New Mexico Museum of Art on the Plaza in Santa Fe is the state's oldest art museum, opened in 1917 in a stunning Pueblo Revival building designed by Isaac Rapp that blends Native American and Spanish Colonial styles, located just off the historic Santa Fe Plaza.
El Morro National Monument in western New Mexico protects a massive 200-foot sandstone bluff known as Inscription Rock, where a reliable waterhole at its base drew travelers for centuries, leading over 2,000 petroglyphs by Ancestral Puebloans from 1275-1350 AD and inscriptions by Spanish explorers like Juan de Oñate in 1605—saying Paso por aquí—plus Americans including Kit Carson up to 1906.
Tesuque Casino is a modern, smoke-free Pueblo of Tesuque-owned gaming venue at 7 Tesuque Road north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, opened in November 2018 to replace the former Camel Rock Casino.
Explora Science Center and Children's Museum in Old Town Albuquerque, New Mexico, spans 20,000 square feet with over 250 hands-on interactive exhibits across two floors exploring science, technology, engineering, art, and math through activities like wind tunnels, water play, gravity experiments, magnets, puzzles, and simple machines.
Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, is the largest and most iconic great house built by ancestral Puebloans between AD 850 and 1150, serving as the heart of the Chacoan world that influenced a vast Southwest region through trade, ceremonies, and politics.
El Vado Lake State Park encompasses 1,730 acres at 7,209 feet elevation in the northern mountains of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, about 12 miles southwest of Tierra Amarilla along State Road 112 on the eastern shore of El Vado Reservoir.
Caballo Lake State Park lies 16 miles south of Truth or Consequences in southern New Mexico along the Rio Grande, framed by the Caballo Mountains in the northern Chihuahuan Desert.
The International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, New Mexico, was founded in 1991 by Glenn Dennis and is housed in a former 1930s movie theater in downtown Roswell.
Leasburg Dam State Park, a 293-acre site along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico about 15 miles north of Las Cruces near Radium Springs, centers on the historic Leasburg Dam built in 1908 as one of the state's first diversion structures to irrigate Mesilla Valley farmland.
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a leading institution dedicated to the Native American peoples of the Southwest, showcasing over 75,000 objects including pottery, textiles, jewelry, baskets, and contemporary art that span thousands of years from prehistory to the present.
Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino in Sunland Park, New Mexico, opened in 1959 as a Thoroughbred horse racing track and later expanded to include a casino with over 700 slot machines and electronic table games such as roulette, blackjack, and Texas Hold 'Em.
The Continental Divide Trail in New Mexico covers about 775 miles of the 3,100-mile national scenic trail from Mexico to Canada, following the Rocky Mountains' spine through diverse landscapes from remote Chihuahuan Desert bootheel at Crazy Cook Monument to high mesas, Gila Wilderness canyons, El Malpais lava badlands, Mount Taylor's 11,301-foot summit, San Pedro Parks Wilderness, and Rio Chama before crossing into Colorado near Cumbres Pass.
Cimarron Canyon State Park stretches 8 miles along the Cimarron River in northern New Mexico, 3 miles east of Eagle Nest on Highway 64 within the vast 33,116-acre Colin Neblett Wildlife Area amid towering palisade cliffs of the Palisades Sill.
The New Mexico State Capitol, also known as the Roundhouse, was constructed between 1964 and 1966 in Santa Fe and is the newest state capitol building in the U.S.
Rockhound State Park sits on the rugged slopes of the Little Florida Mountains, about 7 miles southeast of Deming in southwestern New Mexico at elevations from 4,500 to 5,400 feet.
Rainbow Ryders Hot Air Balloon Co. in New Mexico is the largest and most established hot air balloon company in the Southwest, founded in 1983 and based in Albuquerque, where it operates year-round sunrise and seasonal sunset flights over scenic landscapes.
Taos Mountain Casino is a cozy, 100% smoke-free gaming spot owned by the Pueblo of Taos on Veterans Highway in Taos, New Mexico, USA, featuring a 10,000-square-foot floor with over 200-218 slot machines ranging from penny to $5 denominations, video poker, video keno, in-house jackpots, and multi-state progressives.
Living Desert Zoo & Gardens State Park, located in Carlsbad, New Mexico atop the Ocotillo Hills overlooking the Pecos River Valley, is a 1,120-acre native wildlife zoo and botanical garden established in 1971 to showcase over 40 species of Chihuahuan Desert animals—like bison, Mexican wolves, cougars, bobcats, elk, prairie dogs, Gila monsters, and birds of prey—alongside hundreds of plant species including cacti, agaves, yuccas, and ocotillo.
