Tag: New Mexico landmarks

New Mexico Film Experience Trip: A Walk Through Albuquerque’s BioPark Botanic Garden (June 7, 2013)

June 7, 2013

Albuquerque’s high desert may seem an unlikely place to find such a varied garden, but that contrast is part of the appeal of the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden. Opened in 1996, it now has 32 acres of exhibits featuring plants from the American Southwest and around the world. Near the Rio Grande, visitors can move from … More New Mexico Film Experience Trip: A Walk Through Albuquerque’s BioPark Botanic Garden (June 7, 2013)

Loretto Chapel: The Mystery of Santa Fe’s Miraculous Staircase in New Mexico (June 4, 2013)

June 4, 2013

Welcome to Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, New Mexico A Gothic chapel, a vanished carpenter, and a staircase that continues to inspire questions nearly 150 years later New Mexico has a way of placing mystery in plain sight. Among the adobe buildings and sun-washed streets of historic Santa Fe stands a small Gothic Revival chapel that … More Loretto Chapel: The Mystery of Santa Fe’s Miraculous Staircase in New Mexico (June 4, 2013)

Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis: History, Art and Architecture, Santa Fe, New Mexico (June 4, 2013)

June 4, 2013

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, New Mexico Standing just east of the historic Santa Fe Plaza, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi is one of New Mexico’s most recognizable religious and architectural landmarks. Its tall stone façade rises dramatically above the city’s low adobe buildings, immediately distinguishing it … More Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis: History, Art and Architecture, Santa Fe, New Mexico (June 4, 2013)