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History BuffBradbury Science Museum
FreeSee more than 60 interactive exhibits on the Manhattan Project and Los Alamos National Laboratory science.
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Bandelier National Monument
Bandelier National Monument is an outdoor activity in Los Alamos, NM, part of the Albuquerque & Santa Fe guide. Cost: under $25.
15 Entrance Road · Los Alamos, NM
Why you should go…
Carved and built into volcanic tuff cliffs, Bandelier's dwellings and ceremonial kivas were home to Ancestral Puebloan people for roughly 400 years. The main Pueblo Loop Trail is an easy walk, with wooden ladders letting visitors climb into a few of the cliffside rooms.
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