Quick Summary: Las Cruces is a relaxed Southwestern city with a thriving economy, rich architecture, vibrant art scene, and spectacular annual festivals. The area offers fantastic outdoor activities with wonderful hiking and riding trails, old mining ghost towns, ancient Indian rock art, desert plants and animals, wonderful local crafts, diverse restaurants and markets, and endless blue sky.


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1. Old Mesilla Village

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2. Museum of Nature & Science

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3. Dripping Springs Natural Area

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4. White Sands Missile Range Museum

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5. Prehistoric Trackways National Monument

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6. New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum

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7. The Zuhl Museum

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8. Soledad Canyon Day Use Area

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9. Lake Valley Historic Townsite

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10. New Mexico Spaceport Authority

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11. Dion's

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12. Las Cruces Railroad Museum

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13. Model Collection of Rolf Mitchel at the Las Cruces International Airport

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14. Las Cruces Museum of Art

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15. No Strings Theatre Company

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16. Fountain Theater

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17. Rio Grande Theatre

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18. D.H. Lescombes Winery & Bistro

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19. Recycled Roadrunner Sculpture

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20. Red Hawk Golf Club

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21. Toucan Market

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22. Amaro Winery

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