The Alamo takes visitors from the early days of Spanish Texas to the fight for independence from Mexico--and beyond.

Part of a 27-building complex listed on the National Register of Historic Places, La Villita contains architectural and archaeological evidence of early civilian and military life in Spanish Texas; it also played an important role in the Texas Revolution.

This district is a centuries-old neighborhood at the cultural core of one of southern New Mexico’s oldest communities. As a drive or walk through the district reveals, the area’s eclectic collection of homes and small businesses reflect the pioneering spirits of those who set down roots along the southerly path of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, then known as the Chihuahua Trail, after the Mexican-American War.

The true grit and glory of Doña Ana’s 19th-century heyday lies on what is now a narrow backstreet adjacent to the church. Cristo Rey Street leads down the original path of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro and through the Doña Ana Village Historic District, the historic heart of the oldest permanent Hispano settlement in southern New Mexico. Today, in ambiance and architecture, Doña Ana is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional rural culture.

Set on a section of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro locally known as the Mission Trail at the point where the trail moves north from Mexico across the Rio Grande and into the United States, San Elizario remains a well-preserved portrait of more than 300 eventful years of frontier life.