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Photos: Discover New Mexico
Zozobra burns: ‘Old Man Gloom’ is a 50-foot puppet stuffed with scraps of paper bearing the public’s woes. It is set on fire each year on the Friday before Labor Day.Red, green, or Christmas? That’s New Mexico parlance for ‘How do you prefer your chile?’ Here, sacks of dried red chile pods are displayed in Hatch, New Mexico, the self-proclaimed ‘Chile Capital of the World.’Historic Santa Fe: Native American artists sell jewelry at Santa Fe’s Palace of the Governors portal. Originally constructed in the early 17th century, Palace of the Governors is now a state history museum.Natural inspiration: The landscapes of Ghost Ranch in Abiquiú have been immortalized in films and by artist Georgia O’Keeffe.Wine country: New Mexico’s wine industry began in 1629 when Franciscan friar García de Zúñiga and a Capuchín monk named Antonio de Arteaga planted the wine grapes in the Rio Grande Valley to use for Communion.The Mother Road: Thanks to rerouting, Route 66 crosses itself in Albuquerque. Here, a section of historic Route 66 parallels Interstate 40 near Prewitt, New Mexico.Santa Fe staircase: The ‘City of Faith’ is also home to a few miracles, like the Loretto Chapel’s circular wooden steps. It has two 360-degree turns, no visible means of support and wooden pegs instead of metal nails.Wild West: Like many villages west of the Mississippi, Cimarron, in the northeast corner of the state, staked its claim as the ‘Cowboy Capital of the World.’Otherworldly landscape: White Sands National Monument is made up of 275 square miles of shifting gypsum crystals.Taos Pueblo: At more than 1,000 years old, Taos Pueblo is considered to be the oldest continuously inhabited community in the United States.Native American communities: Native American dancers talk before competing in dance competitions at Taos Pueblo. The annual Taos Pueblo Pow Wow is one of the country’s largest gatherings of Indian nations.Ojo Caliente: Many people in search of a miracle cure have made the pilgrimage to soak in the geothermal water that flows from an ancient volcanic aquifer at Ojo Caliente.Cowboy culture: The spirit of the American cowboy is alive and well in New Mexico.
