Off the Beaten Path New Mexico A Guide to Unique Places

Whatever you do when you travel, get off the interstate. Who needs more bland rest stops and fast food? Get into the heart of things with Globe Pequot's Off the Beaten Path series. Devoted to travelers with a taste for the unique, this easy-to-use guide will help you discover the hidden places in New Mexico that most tourists miss - unsung, unspoiled, and out-of-the-way finds that liven up a week's vacation, a day trip, or an afternoon. "In the nation's most lightning-struck region sits The Lightning Field by American sculptor Walter de Maria. The Lightning Field is large-scale environmental art. The work, which was commissioned and is maintained by the New Yorkbased Dia Center for the Arts, is composed of four hundred 15- to 20-foot shiny steel poles placed in a grid measuring 1 mile by 3,330 feet. The tips of the poles form an exactly even plane, like a bed of nails for some evil giant. During thunderstorms the poles act as lightning rods, creating a dazzling light show."Harris, Richard K. is the author of 'Off the Beaten Path New Mexico A Guide to Unique Places', published 2004 under ISBN 9780762728466 and ISBN 0762728469.