Carlsbad Cavern is the main attraction at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. It contains the largest chamber in North America.
White Sands National Park is an amazing place to spend a day. It’s a huge field of white sand dunes located in southern New Mexico.
Truth or Consequences is a small health resort city known for its hot springs. It’s located in southern New Mexico and is often abbreviated as T or C.
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site was an interpretive center about El Camino Real and the Spanish colonization of New Mexico.
The Coronado Historic Site in Bernalillo, New Mexico, preserves the ruins of the Kuaua Pueblo. It sits 16 miles north of Albuquerque along the west bank of the Rio Grande.
Red River is a resort town in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico. We stopped to stretch our legs while driving the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway from Taos.
Because we wanted to explore the life of Georgia O’Keeffe, we paid a visit to Ghost Ranch. It sits on 21,000 acres of gorgeous scenery. The ranch is a short drive from Abiquiu and provides excellent opportunities for outdoor activities.
The iconic Shiprock rises out of the desert and is visible for miles. It’s located in northwest New Mexico within the territory of Navajo Nation. We were able to spot it before crossing into New Mexico from Arizona.
Hovenweep National Monument, located in southeast Utah and southwest Colorado, protects six different groups of Ancestral Puebloan villages populated between 1200 and 1300. Over 2,500 people lived in the villages.
Goosenecks State Park is a small park in southeast Utah, not too far from Mexican Hat and Bluff. It provides views of one of the most incredible river meanders in the world.