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ABQ Close-Up Albuquerque is unlike any other city. That's often why people choose to live there. "ABQ Close-Up" periodically explores the singularity of the city and, in doing so, attempts to show what makes its people and places distinctive.

Day Trips This 1997-98 series, called "Cheap Thrills," describes adventures that are 1) a day-trippable circle roughly 150 miles from Albuquerque with 2) fees of no more than $10. Enjoy. View From the Volcano Sandia Man Revisited Melodrama as in Madrid Head up to Jemez for Soda Time to Shut Up or Draw, Pardner Mission to Quarai Explorations Along the Nature Trail The Shifting Sands Welcome to the Jungle Galleries Are Feasts on Canyon Road Sandia Mountains Hold NuttyAttraction at Tinkertown Goodness Snakes Alive!

Virtual Tours Virtual Reality visual tours of New Mexico, from luminarias to Trinity Site to Sandia Peak.

Virtual Voyages Albuquerque Aquarium Natural History Museum O'Keeffe Museum Old Town Sandia Tram Sunport Observation Deck

New Mexico's Treasures The Journal's James Abarr, a longtime student of Southwest history, explores some of the most significant sites in New Mexico and the region: Mesa Verde After the Fires Canyons of the Ancients Bent: Frontier Crossroads Fort's Reconstruction Took 56 Years Walnut Canyon: A Look Back Mesa Verde: Secrets in Stone Gila Cliff Dwellings: Passing Through Time White Sands: Sea of Sand Fort Craig: Desolate Outpost White Oaks: 'Liveliest Town in the Territory' Ghost towns: Clinging to Life Fort Davis: Frontier Sentinel Trinity Site: the Bomb Comes to Life Fort Bowie: Guardian of Apache Pass Tombstone: Town Too Tough To Die OK Corral: Bitter Feud, Deadly Showdown Aztec Ruins: Monument to Ancient Past Chaco Canyon: Anasazi's Master Builders Acoma Pueblo: Legendary Walls Fort Selden: Monument to Frontier Duty Bandelier: Power, Pathos of Time Pecos: Once-Mighty City Lincoln: Billy the Kid ... and More Fort Union: 'Bull' Took Post by Horns Salinas Pueblo Missions: Miracle in the Wilderness El Morro: 'Inscription Rock'

Travel
Cumbres & Toltec Celebrates 40 Years As Tourist Attraction With Special August Events
The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad was originally built in 1880 as the San Juan Extension of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad.   (Sunday, August 15, 2010)

Ride Galloping Goose, tour cars, railshop on Aug. 27-31
Here is a selection of activities and events for the 40th anniversary celebration of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad on Aug. 27-31. For a complete schedule, go to cumbrestoltec.com.   (Sunday, August 15, 2010)

Ice Cave, Lava Flows Show Off Cool and Unusual N.M.
There aren't many places you can peer over the edge of a 10,000-year-old volcano, then climb down into an ice cave that stays a cool 31 degrees in the middle of summer.   (Sunday, June 20, 2010)

Red River, Red River
Rebecca Latham lived in Albuquerque for about three years before moving to Red River in 2006.   (Sunday, May 16, 2010)

Granada, Spain, Is A Place of Beauty and Spiritual Significance, A Feast for All of the Senses
GRANADA, Spain — In Granada, the heart of quintessential Spain, the surprise might not be that the Alhambra, the palace of the Moorish kings, is exquisitely stunning.   (Sunday, December 27, 2009)

Look homeward, traveler, for Duke City's gems
EDITOR'S NOTE: In a tough recession year, New Mexicans should consider rediscovering our own state.   (Sunday, June 28, 2009)

No need to travel far for the Fourth
Even if the economy is a bit depressed, the spirit of New Mexicans is certainly not — at least judging by the lengths to which communities around the state go to celebrate Independence Day.   (Sunday, June 21, 2009)

No passport? Sorry, but you're not getting back in
You may think you have everything you need to return from Mexico, but you may be wrong.   (Sunday, May 31, 2009)

Utah's Best Friends Animal Sanctuary takes in the unhealthy and the infirm, the unwanted and the forgotten — and visitors can share directly in the love and compassion
KANAB, Utah — Meet Simon, a reddish-colored dog who gets around like a champ, despite a deformed front leg.   (Sunday, May 10, 2009)