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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Taos

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Taos, New Mexico

Updated October 26, 2023

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Taos, New Mexico

Taos Pueblo

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Preparing blue corn for atole.

Taos, New Mexico

Tiwa Kitchen

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.
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Taos, New Mexico

D.H. Lawrence Forbidden Art

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.
Three concrete slabs with small, destroyed remains of headstones sit behind a V-shaped tree opening.

Taos, New Mexico

The Three Brujas

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.
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El Salto del Agua waterfall and cave

Arroyo Seco, New Mexico

El Salto del Agua Waterfall

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.
8 miles from Taos
The trail on the east side of the Rio Grande looking south, near the springs.

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Manby Hot Springs

Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.
11 miles from Taos
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These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
11 miles from Taos

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Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.
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