Chaco Canyon National Historical Park - Nageezi, NM
Chaco Canyon National Historical Park - Nageezi, NM
If you are interested in ancestral Puebloan culture you will want to visit this Natioal Historical Park where the history can be traced back to from AD 850 to 1250. Remarkable for its monumental public and ceremonial buildings, engineering feats, astronomy, artistic achievements, and distinctive architecture, it served as a hub of ceremony, trade, and administration for the prehistoric Four Corners area for 400 years–unlike anything before or since.
The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History - Alburquerque, New Mexico
The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History - Alburquerque, New Mexico
The Alburquerque Museum of Art and History offer a wide range of displays for those that have an interest in the arts and history of the area. There are revolving displays that are featured which allows for the public to see artifacts and works by famed artists from around the world without having to travel to England or elsewhere to see them.
Capulin Volcano Nat'l Monument-Capulin, NM
Have you ever wanted to walk into a volcano? Capulin Volcano is one of the few places in the world where you can do that. A 2 mile road spirals to the summit, ending at a parking area where two self-guided trails begin. ONe trail, 0.2 miles long, goes to the vent at the bottom of the crater and gives you an opportunity to see the inside of a volcano.
Inn of the Anasazi Hotel-Santa Fe, NM
Unassuming from the outside, this first-rate boutique hotel is one of Santa Fe's finest, with superb architectural detail. The hotel celebrates the enduring creative spirit of the region's early Native Americans. Each room has a beamed viga-and-latilla ceiling, kiva-style gas fireplace, antique Indian rugs, handwoven fabrics, and organic toiletries (including sunblock).
New Mexico Chile
In New Mexico chile is the state's largest agricultural crop. It is consumed at every meal, celebrated in songs and at festivals, and is the subject of the Official New Mexico State Question "Red or Green?"
It is estimated to be uttered between 175,000 to 200,000 times a day in New Mexico. The queston referes to the color of chile you want on your food. If you can't decide, just say "Christmas" and you will get both red and green on the same plate.
Santa Fe Opera-Santa Fe, NM
Regardless of your fondness for opera, the setting of this theater is incredible.
Productions have been held on the site since the 1950s, but James Stewart Polshek's 1997 semi-open air structure is especially striking. Its two intersecting roofs not only allow for views of the surrounding Jemex mountains but carry the sound to the audience beautifully.
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum-Santa Fe, NM
The 13,000 square foot downtown museum houses the most extensive collection (1,148 paintings, drawings, and sculptures) anywhere of the former resident's works, with a rolling presentation of 50 on display at any one time.
El Malpais National Monument-Grants, New Mexico
Volcanology of lava flows dating from 115,000 to 2,000 years old. Photograpy, sightseeing and wildlife viewing abound.
El Malpais means "the badlands" but contrary to its name this unique area holds many surprises, many of which researchers are now unraveling.
Coronado State Monument- Bernalillo, New Mexico
Named for Francisco Vasquez de Coronado who is thought to have camped near this site with his soldiers in 1540 while searcxhing for the fabled Cities of God. The pueblo of Kuaua was occupied from 1300 AD and abandoned near the end of the 16th Century.
Casamero Pueblo Ruins-City, New Mexico
Single structure of 22 ground floor rooms of six Chacoan Ancestral Pueblo people who settled there between A.D. 1000 and 1125.
