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New Mexico holidays

January 2018

  • Teenager snowboarding in Taos, New Mexico

    Taos, New Mexico: a road trip of highs and pueblos

    Snowboarders love the unpisted gullies of Taos, in New Mexico. Off the slopes, the region’s adobe villages offer an insight into Native American culture and a chance to support local communities

October 2015

  • Peter Siebold, the pilot of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, parachuting to safety after its crash. The co-pilot, Michael Alsbury, was killed.

    Space travel for the 1%: Virgin Galactic's $250,000 tickets haunt New Mexico town

    Private companies argue they’re democratizing space exploration by offering it to celebrities and millionaires. But in New Mexico, locals are footing the bill

May 2015

  • Newly built suburban neighborhood in the western USA.

    Why does Barclays want to build a city in the middle of the New Mexico desert?

    Santolina, a planned 38,000-home mega-development on the outskirts of Albuquerque, has got local residents deeply concerned that it will suck up desperately needed water amid warnings of a future megadrought

February 2015

  • Route 66.

    US road trip: a guide to Route 66

    Driving America’s most iconic highway is the trip of a lifetime. Author and Route 66 expert Candacy Taylor shares her tips on the classic motels, old-school diners and gas stations to stop at en route for a true slice of Americana

January 2015

  • Blue Swallow Motel

    Instagram snapshots
    Instagram snapshots: camera kicks on Route 66

    The US’s most iconic road is one long photo opportunity for Sarah Harris, taking in classic cars, retro motels and Arizona’s stunning landscape

September 2014

  • The bar at the Madonna Inn

    Experts' and readers' tips
    Kitsch American motels: readers’ tips

    Wigwams, clowns and train carriages: if you’re looking for offbeat accommodation for your next US road trip, here are 10 places to find a kitsch kip

August 2014

  • The cast of Breaking Bad celebrate after winning the 2013 Emmy award for oustanding drama series

    Is Breaking Bad set to go out on an outstanding high?

    Edward Helmore: Whether Breaking Bad wins the 2014 top drama award or not, it has gone down in TV history for its portrayal of a US everyman's descent into the drugs underworld

January 2014

  • Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks national monument, New Mexico

    New Mexico's top 10 national and state parks

    New Mexico lives up to its nickname – the Land of Enchantment – with glittering deserts, vast underground caverns, gem-rich mountains and hundreds of years of human history

September 2013

  • Tour guide Harold Davis dressed as drugs baron Walter White in Albuquerque.

    Observer dispatch
    Albuquerque: The good, the bad and the ugly as fans take a trip to Breaking Bad lands

    Breaking Bad has swept the Emmys and gripped millions. Now, as the final episode is shown, the location is making a killing too, writes Rory Carroll

August 2013

  • Bryan Cranston (Walter White) at Twisters

    The Breaking Bad tours driving a tourist boom in Albuquerque

  • Giant cowboy boot statue outside the Big Texan Steakhouse along Route 66 in Amarillo, Texas

    A musical road trip from Nashville to Denver

July 2013

  • New Mexico Jacona sunset

    Road trips USA: Texas and New Mexico
    A local's view of New Mexico - in pictures

    The vivid, intoxicating New Mexico landscape depicts the traditions of the old west as well as exciting new frontiers. It has stunning mountain ranges, blasts of vintage neon, small town scenes and even a low-rider car culture. Photographer Gabriella Marks shares her insights into this big, bold and beautiful state

June 2013

  • What a beauty ... Santa Fe is sprinkled with fairy lights and blessed with stunning sunsets.

    Road trips USA: Texas and New Mexico
    Twitter road trips USA: Texas to New Mexico day five - as it happened

  • Welcome to Roswell... where alien kitsch meets sleepy small town America.

    Road trips USA: Texas and New Mexico
    Twitter road trips USA: Texas to New Mexico day four – as it happened

  • Texas plains ... will Katie see the lights of Marfa, and get any cellphone reception? Photograph by Bryce Pincham/Corbis.

    Road trips USA: Texas and New Mexico
    Twitter road trips USA: Texas to New Mexico day three – as it happened

  • Paisano Pete, giant roadrunner in Fort Stockton, Texas

    Road trips USA: Texas and New Mexico
    Twitter road trips USA: Texas to New Mexico day two – as it happened

  • Road trips USA: Texas and New Mexico
    Twitter road trips USA: Texas to New Mexico day one – as it happened

  • Road trips USA: Texas and New Mexico
    Tex-Mex food for thought with ¡Ask a Mexican!

  • Road trips USA: Texas and New Mexico
    Albuquerque: a south-western US snapshot of sunsets and memories

  • Road trips USA: Texas and New Mexico
    Top 10 restaurants and cafes in Santa Fe, New Mexico

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