Los Alamos, the city where the Atomic Bomb was developed sits atop a series of mesas along the Pajarito Plateau of the Jémez Mountains, overlooking the Rio Grande Valley. The architecture throughout the city is a mixture of 1940s and 1950s style, contrasted by the high tech nuclear research and office buildings of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and modern homes spectacularly situated on canyon rims.

Ashley Pond, Bathtub Row (neighborhood of the original Manhattan Project scientists), Bradbury Science Museum, Fuller Lodge Cultural Center, Los Alamos Historical Museum, Mesa Public Library, Pajarito Ski Mountain, White Rock Canyon

Bandelier National Monument, Black Mesa, Jémez Mountains, Puyé Ruins, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Santa Clara Pueblo, Santa Clara Canyon, Santa Fe, Valles Caldera National Preserve

Hotels and Motels: 4; Bed and Breakfasts: 9; Total Rooms: 350

Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce:

800-444-0707; 505-662-8105;

505-662-8399 Fax

Web: www.visit.losalamos.com

E-mail: kristy@losalamos.org