The Sanctuario de Chimayo
The El Santuario Mission church is not only a picturesque structure, but it is also famed for its chamber of healing mud; a Lourdes of New Mexico.
The famous Chimayo rugs and blankets are woven in this area.
Los Cerrillos
The sun-drenched ghost town of Los Cerrillos, (Little Hills) lies quiet today, but it was host to many notables like Theodore Roosevelt and Lew Wallace, a former Governor of N.M. and who also wrote “Ben Hur”.
When gold was discovered in the 1800’s Cerillos was a whangdoodle western wide-open town. It hadn’t changed much over the years to 1958 when Walt Disney came and filmed the “Nine Lives of Elfego Baca” using the main Saloon which still stands today, in the same old way.
Camel Rock
Nature formed this “Camel Rock” located along the highway north of Santa Fe. Children clamor over the sandstone formation, and artists and photographers take its image home.