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Jemez Springs, New Mexico
Jemez Historic Site
Once a year, the ruins of an ancient village come alive with hundreds of glowing farolitos.
Mountainair, New Mexico
Salinas Pueblo Missions
The remains of AbĂ³, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.
Aztec, New Mexico
Aztec Ruins National Monument
The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.
San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
House at Otowi Bridge
This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.
San Jon, New Mexico
Glenrio Ghost Town
The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.
Silver City, New Mexico
Gila Cliff Dwellings
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
Pecos, New Mexico
Pecos National Historical Park
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Bandelier National Monument
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Mills, New Mexico
Kiowa National Grassland
Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.
Watrous, New Mexico
Fort Union National Monument
The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.
Nageezi, New Mexico
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Hillsboro, New Mexico
Lake Valley Historic Townsite
Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Prehistoric Trackways National Monument
Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.
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