Santa Fe, New Mexico
La Conquistadora, Our Lady of Conquering Love
A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.
Places laurielaurie Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.
Watrous, New Mexico
Fort Union National Monument
The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe Botanical Garden
This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Ethyl the Whale
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Bradbury Science Museum
This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.
