Taos, New Mexico

Just before you arrive into the town of Taos, New Mexico from the west, you cross the Rio Grande Gorge. You're driving on what seems like an endless very flat plateau and then all of a sudden you're on a bridge and the bottom falls out beneath you 600 feet below. Very cool.
Be warned! If you don't like Pueblo architecture you should never step foot in Taos, New Mexico. Pictured above it the "Taos Pueblo" located on a reservation just outside of town. But every building that we could find in town was designed to fit into the look of the Pueblo. You just haven't lived until you've seen a Pueblo version of Wal-Mart. You name it shops, hotels, government buildings...all Pueblos. Taos is also a hub for southwestern artists and the home of Kit Carson who was sort of a "Daniel Boone of the west".