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The image above is how the Valley of Fires looks like from space! It is less heard, less seen. The Valley of Fires Recreation Area in Carrizozo, New Mexico has never been in my travel radar. Not so many travel websites wrote about it. Not even the few popular New…
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For 400 years, from 1150 CE to 1550 CE, the Ancestral Pueblo people lived on cliffs. They carved their dwellings in the soft rock cliffs of a beautiful Frijoles canyon in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The ruins of the dwellings still can be seen today at the Bandelier National Monument….
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On July 16, 1945, the United States Army successfully detonated the world’s first nuclear weapon, and they called the test “Trinity.” The detonation was conducted in the Jornada del Muerto desert about 56 km southeast of Socorro, New Mexico. Weeks later, on August 9, 1945, Fat Man (a bomb of…
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New Mexico State University (NMSU) owns the Landscape Gardens in Las Cruces. I happened to visit the place when I was on my way to the Old Town Messila. It is located along W. University Ave, just right after the S. Main St. intersection. The garden is small but it…
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Today, the giant Roadrunner Sculpture was finally found. I have read about this roadrunner monument made from recycled materials that stand along I-10 near Las Cruces, New Mexico, but nowhere online could I find its exact location and address. Google didn’t help. One online article mentioned about going east along…
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Are you planning to be at the Chili Capital of the World? If you live close to Hatch, New Mexico, then driving and visiting the annual Hatch Chili Festival is okay. But if you live like three hours away or more, it may not be worth the trip. I live…
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The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico is the best place to learn the Native American culture and how life was like for the Pueblo people of New Mexico in the past. The center is full of history and interesting facts. The museum is divided into sections with…
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The Albuquerque BioPark Zoo in New Mexico houses a variety of animals including polar bears, mountain lions, birds, alligators, and monkeys. It is a small zoo compared to the one I visited in Nebraska, but it interesting enough for the whole family to enjoy a 2-hour walk of sightseeing. See:…
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