Four Corners

New Mexico National Monuments

Chaco Canyon National Historical Park

Americans are often preoccupied with ancient cultures on faraway shores, but New Mexicans have the ruins of an ancient, advanced civilization, on par with...

New Mexico History

Salmon Ruins & Heritage Park

Chaco Canyon was once the cultural capital of a civilization that dominated the Four Corners region. It spawned over 75 outlier colonies in the...

New Mexico National Monuments

Aztec Ruins

Aztec Ruins National Monument Encompassing 320-acres bordering the City of Aztec in northwestern New Mexico, Aztec Ruins provides a glimpse into an ambitious urban planning...

Nature

Lybrook Fossil Area

Roaming the Lybrook Badlands I had an opportunity to explore the Lybrook Fossil Area recently with Navajo Tours. They were on a scouting expedition to...

Nature

Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness

There are many places in New Mexico with landscapes more reminiscent of a Star Wars movie than what most people would expect from the...

Nature

Angel Peak Badlands

The San Juan Badlands The San Juan Basin is bordered by the San Juan River to the north, the Chaco River to the west, the...

Recent

Fort Wingate

Fort Wingate was one of the best-preserved frontier military posts in the Southwest until the late 1950s. The 22-acre installation is located between Zuni...