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Santa Fe's Canyon Road is Like a Free Outdoor Art Museum

The Edge showcases contemporary works from mid-career artists.

In museum-filled Santa Fe, there are an abundance of great spots offering looks at interesting art. But one of the top places to go for art is Canyon Road, a mile-long narrow street lined with adobe-houses-turned-galleries, in the heart of the city's arts district.

Along Canyon Road, you'll find a range of works, including American Indian pieces, 19th century art, abstract art, handmade jewelry and sculptures. And best of all, it's free to do your own art walk. That is, unless something catches your eye and you want to splurge a little.

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How Scenic Is the Turquoise Trail from Albuquerque to Santa Fe?

We flew into Albuquerque and had to drive to Santa Fe, and found we had two options: the highway or the Turquoise Trail. Both routes take about an hour, with the highway a bit quicker. What got us was a trail brochure promising great scenery and 74 stop-off points. We love checking out little towns, so we decided to hop on the Turquoise Trail.

The historic trail encompasses 15,000 square miles. Prehistoric people lived there back in the day and Kit Carson marched through it with the Navajo during the Long Walk to Fort Sumner and supposedly outlaws camped out there as well.

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A Santa Fe Must: Eat a Frito Pie at Five & Dime. Seriously

When Santa Fe locals and in-the-know travelers want a delicious lunch, they get Frito pie at a convenience store. We aren't joking.

The generic-looking Five & Dime General Store, which sits on the historic Santa Fe Plaza, sells everything from cold medicine to schlocky shot glasses. Head to the back of the store, there's a small snack bar that you'd easily overlook because of the unappetizing hot dogs and pizza under heat lamps.

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Pelvises and Nekkid Pictures: Inside the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

If there's any artist who is synonymous with New Mexico, it's modernist painter Georgia O'Keeffe. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is the most-visited museum in the state, with more than 2 million people coming each year to see her famous desert landscapes.

The museum is pretty small, but it holds the biggest collection of O'Keeffe works. When you enter, there’s a screening room to the right that plays a short film on the artist's life. It reveals, for example, how just before O'Keeffe's first exhibition, another artist (who later became her husband) showcased nekkid photos of her. That led critics to read her art as sexual for the rest of her career, which she hated.

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Wish You Were Here: Santa Fe, New Mexico

Amid all of the tan adobe buildings, what gives Santa Fe some spice are the many vibrant, colorful art galleries and craft shops that line the road. Yesterday, we stumbled upon this one, which sold delicate wooden calla lilies, birds of paradise and other exotic blooms.

But what was even better, is that when we stepped through the portico, the flower shop opened into a small plaza bordered with artisan shops selling everything from black and white photography to American Indian blankets.

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Get to New Mexico to Land a Role in Marvel's Movie 'Thor'

Comic geeks, get ready, because here's your chance to be a part of the big screen version of Thor!

For those not in the know, Thor is the next Marvel comic being made into a movie. In the Marvel world, Thor is a powerful yet arrogant, warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. As punishment, he is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans. On Earth, he learns what it takes to be a hero when the most dangerous villain from Asgard sends forces to invade our planet.

The movie is already filming at Raleigh Manhattan Beach Studios in Manhattan Beach, CA but next month, they move the whole production to Sante Fe, New Mexico, where they will need background actors to appear in the film. There will be an open casting call this weekend for anyone interested in inhabiting Thor's world. Here are the details:

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