CITY OF DUST

It’s been awhile since we’ve visited an operating historic hotel, but over the last couple years we've seen the Express St. James in Ci...

Like Hillsboro , Kingston, New Mexico isn’t a ghost town. But it’s also not the place of which it was said that on nights when the miners ...

Hillsboro, New Mexico, at the foot of the Black Range, almost 20 miles west of I-25 on NM 152, the scenic route to Silver City, is not a g...

There’s not been much written about Engle, New Mexico over the years. The usual ghost town books I consult only mention the town in the co...

Okay, it’s true that Monticello, New Mexico isn’t a full-on ghost town. Some folks do indeed live there. But it’s got its fair share of ol...

I pretty much can't bear to read articles about myself. Luckily, I don't have to do it very often! In this case, the pain is balan...

A couple of years ago I wrote about Two Guns, Arizona , an old Route 66 trading post with a history of violence and tragedy dating back to...

It’s seems like a long time since I last posted on City of Dust but I guess it hasn’t even been a month. I’ve covered some miles since the...