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Las Cruces, New Mexico

Visit anytime throughout the season and shop for pottery in Old Mesilla, where Billy the Kid was famously put on trial. Stop inside the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum to learn about cowboy life before eating your way through the Walk of Flame, a group of eateries along the Green Chile Trail: Green chile lasagna and a green chile sundae will warm any winter-weary bones.