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More Fun Facts About New Mexico

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Fun fact about Billy the Kid’s trial at the courthouse in Mesilla New Mexico

Fun fact about White Sands New Mexico – world’s largest gypsum dune field

Did you know about Julia Staab’s ghost at La Posada hotel in Santa Fe New Mexico

Did you know the Organ Mountains in Las Cruces were named after pipe organs? Fun geography fact

The Shiprock formation in northwestern New Mexico is sacred to the Navajo and is believed to be the petrified remains of a great bird that carried their ancestors to safety

The New Mexico whiptail lizard is all-female—it reproduces through parthenogenesis, meaning it clones itself without male involvement!

The San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe, built around 1610, is believed to be the oldest church in the U.S.

the first atomic bomb testing — The first atomic bomb was tested in New Mexico on July 16, 1945, at Trinity Site, changing world history forever

St. James Hotel in Cimarron is one of the most haunted hotels in the U.S. Cowboys and outlaws were killed in gunfights inside, and ghostly activity is still reported today!

Capulin Volcano — The Capulin Volcano is an extinct cinder cone that you can drive to the top of and walk around the crater!

Town in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences — There’s a town in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences, named after a radio quiz show in 1950!

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