Taos
Built around 1450 Taos Pueblo is one of the oldest continually inhabited communities in the United States. The clear waters of the Rio Pueblo de Taos, which originate at sacred Blue Lake, still serve as the primary source for drinking and irrigation. There is no water or electricity within the Pueblo walls and its residents bake bread in outdoor dome ovens. Visitors to the Pueblo can view or purchase beautiful handcrafted wares, such as mica-flecked pottery, silver and turquoise jewelry, and tanned buckskin moccasins and drums. learn more…

Cimarron
Once a stop along the Santa Fe Trail, Cimarron has seen land wars, gunfights and murder…Western luminaries Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill Cody, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday, Jesse James and Billy the Kidd have all figured  Cimarr0n’s history. learn more…

Elizabethtown Museum
The museum is in a cabin that was owned by one of the last school teachers to live in Elizabethtown. The cabin was owned by loggers before the Fulton family purchased the place in 1963. Today, the Fulton property is a showcase for turn-of-the-century photos of Elizabethtown’s heyday, mining and homesteading memorabilia, farm equipment, even a 1903 Oldsmobile. The museum also includes a few “Old West” replicas on the property such as the “General Store” where visitors can purchase souvenirs, historic cards and other mementos. learn more…

Philmont
Exhibits at the Philmont Museum are illustrative of the area’s frontier heritage and highlight Philmont’s first 50 years. Built in 1967, the Seton Memorial Library houses the library, personal art and natural history collections of Ernest Thompson Seton, the first Chief Boy Scout of the Boy Scouts of America and a world-famous artist, author and naturalist. The Museum and Library are open daily June through August, and Monday through Saturday, September through May. learn more…