Activities in New Mexico
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Adobe Bar at the Taos Historic Inn
The 1936 historic landmark mixes luxury and kitsch: it's marked with a neon sign touting dining, cocktails, and curios. Try the Cowboy Buddha Margarit
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Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloon Museum
The building adjoins the grounds of the famed Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
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Angel Fire Resort
74 trails and glades await boarders and skiers of all abilities. You can also cruise down a 1,000-foot snow-tubing run, rent snowmobiles, ice fish, or
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Aztec Ruins National Monument and Museum
A partially reconstructed circa-1100 pueblo.
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Bandelier National Monument
This Anasazi settlement has petroglyphs and wooden ladders that lead to ancient cave dwellings.
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Bittersweet Designs
The newest addition to art-filled Canyon Road sells handcrafted jewelry and journals made with vintage wallpaper.
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Black Hole
Stop in on repentant weapons scientist, Edward Grothus, at this surreal thrift shop of surplus bomb-making equipment.
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Blue Canyon Gallery
Blue Canyon Gallery is the first place you reach driving into Magdalena from Socorro - the gallery, a house, and a kiln. In the shop one finds pottery
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Bosque Del Apache
Eight miles off Interstate 25, Bosque del Apache is an oasis of dirt roads, meadows, and marshes.
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Boston Hill
DO Take a vigorous, steep-sloped mountain-bike ride through Boston Hill, a large park overlooking Silver City where trails weave through old silver-mi
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Bradbury Science Museum
Survey the glorified history of Los Alamos and the atomic bomb.
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
The otherworldly subterranean landscape of Carlsbad Caverns National Park is—justifiably—New Mexico’s most famous attraction. Take the self-guided aud
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Casa Rondena
Known for its reds, Casa Rondena is an award-winning winery and one of the oldest in New Mexico; its Meritage Red—a fruity blend of Merlot and Caberne
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Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Visit the remote and hard-to-reach Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a collection of amazingly well-excavated Anasazi ruins, including Pueblo Bo
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Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Book a ride on the narrow-gauge Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, whose vintage coal-powered locomotives chug through a stunning San Juan Mountains la
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Double Take at the Ranch
Hit this sprawling consignment shop for vintage, hard-to-find men's and women's Western wear—Stetson hats, silver concho belts, cowboy boots, embroide
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Dragon Room at the Pink Adobe
The iconic Pink Adobe restaurant, which is housed in a 400-year-old building and has been going strong since 1944, has one undeniably wonderful thing
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Dressman’s Gifts
Hidden amid a slew of kitschy curio shops, the inventory here is the real deal, with a good selection of carved wooden angels and other New Mexican fo
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Drive Highway 152
Drive along Highway 152, between Truth or Consequences and Silver City, through the nearly deserted, former silver boomtowns of Hillsboro and Kingston
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El Malpais National Monument
Evoking the South Dakota Badlands, this New Mexico preserve has a stark, austere beauty. This park’s rugged volcanic terrain means there are few actua
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El Santuario de Chimaya
Revered for its healing holy dirt, this 1816 Spanish mission chapel cradled in a picturesque canyon, is known as the Lourdes of America. Vendors here
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