The town of Las Vegas, New Mexico wants you to know that it’s the original Las Vegas. Don’t worry, you won’t get it confused with the similarly named city, a few hundred miles to the west. But you might get confused by the fact that it’s actually two towns in one, with two distinct downtown districts, that are merely a few blocks apart, but both loaded with their own character and history. I didn’t know that, as I wandered off Route 66 (the original alignment bypassed the city by just a few miles, on its way to Santa Fe). Adding […]