New Mexico

Picture this: a fork cracks into crispy chicken fried steak, peppery cream gravy slides over the edges, and…

By Miles Croft · Jun 2

New Mexico knows how to do thrift shopping big. Not cute little racks in a corner. Big aisles.…

By Miles Croft · Jun 2

Imagine this. You are gliding across the high desert of New Mexico in a restored 1920s railcar, sunlight…

By Cassie Holloway · Jun 2

A rough mountain road winds into the Mogollon Mountains, and suddenly everything changes. The canyon opens wide. The…

By Cassie Holloway · Jun 2

You know the kind of place that makes the whole car go quiet? That was this lake for…

By Miles Croft · Jun 1

Picture this. You are easing into warm mineral water while red canyon walls glow around you. The mountain…

By Cassie Holloway · Jun 1

Somewhere in New Mexico, on a street calm enough to miss, there is a house that made me…

By Miles Croft · May 31

Some places do not beg for attention. They just make you hit the brakes. That happened to me…

By Miles Croft · May 31

You know a pizza place is doing something right when the table gets quiet for the first few…

By Cassie Holloway · May 31

You know that feeling when a place makes you stop talking for a second? This is one of…

By Cassie Holloway · May 31

You can still find places where the past has not been polished flat. High in the Sacramento Mountains…

By Miles Croft · May 30

A quick walk can turn into something else when the rocks refuse to stay quiet. That is what…

By Miles Croft · May 30

Somewhere along the flat roads of southeastern New Mexico, I pulled over for what I thought would be…

By Cassie Holloway · May 30

You know that moment when you’re driving along, not expecting much, and suddenly the road makes you do…

By Cassie Holloway · May 30

What is it about a tiny roadside cafe that makes a breakfast burrito taste so much better? New…

By Miles Croft · May 29

Forget everything you think a road trip looks like. New Mexico throws out the rulebook completely and replaces…

By Miles Croft · May 29

New Mexico does not do anything halfway. Especially when it comes to food. There is a small, cheerful…

By Cassie Holloway · May 29

The smell of fry bread hits first. Then the glitter of handcrafted jewelry catches the eye. Then the…

By Cassie Holloway · May 29

The stop barely registered on my map at first. Then the red sandstone walls rose from the desert…

By Miles Croft · May 28

Forget the Old West you saw in movies. This town was not clean, quiet, or made for postcards.…

By Miles Croft · May 28

New Mexico is a big state, and it turns out the appetites here match the landscape. Whether you…

By Eliza Thornton · May 28

I pulled over for the view, but the view had other plans. Across the road, a huge green…

By Cassie Holloway · May 28

The little brown sign on the New Mexico highway did not look like much. Honestly, I almost kept…

By Cassie Holloway · May 28

You know those places you almost miss because the road looks pretty ordinary? This state park on the…

By Miles Croft · May 27

Missouri has a quiet confidence when it comes to barbecue. No need to shout about it. The proof…

By Eliza Thornton · May 27

Kansas does not do anything halfway when it comes to feeding people. The buffets here are the kind…

By Gideon Hartwell · May 27

You know those places that make you stop mid-sentence? This village does that. One look at the cliffs…

By Miles Croft · May 27

There is a question every New Mexico local will ask before you even sit down. Red or green?…

By Lenora Winslow · May 27

Some places make you stop mid-step, because the light shifts and suddenly the whole street feels brand new…

By Cassie Holloway · May 27

The drive from the city is short, but the reset feels huge. Streets fade as the road climbs.…

By Cassie Holloway · May 27

This tiny mountain town in New Mexico caught me off guard in the best way. I expected pretty…

By Miles Croft · May 26

New Mexico may be famous for desert drives and big sky sunsets, but its waterfall hikes deserve a…

By Miles Croft · May 26

Take the old road between Santa Fe and Albuquerque and you may hit a village that feels like…

By Cassie Holloway · May 26

There’s a bowl of green chile stew in Albuquerque that regulars talk about like they’re passing along a…

By Cassie Holloway · May 26

You know those places that look fake until someone you trust posts a photo? This is one of…

By Miles Croft · May 25

I was not looking for anything wild that day. Just driving through the desert, watching red cliffs blur…

By Miles Croft · May 25

At first, it might look like a quick roadside stop. Then you step inside, see the spurs and…

By Cassie Holloway · May 25

A little roadside stop in New Mexico has been making chili dog fans pay attention for decades. Not…

By Cassie Holloway · May 25

New Mexico doesn’t ease you in. It grabs your attention with red rock walls and sunlit adobe, then…

By Miles Croft · May 24