Everything Española is known for
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Española.
A small adobe chapel in the Sangre de Cristo foothills known as the 'Lourdes of America,' where 300,000 pilgrims visit annually, many believing the dirt from a hole in the floor has healing powers.
Secret wartime laboratory on a mesa in the Jemez Mountains where scientists built the first atomic bombs during the Manhattan Project.
Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and cave homes carved into the volcanic tuff of Frijoles Canyon in the Jemez Mountains.
The Manhattan Project nerve center -- Oppenheimer's office was steps from this pond.
A mind-bending immersive art experience inside a Victorian house. Nothing prepares you.
Only houses on the Hill with real bathtubs. Three Nobel laureates lived here.
Elite boys school seized by the Army in 1943. Students got two weeks notice to vacate.
Five thousand people shared one mailing address. Babies were born to a P.O. box.
Over 3000 archaeological sites and ancient cliff dwellings carved into volcanic tuff.
Last building the coal company built (1947). Home to a 40-foot standalone bar.
The Lourdes of America. Pilgrims travel here for the supposedly healing dirt. A beautiful adobe church.
25 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
Pull over for a moment and take a look around. You're passing through land that has been home to the people of Santa Clara Pueblo for centuries. Santa Clara Pueblo, or Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh in Tewa, meaning 'singing water…
Imagine the echoes of history ringing around this very plaza! La Iglesia de Santa Cruz, the Holy Cross Church, has been the heart of this community since the 1700s. The plaza itself, a rectangle bordered by buildings,…
Hey, check it out - you're near Ohkay Owingeh, one of the oldest continuously inhabited pueblos in the entire United States! It’s been home to people for centuries. This pueblo played a key role in early Spanish-Pueblo…
Right here, where the Rio Chama meets the Rio Grande, lies a place that was once the very first capital of Spanish New Mexico. Juan de Oñate arrived here in 1598 and took over the existing Tewa pueblo of Yuque Yunque.…
A small adobe chapel in the Sangre de Cristo foothills known as the 'Lourdes of America,' where 300,000 pilgrims visit annually, many believing the dirt from a hole in the floor has healing powers.
Pull over here for a glimpse into a vibrant past and present at San Ildefonso Pueblo, a place where tradition thrives. For over 700 years, the Tewa people have called this area home. The Pueblo is one of the eight…
The Lourdes of America. Pilgrims travel here for the supposedly healing dirt. A beautiful adobe church.
Imagine living not just near a cliff, but *in* it! That's what life was like here at Puye Cliff Dwellings. Sometime around 1300, the Santa Clara Pueblo people began building their homes and ceremonial spaces directly…
Pull over here – this isn't just another church; it's considered one of the most important Catholic pilgrimage centers in the United States. Legend says that in 1810, Don Bernardo Abeyta, a member of a religious…
Brave the wooden planks of this single-lane suspension bridge, a relic of 1920s engineering. The Otowi Suspension Bridge was built in 1924, stretching across the Rio Grande near San Ildefonso. It was a vital link,…
Pull over for a moment and imagine: this land beneath your tires has been home to the Nambé people for over 600 years. This Pueblo was a major hub when the Spanish arrived in the early 1600s, a center of culture, trade,…
Unexcavated 350-room village with trails worn into bedrock by centuries of foot traffic.
Only houses on the Hill with real bathtubs. Three Nobel laureates lived here.
A 771-log masterpiece where Oppenheimer held parties and bomb builders danced.
The Manhattan Project nerve center -- Oppenheimer's office was steps from this pond.
Elite boys school seized by the Army in 1943. Students got two weeks notice to vacate.
Fat Man and Little Boy bomb casings on display. Free admission.
Five thousand people shared one mailing address. Babies were born to a P.O. box.
An 820-foot steel arch 107 feet above the canyon named for the reactor it leads to.
Secret wartime laboratory on a mesa in the Jemez Mountains where scientists built the first atomic bombs during the Manhattan Project.
Pull over! You're driving past the birthplace of the atomic bomb. This unassuming spot played a pivotal role in World War II and the dawn of the nuclear age. In 1943, under the cloak of the top-secret Manhattan Project,…
Imagine a bustling community of 1,100 rooms right here at Tsama Pueblo, now a protected ancestral site. This wasn't just a village; it was a thriving hub. Between 1250 and 1500, the Tewa people called this place home.…
Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and cave homes carved into the volcanic tuff of Frijoles Canyon in the Jemez Mountains.
Imagine carving your home directly into the side of a cliff – that's exactly what the Ancestral Pueblo people did here at Bandelier National Monument. Between about 1150 and 1600, this area thrived as a center of Pueblo…
Imagine living in a place so beautiful it sparked your greatest art – that's what happened to Georgia O'Keeffe right here. In 1943, O'Keeffe made Abiquiú her permanent home, purchasing a long-abandoned Spanish Colonial…