A famous 1930's gangster, perhaps the most famous of them al, has a place right here in the Borderland. 2 actually - 1 in Old Mesilla and the other in Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
World Atlas ranked New Mexico's most friendly towns and most are pretty close to El Paso. Half of them are super close and one of them, #10, may as well be in the 915.
A beautiful Valentines Day getaway is just 2 hours away from El Paso in a tiny New Mexico town ... village, technically ... that travel website Islands called "charming" and a "western winter wonderland".
Carlsbad Caverns is getting some love on national TV tomorrow and now, 2 other cities near El Paso were named on a Smithsonian list of cool small towns.