Taos & Santa Fe
Taos (0:01) is such a magical and somewhat remote place - no wonder, it has attracted the first "hippie" generation, eccentric personalities like Kit Carson, writers such as D. H. Lawrence and Aldous Huxley as well as many artists and actors like Dennis Hopper or Julia Roberts who have all made it their home.
The nearby Taos Pueblo (0:42) was built between 1000 and 1450 A.D. and is considered to be the oldest continuously inhabited community in the US (no electricity, TV, Internet etc.). The pueblo can be seen in the cult movie "Easy Rider". Its multi-storied adobe buildings have influenced the beautiful architecture of both Taos and Santa Fe.
Santa Fe (1:49) is the oldest capital city in the whole US and such an inspiring place, it has been designated as a UNESCO Creative City in Design, Crafts and Folk Art. Until 1937, the famous Route 66 ran through Santa Fe (2:03).
Scientists and engineers who had been recruited to work on the top-secret "Manhattan Project" at nearby Los Alamos first entered room 109 E. Palace Avenue in Santa Fe to be registered (2:35). They never came out that front door again (a bus was waiting at the back and took them to "The Hill" where the fist atomic bomb was built).