6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (664+ words) Madrid, New Mexico, sits about 27 miles from Santa Fe, yet it feels far removed from the city’s polished galleries and museum crowds. This former coal-mining town was largely abandoned after the mines declined, then remade by artists beginning in the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (654+ words) Silver City began with a silver discovery in 1870, and that origin still shapes the town in Grant County, southwestern New Mexico. You won’t find a polished resort version of the Southwest here. What you get is a former mining town…...

4+ week, 17+ hour ago   (565+ words) And the timing matters. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, most lodging, restaurants, shops, saloons, and attractions are operating, so you can linger instead of peering through closed doors. The gold discovery at Alder Gulch came in 1863 and quickly brought…...