New Mexico Magazine

In April’s Destinations, we misidentified US 70 as I-70, which does not pass through New Mexico. Letters keep rolling in, including from Jamie Collins of the Colorado Department of Transportation, stating that we “need to learn how to read a map.” Now Colorado knows how we feel. 🤷🏽

One of Our 50 Is Missing: June 2026 Yes, New Mexico is a state. No passport required.

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This month brings three exciting ways to celebrate and learn about the Mother Road. 🎉

3 Ways to Celebrate Route 66 This Month From an Albuquerque museum exhibit to Gallup art and vintage cars cruising through New Mexico, these events honor the Mother Road.

Route 66 road trips run on good food. That's why we rounded up some of New Mexico's best Mother Road pit stops, from green chile cheeseburgers and roadside pie to barbecue, sweet rolls, and milkshakes worth stopping for. Check out the list. 👇

Hungry on Route 66? Start Here. Whether you're craving a green chile cheeseburger, roadside barbecue, or a classic milkshake, these Route 66 stops deliver delicious meals across New Mexico.

5 THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND!
Witness Native theater’s lineage at SITE Santa Fe, catch a free Lone Piñon concert during Winrock Park’s free summer concert series, peep sick rides at the Albuquerque Lowrider Super Show and the Red River Car Show, two-step back in time during the Wild West Frontier Festival, and take a closer look at Dolores Lewis Garcia's (Acoma) process for creating pottery. Read more below!

Five Things to Do This Weekend | June 5–7 Find things to do in New Mexico this weekend, including a SITE Santa Fe exhibition diving into the history of Indigenous theater, a free concert by Lone Piñon at Winrock Park, summer car shows in Albuquerque and Red River, the third annual Wild West Frontier Festival in Edgewood, and an artist demo...

Even if you don't recognize the name, you almost certainly know the work of John Van Hamersveld. The graphic designer and one-time art director at Capitol Records created some of the most recognizable popular-culture images from the 1960s to the ’80s. Album covers for the Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour, Jefferson Airplane’s Crown of Creation, and the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street are among the more than 300 Van Hamersveld designed.

John Van Hamersveld Comes to the Carlsbad Museum A new traveling exhibition at the Carlsbad Museum explores six decades of work by John Van Hamersveld, whose imagery shaped music and pop culture.