This impressive museum has more than a dozen galleries with some 5000 pieces of Native American and Hispanic art, including furniture, weaving, paintings, pottery and a celebrated collection of Native American jewelry.

Travel Warnings  The first thing you notice when arriving is a sign in the parking lot that warns you they are not responsible for car vandalism while you're visiting. However, residents inform me...

This 800-foot-deep gorge in northern New Mexico offers exciting whitewater rafting, hiking trails around the rim and observation platforms with spectacular views of the winding river below.

Purchased by famed cowboy Kit Carson for his bride in 1843, this 3-room adobe home displays artifacts, antique firearms and other pioneer belongings, Kit Carson memorabilia and an exhaustive supply of books about New Mexico.

Offering a wild whitewater rafting experience, this 16-mile stretch of frothing river carves like a knife through the 800-foot-deep Rio Grand Gorge, giving its riders an especially tumultuous journey on the last four-mile stretch.

Run by the University of New Mexico at Taos, this cultural and community art center features Taos art from the 19th century to the present, including sculpture, paintings and Hispanic religious art.

Dedicated to the two painters who ended up in Taos in the late 1880s due to a broken wagon wheel and stayed to form the Taos Society of Artists.

Scenic drive that circles through the Carson National Forest, north and east of Taos.

Located two miles from Taos, this ranch offers sleigh rides with storytelling.