Complete guide to Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument ... visitor center for the park located in Mountainair, New Mexico. Each of the ruins has its own small visitor center with staff ...

In 1620, Spanish Franciscan missionaries arrived in what is now known as the Salinas area of New Mexico ... the pueblo and missions were abandoned in the 1670s. The spectacular ruins that remain ...

Throughout the beautiful, high desert landscapes of New Mexico are some of the most historically rich destinations in the ...