Plazas, Passion & Golden Museums

Wander through a revived 1920s coal-mining ghost town on the Turquoise Trail where dozens of working artists have colonized old company buildings. Browse handmade jewelry, ceramics, and paintings in converted mine structures, then walk the eclectic main drag of independent galleries and studios that define this unlikely arts enclave between Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

Experience an authentically preserved Old West saloon in Madrid where you can soak in genuine frontier atmosphere while sipping drinks in a building steeped in mining-era history.

Wander through restored 18th-century adobe buildings, watch living history demonstrations of traditional crafts, and explore livestock paddocks while learning how Spanish colonial settlers lived along the Camino Real.