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I was gonna say that White Sands is interesting to visit (wear your sunglasses). You may also want to visit the Trinity Sight. If you're interested in driving a bit, you can head out to the VLA (Very Large Array) in Magdalena (think of the Movie "Contact"). Also Lincoln is a cool little town to tour (Billy the Kid was there). You've also got the "Smoky the Bear" Museum in Capitan and the UFO museum in Roswell if you want to travel that far.

By far the most unique thing to do is go have a look at "Valley of the Fires" state park. It's basically a highway cutting through an ancient lava field. Interesting...miles and miles of black lava flows. It's near Carrizozo.

Other than that, yep it's pure desert.

<---Lived in Socorro, NM for 7 years.