From Earthships to adobes, these rentals in Taos, New Mexico, are one of a kind.

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From the first time my parents’ car crested the last hill on New Mexico State Road 68 en route to Taos , and the depths of the Rio Grande Gorge emerged in view, I was hooked. As a New Mexican, I’ve spent more than 30 years visiting the northern New Mexico town of Taos, where I enjoy dining on local cuisine, browsing contemporary art galleries, hiking the peaks around Taos Ski Valley , and rafting the Rio Grande rapids. As time has passed, the town’s unique charm has remained, but its popularity has only grown.

Indigenous peoples have inhabited the lands here since time immemorial, and today, the residents of Taos Pueblo welcome visitors to a stacked-adobe village whose architecture is synonymous with the Southwest. Creatives have long felt called to this area, from the likes of Ansel Adams, who turned his lens on the wide buttresses of St.…