Featuring New Mexico's Ghost Towns, Route 66 and interesting attractions across the desert Southwest.
Featuring New Mexico's Ghost Towns, Route 66 and interesting attractions across the desert Southwest.
I am DeAnna Vincent, photographer and avid explorer of New Mexico and the American Southwest. My Dry Heat Blog features Rt. 66, ghost towns and …
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The abandoned Whiting Bros. Filling Station, Grocery Store and Motel on Route 66 near Grants, New Mexico I’ve been driving past this Route 66 landmark …
The Hub City The city of Belen, New Mexico is a curious place. I grew up alongside Belen in the neighboring town of Los Lunas. …
Tome Hill is a local landmark in the Los Lunas area. Located between Los Lunas and Belen, the three crosses at the top of Tome …
Our Lady Of Guadalupe Cemetery on La Ladera Road There is a short cut that I take to get through town a little faster. It’s …
Newkirk, New Mexico Ghost town explorers and Route 66 aficionados alike will want to place Newkirk, New Mexico at the top of their list of …
The Luna Mansion is an iconic Los Lunas landmark My family moved to Los Lunas, New Mexico in the summer of 1982. I was six …
Shopping at the Albuquerque Rail Yards Market Built in 1917, the now defunct Albuquerque Rail Yards has been repurposed by the city. The main function …
Rescued from obscurity Not the town of Seligman, Arizona. It’s as obscure as ever and probably more so now than when these photos were shot. …
Passing through Ashfork, Arizona These images from Ashfork, Arizona were originally published on a previous incarnation of The Dry Heat Blog on March 1, 2009 …
Creepy sights from the east coast There’s nothing I love more than photographing abandoned houses in New Mexico but I shot a few of them …