of historical objects, including telephones, barbershop chairs and a great display of…
Albuquerque
Reveling in its striking new digs, known locally as 'The Castle', this museum spotlights New Mexico's signature rock. You'll find more than 400 pieces of…
Santa Fe
Your voice seems to echo inside your head at this seven-circuit pattern labyrinth on the plaza at Museum Hill. The circular wall and elevated grade cause…
Southeastern New Mexico
National attention focuses on the Ruidoso Downs racetrack on Labor Day for the world's richest quarter-horse race, the All American Futurity, which has a…
Historical Center for Southeast New Mexico
Southeastern New Mexico
Housed in the 1912 mansion of local rancher James Phelps White, this property is on the National Register of Historic Places, and its interior has been…
Living Desert Zoo & Gardens State Park
Southeastern New Mexico
Northwest of town, this state park is a great place to see and learn about reptiles and roadrunners, wolves and elk, along with desert plants such as…
Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
New Mexico
Five miles southeast of Las Vegas via Hwys 104 and 281, this nearly 14-sq-mile refuge has marshes, woodlands and grasslands to which upwards of 250 bird…
DH Lescombes Winery & Tasting Room
New Mexico
The tasting room for New Mexico's largest vintner is located beside Hwy 549, 3 miles east of Deming. The winery changed its name from St Clair Winery in…
Central New Mexico
A gleeful and exhaustive celebration of every last detail of mining-town life, holding everything from hospital equipment to old shop fittings, an…
Southeastern New Mexico
Railroad buffs and kids flock to this 1898 railway depot, for five rooms of train memorabilia and toy trains, and a 2.5-mile narrow-gauge minitrain ($5)…
Santa Fe
The Santa Fe Children's Museum features hands-on science and art exhibits for young children. The museum runs programs Wednesday through Saturday tackling…
Shidoni Galleries & Sculpture Garden
Santa Fe
Five miles north of Santa Fe, the grassy sculpture garden at Shidoni is a great place for a picnic, or for kids to run around the funky artwork. There's…
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Albuquerque
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology will satisfy the cultural anthropologist in you, and holds the largest collection of Ancestral Puebloan artifacts in…
Santa Fe Region
Award-winning vintner, 2.5 miles east of Hwy 68 along Hwy 75, that only uses New Mexican grapes. As well as offering tastings here, it also runs a tasting…
Southeastern New Mexico
This museum displays Apache artifacts, pioneer memorabilia from the region and paintings by artists from the Taos School. Ask staff about the resident…
A:shiwi A:wan Museum & Heritage Center
New Mexico
The pueblo's museum holds imaginative and informative displays of tribal artifacts and historic photos. It's a worthwhile stop if you're visiting.
University of New Mexico Art Museum
Albuquerque
Most exhibits here are drawn from the university's permanent collection, which is particularly strong on lithographs and regional artists.
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
Central New Mexico
Smack in the center of New Mexico you'll find a mostly empty region of hills and plains. But 350 years ago, the Salinas Valley was one of the busiest…
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…
Southeastern New Mexico
One of the world's largest solar observatories is near Sunspot, 20 miles south of Cloudcroft. Though it's primarily for scientists, tourists can enter the…
Santa Fe Region
Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, 5 miles north of Española, was visited in 1598 by Juan de Oñate, who named it San Juan and briefly designated it as the first…
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…
Nambé Falls & Lake Recreation Area
Santa Fe Region
Two lovely 20-minute hikes, each ½ mile one-way, start from the Ramada Area 5 miles off Hwy 50 and lead to the biggest attraction on Nambé lands, Nambé…
Santa Fe Region
Although the history of Pojoaque Pueblo predates the Spaniards, a smallpox epidemic in the late 19th century killed most of its inhabitants, and forced…
Central New Mexico
Long known as Santo Domingo Pueblo, but more commonly called Kewa Pueblo, this conservative, non-gaming community, poised halfway between Albuquerque and…
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…
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…
Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation
Southeastern New Mexico
Around 4000 Apache – not only Mescalero, but also Chiricahua and Lipan – live on this reservation, stretching approximately 720 sq miles south and west of…
Santa Fe Region
Tucked inconspicuously below the High Road, just west of the junction of Hwy 76 and Hwy 75, Picuris Pueblo was once among the largest and most powerful…
Santa Fe Region
Thanks perhaps to its isolated location (or inspirational geology), Nambé Pueblo has long been a spiritual center for the Tewa-speaking tribes, a…
Tularosa Basin Museum of History
Southeastern New Mexico
Thoroughly regional little museum, spotlighting ancient people, ranching life, the military and local families of note. Lots of small-town artifacts too,…
Santa Fe Region
Santa Clara Pueblo itself, just a mile southwest of Española along Hwy 30, springs to life in summer for the Harvest and Blue Corn Dances on Santa Clara…
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…
