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51 dossiers51 claims28 legends19 alleged entities17 ghost townsheaviest files, ranked →

The record for New Mexico opens with Mogollon, Las Vegas and El Santuario de Chimayó — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Apparition (23 dossiers), Legend (8) and Named Ghost Legend (4). Of its 51 sites, 32 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is Lake Valley, established 1878.

Ghost Town
Medium

Mogollon

Mogollon, New Mexico

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Las Vegas

Las Vegas, New Mexico

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Mission
Medium

El Santuario de Chimayó

Chimayo, New Mexico

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Fort
Medium

Fort Sumner

Fort Sumner, New Mexico

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Acoma Pueblo

Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Taos Pueblo

Taos, New Mexico

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Chimayó

Chimayó, New Mexico

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Bandelier

Los Alamos, New Mexico

The cliff dwellings of the Pajarito Plateau—Frijoles Canyon.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Zuni Pueblo

Zuni, New Mexico

The pueblo that met Coronado—1539, still sovereign.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Chaco Canyon

Nageezi, New Mexico

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Natural
Medium

Shiprock

Shiprock, New Mexico

The "Winged Rock"—the Navajo sacred peak.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Ghost Town
Medium

Shakespeare

Lordsburg, New Mexico

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Camino Real

Socorro, New Mexico

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Hotel Parq Central

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Converted hospital with reported unusual experiences.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

La Posada de Santa Fe

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Resort incorporating the Staab mansion and Julia ghost tradition.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Mission
Medium

Loretto Chapel

Santa Fe, New Mexico

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Fort
Medium

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
Medium

Fort Stanton

Fort Stanton, New Mexico

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cave
Medium

Carlsbad Caverns

Carlsbad, New Mexico

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Pecos

Pecos, New Mexico

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Theater
Low

KiMo Theatre

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Theatre associated with the Bobby ghost tradition.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hotel
Low

St. James Hotel

Cimarron, New Mexico

Historic hotel with gambling-related ghost folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Folklore Location
Medium

Alien Run Trail Area

Aztec, New Mexico

Aztec-area trails associated with UFO folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Folklore Location
Medium

Alleged UFO Skip Site

Corona, New Mexico

Public-land site linked to Roswell-era folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hotel
Low

Foster’s Hotel

Chama, New Mexico

Hotel associated with several local ghost stories.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hotel
Low

Amador Hotel

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Historic hotel with Annie ghost folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Ufo Museum
High confidence

International UFO Museum & Research Center

Roswell, New Mexico

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

1 claim→
Hotel
Medium

Plaza Hotel

Las Vegas, New Mexico

Historic hotel with room-310 cigar-smell folklore.

1 claim→
Field
Medium

Lonnie Zamora incident site

Socorro, New Mexico

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

1 claim→
Town
Medium

Dulce

Dulce, New Mexico

The alleged underground alien base beneath Archuleta Mesa.

1 claim→
Site
Medium

The Taos Hum

Taos, New Mexico

The low-frequency hum that only some can hear.

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Jemez Historic Site

Jemez Springs, New Mexico

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

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Aztec Ruins

Aztec, New Mexico

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

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Gila Cliff Dwellings

Silver City, New Mexico

The Mogollon cliff houses—where the canyon kept them.

1 claim→
Ghost Town
Medium

Hillsboro

Hillsboro, New Mexico

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

1 claim→
Ghost Town
Medium

Kingston

Kingston, New Mexico

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

1 claim→
Ghost Town
Medium

Steins

Lordsburg, New Mexico

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

1 claim→
Site
Medium

San Ildefonso

San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

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

1 claim→
Ghost Town
Medium

Hagan

Hagan, New Mexico

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Low

Golden

Golden, New Mexico

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Low

Elizabethtown

Elizabethtown, New Mexico

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Low

Colfax

Colfax, New Mexico

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Low

Dawson

Dawson, New Mexico

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Low

Montoya

Montoya, New Mexico

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Low

Ancho

Ancho, New Mexico

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Medium

Lake Valley

Lake Valley, New Mexico

Silver-mining town with restored schoolhouse and chapel.

1 fact→
Incarceration Memorial
Low

Bosque Redondo Memorial

Fort Sumner, New Mexico

Public historical memorial to Diné and Ndé forced removal.

1 fact→
Historic Settlement
Low

White Oaks

White Oaks, New Mexico

Surviving mining town with Victorian buildings.

1 fact→
Historic Settlement
Low

Chloride

Chloride, New Mexico

Partially inhabited former silver-mining camp.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Low

Kelly

Kelly, New Mexico

Former mining settlement south of Magdalena.

1 fact→
Historic Settlement
Low

Engle

Engle, New Mexico

Small surviving railroad and ranching settlement.

1 fact→