Smokey Bear Historical Park honors the iconic mascot of the U.S. Forest Service, Smokey Bear. It’s located in the small town of Capitan, New Mexico.
There’s no better racing family to open a racing museum than the Unsers, and the Unser Racing Museum is the perfect way to honor their accomplishments.
The American International Rattlesnake Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a fun and interesting place to visit, especially if you’re traveling with kids. It boasts the largest collection of different species of live rattlesnakes in the entire world.
Madrid, pronounced MAD-rid, is a small village in New Mexico. It sits along the Turquoise Trail National Scenic Byway and is home to a small artists’ community. We stopped in Madrid while driving between Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
Cerrillos is a small village in New Mexico. It sits along the Turquoise Trail National Scenic Byway, not too far from Santa Fe.
The Bradbury Science Museum in Los Alamos, New Mexico, is a fantastic place to learn about what goes on at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The lab was established in 1942 for the development of the world’s first atomic bomb. Today, it’s an important scientific research institution.
The Four Corners Monument is a monument marking the point where the borders of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico meet. It’s the only place in the United States where four states meet at one point. Navajo Nation maintains the monument as a tourist attraction.
Bluff Fort is a recreation of the original settlement of Bluff, Utah. After traveling nearly 200 miles over rough terrain, Mormon settlers founded Bluff in 1880. The original “fort” consisted of several inward facing cabins.
St. George is a city in southwest Utah. It has a few interesting places to visit in town and can be used as a base for Zion National Park. The Red Cliffs National Conservation Area is also nearby.