West — open filings

Open to visit in New Mexico

32 dossiers in New Mexico carry the open to the public filing — the legend is on record and the door, per the last source, is open. Access is a filing, not a guarantee: hours, tickets and seasonality live with the venue. Everything else in the archive stays documented but admired from the legal distance.

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Mogollon

Mogollon, New Mexico

The canyon camp that produced $20 million in gold and silver.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Las Vegas

Las Vegas, New Mexico

The other Las Vegas—where Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid walked.

2 claims · 2 legends→

El Santuario de Chimayó

Chimayo, New Mexico

The "Lourdes of America"—the healing-dirt chapel.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Sumner

Fort Sumner, New Mexico

The fort where Billy the Kid was shot—and where he’s buried.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Acoma Pueblo

Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico

"Sky City"—the mesa pueblo continuously occupied since ~1150.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Taos Pueblo

Taos, New Mexico

The 1,000-year pueblo—the multi-story adobe still lived in.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Chimayó

Chimayó, New Mexico

The "Lourdes of America"—where the dirt is said to heal.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bandelier

Los Alamos, New Mexico

The cliff dwellings of the Pajarito Plateau—Frijoles Canyon.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Zuni Pueblo

Zuni, New Mexico

The pueblo that met Coronado—1539, still sovereign.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Chaco Canyon

Nageezi, New Mexico

The great houses—where the roads converge on the solstices.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Shiprock

Shiprock, New Mexico

The "Winged Rock"—the Navajo sacred peak.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Shakespeare

Lordsburg, New Mexico

The town where the outlaws hung from the hotel’s rafters.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Camino Real

Socorro, New Mexico

The 1,600-mile road—where the dead of the trail are remembered.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Loretto Chapel

Santa Fe, New Mexico

The "Miraculous Staircase"—the helix with no visible support.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Union

Watrous, New Mexico

The largest 19th-century fort in the Southwest—now a ruin of walls and chimneys.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Stanton

Fort Stanton, New Mexico

The 1855 fort that became a TB sanitarium, internment camp and hospital.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Carlsbad Caverns

Carlsbad, New Mexico

The Big Room—a chamber you could stack cathedrals in.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Pecos

Pecos, New Mexico

The pueblo that died—the mission ruins on the Santa Fe Trail.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Folklore Location

Alien Run Trail Area

Aztec, New Mexico

Aztec-area trails associated with UFO folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Folklore Location

Alleged UFO Skip Site

Corona, New Mexico

Public-land site linked to Roswell-era folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

High confidence

International UFO Museum & Research Center

Roswell, New Mexico

Museum anchoring the 1947 Roswell incident—America’s founding UFO legend.

Lonnie Zamora incident site

Socorro, New Mexico

The 1964 police-officer landing case that Blue Book couldn’t close.

Dulce

Dulce, New Mexico

The alleged underground alien base beneath Archuleta Mesa.

The Taos Hum

Taos, New Mexico

The low-frequency hum that only some can hear.

Jemez Historic Site

Jemez Springs, New Mexico

The mission ruins—where the 1680 revolt burned the church.

Aztec Ruins

Aztec, New Mexico

The great house misnamed for the Aztecs—the reconstructed kiva.

Gila Cliff Dwellings

Silver City, New Mexico

The Mogollon cliff houses—where the canyon kept them.

Hillsboro

Hillsboro, New Mexico

The 1877 county seat—where the courthouse and the graves remain.

Kingston

Kingston, New Mexico

The camp that claimed 7,000—now a handful of buildings.

Steins

Lordsburg, New Mexico

The railroad quarry town—where the fire took the buildings.

San Ildefonso

San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

The pueblo of Maria Martinez—the black-on-black pottery.

Lake Valley

Lake Valley, New Mexico

Silver-mining town with restored schoolhouse and chapel.

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Record last amended October 2, 2026