New Mexico is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Known for its diverse culture, rich history, stunning landscapes, and unique blend of Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo influences, New Mexico offers a range of experiences for residents and visitors. Its population was 2,117,522 in 2020.

The Aztec Ruins National Monument preserves ancestral Pueblo structures in north-western New Mexico. Aztec Ruins has some of the best-preserved Chacoan structures of its kind. Learn more about the ancestral Pueblo people in the park's museum and explore the Aztec West great house to see exceptionally advanced architecture, original wooden beams, and a restored Great Kiva.

Bandelier National Monument protects over 33,000 acres of rugged but beautiful canyon and mesa country. The monument preserves the homes and territory of the Ancestral Puebloans of a later era in the Southwest. Most of the pueblo structures date to two eras, dating between 1150 and 1600 AD.

For thousands of years, groups of nomads used the caves above Cliff Dweller Creek as temporary shelter. In the late 1200s, people of the agricultural Mogollon (Southern Ancestral Pueblo) culture made it a home. They built rooms, crafted pottery and raised children in the cliff dwellings for one or two generations. By approximately 1300, the Mogollon had moved on, leaving the walls behind.

The White Sands National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located about 25 km southwest of Alamogordo at an elevation of 4235 feet.

Taos Pueblo is an ancient pueblo belonging to a Taos speaking Native American tribe of Pueblo people. It is approximately 1000 years old and lies about 1 mile north of the modern city of Taos, New Mexico.